Burkina Faso - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Burkina Faso was $196,545,200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $208,745,500 in 2018 and a minimum value of $13,680,670 in 1974.

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
1974 $13,680,670
1975 $31,015,400
1976 $30,261,500
1977 $40,516,170
1978 $34,348,770
1979 $39,394,200
1980 $51,931,200
1981 $45,419,840
1982 $35,510,580
1983 $39,783,130
1984 $35,529,840
1985 $40,757,860
1986 $49,268,580
1987 $58,355,630
1988 $56,955,180
1989 $56,073,780
1990 $80,855,110
1991 $70,661,150
1992 $70,100,390
1993 $61,805,480
1994 $50,952,380
1995 $49,878,170
1996 $48,803,950
1997 $47,729,740
1998 $46,655,520
1999 $45,581,320
2000 $44,507,100
2001 $44,031,790
2002 $50,096,970
2003 $77,183,380
2004 $79,165,630
2005 $83,860,220
2006 $86,153,890
2007 $93,321,880
2008 $100,015,700
2009 $99,707,970
2010 $111,897,000
2011 $42,037,260
2012 $71,420,130
2013 $148,953,300
2014 $160,554,600
2015 $180,767,700
2016 $188,062,700
2017 $198,931,800
2018 $208,745,500
2019 $196,545,200

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Burkina Faso was $464,677,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $467,251,800 in 2019 and a minimum value of $35,940,310 in 1974.

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
1974 $35,940,310
1975 $47,654,620
1976 $51,023,120
1977 $60,147,420
1978 $78,074,640
1979 $109,669,100
1980 $150,431,000
1981 $153,361,000
1982 $110,302,200
1983 $113,214,000
1984 $90,237,780
1985 $125,921,800
1986 $191,625,400
1987 $173,280,100
1988 $187,028,200
1989 $155,259,300
1990 $139,672,800
1991 $112,967,800
1992 $128,814,000
1993 $117,222,400
1994 $80,346,940
1995 $78,178,300
1996 $76,009,660
1997 $73,841,020
1998 $71,672,380
1999 $69,503,740
2000 $67,335,100
2001 $49,915,520
2002 $58,734,140
2003 $53,747,390
2004 $44,417,330
2005 $56,664,820
2006 $67,996,280
2007 $84,436,180
2008 $99,742,140
2009 $96,373,870
2010 $120,462,200
2011 $221,068,000
2012 $209,980,800
2013 $308,469,500
2014 $396,308,000
2015 $384,985,600
2016 $397,373,900
2017 $416,839,200
2018 $455,650,100
2019 $467,251,800
2020 $464,677,600

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso was 2.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 9.41 in 1986, while its lowest value was 0.81 in 2004.

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
1974 4.78
1975 5.07
1976 5.22
1977 5.32
1978 5.29
1979 6.27
1980 7.80
1981 8.64
1982 6.29
1983 7.07
1984 6.18
1985 8.11
1986 9.41
1987 7.31
1988 7.15
1989 5.94
1990 4.50
1991 3.60
1992 3.84
1993 3.66
1994 4.24
1995 3.29
1996 2.94
1997 3.02
1998 2.56
1999 2.05
2000 2.27
2001 1.56
2002 1.62
2003 1.13
2004 0.81
2005 0.92
2006 1.04
2007 1.11
2008 1.06
2009 1.02
2010 1.19
2011 1.83
2012 1.67
2013 2.29
2014 2.84
2015 3.25
2016 3.10
2017 2.95
2018 2.87
2019 2.89
2020 2.59

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments