Estonia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Estonia was $203,889,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $249,205,400 in 2019 and a minimum value of $180,916 in 1993.

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
1992 $320,204
1993 $180,916
1994 $759,945
1995 $3,489,549
1996 $2,192,881
1997 $4,576,594
1998 $3,152,281
1999 $3,358,922
2000 $3,038,227
2001 $2,237,405
2002 $4,758,523
2003 $18,539,150
2004 $26,462,870
2005 $49,189,890
2006 $73,830,850
2007 $90,856,580
2008 $127,905,400
2009 $92,426,490
2010 $123,279,600
2011 $113,541,500
2012 $113,164,900
2013 $100,292,600
2014 $113,887,000
2015 $93,682,190
2016 $121,868,100
2017 $150,958,300
2018 $234,337,500
2019 $249,205,400
2020 $203,889,900

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Estonia was $506,608,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $570,404,500 in 2018 and a minimum value of $1,283,825 in 1995.

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
1994 $2,905,015
1995 $1,283,825
1996 $1,684,442
1997 $1,737,374
1998 $2,644,206
1999 $2,314,639
2000 $4,052,634
2001 $11,020,700
2002 $19,148,980
2003 $51,207,280
2004 $166,878,300
2005 $254,609,800
2006 $392,138,800
2007 $381,282,800
2008 $416,329,200
2009 $340,051,300
2010 $357,084,000
2011 $438,650,600
2012 $460,675,600
2013 $564,796,500
2014 $543,923,600
2015 $457,282,700
2016 $486,482,600
2017 $505,091,300
2018 $570,404,500
2019 $541,915,300
2020 $506,608,500

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Estonia was 1.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 2.30 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1995.

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
1995 0.03
1996 0.04
1997 0.03
1998 0.05
1999 0.04
2000 0.07
2001 0.18
2002 0.26
2003 0.52
2004 1.37
2005 1.80
2006 2.30
2007 1.70
2008 1.71
2009 1.73
2010 1.83
2011 1.89
2012 2.00
2013 2.25
2014 2.04
2015 2.00
2016 2.02
2017 1.88
2018 1.87
2019 1.75
2020 1.65

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments