Brazil - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Brazil was $1,607,787,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,253,247,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $5,000,000 in 1984.

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
1975 $108,000,000
1976 $103,000,000
1977 $114,000,000
1978 $147,000,000
1979 $27,000,000
1980 $152,000,000
1981 $154,000,000
1982 $168,000,000
1983 $19,000,000
1984 $5,000,000
1985 $6,000,000
1986 $10,000,000
1987 $10,000,000
1988 $7,000,000
1989 $9,000,000
1990 $11,000,000
1991 $21,000,000
1992 $34,000,000
1993 $198,000,000
1994 $250,000,000
1995 $336,000,000
1996 $396,000,000
1997 $361,000,000
1998 $359,000,000
1999 $308,000,000
2000 $338,325,000
2001 $344,833,000
2002 $329,421,000
2003 $295,980,000
2004 $339,493,000
2005 $373,953,000
2006 $529,306,000
2007 $562,634,000
2008 $813,083,000
2009 $730,896,100
2010 $1,023,657,000
2011 $1,123,817,000
2012 $1,063,671,000
2013 $1,150,189,000
2014 $1,538,776,000
2015 $1,339,087,000
2016 $1,385,076,000
2017 $2,238,141,000
2018 $2,253,247,000
2019 $2,231,583,000
2020 $1,607,787,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Brazil was $3,566,220,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $3,642,585,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of $29,000,000 in 1983.

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
1975 $82,000,000
1976 $81,000,000
1977 $61,000,000
1978 $113,000,000
1979 $73,000,000
1980 $111,000,000
1981 $124,000,000
1982 $57,000,000
1983 $29,000,000
1984 $46,000,000
1985 $40,000,000
1986 $40,000,000
1987 $42,000,000
1988 $32,000,000
1989 $120,000,000
1990 $573,000,000
1991 $1,110,000,000
1992 $1,791,000,000
1993 $1,247,000,000
1994 $2,068,000,000
1995 $2,952,000,000
1996 $2,059,000,000
1997 $1,572,000,000
1998 $1,236,000,000
1999 $1,501,000,000
2000 $1,349,591,000
2001 $1,448,914,000
2002 $2,003,791,000
2003 $2,286,680,000
2004 $2,812,514,000
2005 $2,805,358,000
2006 $3,287,162,000
2007 $3,305,694,000
2008 $3,642,585,000
2009 $2,889,159,000
2010 $3,082,802,000
2011 $3,214,602,000
2012 $2,784,072,000
2013 $2,717,675,000
2014 $2,647,909,000
2015 $2,896,910,000
2016 $2,739,786,000
2017 $2,698,771,000
2018 $2,933,489,000
2019 $3,213,622,000
2020 $3,566,220,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Brazil was 0.247 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 0.546 in 1992, while its lowest value was 0.010 in 1988.

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
1975 0.063
1976 0.053
1977 0.035
1978 0.056
1979 0.033
1980 0.047
1981 0.048
1982 0.021
1983 0.015
1984 0.024
1985 0.019
1986 0.016
1987 0.015
1988 0.010
1989 0.035
1990 0.147
1991 0.324
1992 0.546
1993 0.339
1994 0.394
1995 0.384
1996 0.242
1997 0.178
1998 0.143
1999 0.250
2000 0.206
2001 0.259
2002 0.393
2003 0.410
2004 0.420
2005 0.315
2006 0.297
2007 0.237
2008 0.215
2009 0.173
2010 0.140
2011 0.123
2012 0.113
2013 0.110
2014 0.108
2015 0.161
2016 0.153
2017 0.131
2018 0.153
2019 0.171
2020 0.247

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments