Cabo Verde - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Cabo Verde was $36,753,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $44,233,170 in 2017 and a minimum value of $282,770 in 2001.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1986 $1,080,543
1987 $1,430,881
1988 $2,284,386
1989 $1,798,326
1990 $1,830,324
1991 $3,049,644
1992 $4,717,898
1993 $3,668,563
1994 $2,745,973
1995 $5,165,684
1996 $3,480,263
1997 $5,237,470
1998 $412,552
1999 $473,037
2000 $479,394
2001 $282,770
2002 $1,521,439
2003 $7,190,100
2004 $11,977,560
2005 $5,170,967
2006 $5,718,483
2007 $6,022,911
2008 $10,007,580
2009 $11,724,050
2010 $7,962,676
2011 $8,626,301
2012 $9,824,627
2013 $9,847,114
2014 $11,394,440
2015 $14,207,580
2016 $36,460,830
2017 $44,233,170
2018 $40,252,580
2019 $36,831,340
2020 $36,753,300

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Cabo Verde was $245,800,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $245,800,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of $20,547,990 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
1977 $24,281,500
1978 $23,602,320
1979 $24,005,560
1980 $40,064,800
1981 $31,596,890
1982 $25,852,010
1983 $20,547,990
1984 $20,617,850
1985 $20,757,020
1986 $27,560,080
1987 $36,426,000
1988 $42,742,010
1989 $47,700,460
1990 $59,140,380
1991 $62,366,530
1992 $76,012,990
1993 $76,491,360
1994 $85,453,640
1995 $105,860,900
1996 $100,349,700
1997 $76,416,560
1998 $73,741,560
1999 $79,715,580
2000 $89,761,170
2001 $80,954,170
2002 $85,021,680
2003 $108,444,900
2004 $113,427,800
2005 $136,692,600
2006 $136,573,200
2007 $138,793,700
2008 $155,036,000
2009 $135,620,300
2010 $130,909,900
2011 $176,875,000
2012 $176,969,700
2013 $175,918,300
2014 $196,981,900
2015 $200,903,500
2016 $211,373,800
2017 $216,552,200
2018 $234,507,500
2019 $241,305,100
2020 $245,800,400

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Cabo Verde was 14.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 28.17 in 1980, while its lowest value was 7.87 in 2010.

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
1980 28.17
1981 22.66
1982 18.38
1983 14.84
1984 15.62
1985 15.07
1986 14.46
1987 15.48
1988 16.17
1989 17.84
1990 19.27
1991 19.50
1992 21.28
1993 15.60
1994 21.02
1995 21.73
1996 19.99
1997 15.58
1998 14.13
1999 13.46
2000 16.65
2001 14.38
2002 13.69
2003 13.32
2004 12.27
2005 14.06
2006 12.33
2007 9.17
2008 8.66
2009 7.92
2010 7.87
2011 9.48
2012 10.16
2013 9.51
2014 10.59
2015 12.58
2016 12.71
2017 12.25
2018 11.93
2019 12.18
2020 14.43

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments