Bhutan - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Bhutan was $47,980,520 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $92,283,270 in 2011 and a minimum value of $47,650,220 in 2009.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
2006 $75,022,490
2007 $60,503,400
2008 $61,007,920
2009 $47,650,220
2010 $70,779,770
2011 $92,283,270
2012 $73,765,180
2013 $57,949,830
2014 $52,119,520
2015 $54,958,720
2016 $52,526,250
2017 $52,589,440
2018 $57,524,190
2019 $64,990,920
2020 $47,980,520

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Bhutan was $83,435,180.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $83,435,180.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2005.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

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Year Value
2005 $0.00
2006 $2,238,934.00
2007 $2,933,040.00
2008 $3,548,931.00
2009 $4,866,701.00
2010 $8,273,481.00
2011 $10,460,530.00
2012 $18,144,730.00
2013 $11,804,280.00
2014 $14,292,340.00
2015 $19,656,510.00
2016 $34,343,460.00
2017 $43,153,830.00
2018 $58,148,520.00
2019 $56,658,760.00
2020 $83,435,180.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Bhutan was 3.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 3.60 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2005.

Definition: Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
2005 0.00
2006 0.26
2007 0.25
2008 0.29
2009 0.39
2010 0.53
2011 0.59
2012 1.02
2013 0.67
2014 0.75
2015 0.98
2016 1.59
2017 1.76
2018 2.38
2019 2.23
2020 3.60

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments