Germany - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Germany was $22,024,500,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $24,351,170,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $2,237,634,000 in 1971.

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
1971 $2,237,634,000
1972 $2,722,814,000
1973 $3,690,343,000
1974 $4,016,875,000
1975 $4,095,521,000
1976 $4,173,704,000
1977 $4,255,071,000
1978 $5,183,326,000
1979 $5,725,613,000
1980 $5,818,916,000
1981 $4,791,846,000
1982 $4,480,541,000
1983 $4,289,452,000
1984 $4,038,365,000
1985 $3,598,019,000
1986 $4,636,389,000
1987 $5,534,591,000
1988 $5,871,227,000
1989 $5,482,566,000
1990 $6,542,014,000
1991 $6,600,992,000
1992 $8,222,439,000
1993 $8,176,367,000
1994 $8,870,751,000
1995 $10,891,200,000
1996 $10,518,760,000
1997 $9,473,508,000
1998 $9,108,083,000
1999 $10,088,650,000
2000 $8,662,857,000
2001 $9,184,540,000
2002 $10,126,520,000
2003 $11,566,290,000
2004 $12,607,400,000
2005 $12,705,660,000
2006 $12,705,040,000
2007 $14,079,160,000
2008 $15,236,460,000
2009 $15,336,340,000
2010 $14,682,110,000
2011 $16,125,580,000
2012 $15,581,430,000
2013 $19,976,710,000
2014 $20,084,390,000
2015 $18,248,810,000
2016 $19,348,110,000
2017 $21,699,120,000
2018 $24,351,170,000
2019 $23,935,920,000
2020 $22,024,500,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Germany was $17,898,800,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $18,271,040,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $209,930,900 in 1971.

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
1971 $209,930,900
1972 $245,852,600
1973 $313,813,700
1974 $357,406,900
1975 $419,735,900
1976 $449,990,800
1977 $535,669,200
1978 $731,329,800
1979 $849,241,000
1980 $2,380,181,000
1981 $2,117,617,000
1982 $2,231,766,000
1983 $2,118,542,000
1984 $1,968,478,000
1985 $2,022,924,000
1986 $2,779,070,000
1987 $3,582,102,000
1988 $3,834,043,000
1989 $3,751,835,000
1990 $4,876,062,000
1991 $4,823,002,000
1992 $4,920,209,000
1993 $4,393,696,000
1994 $4,408,901,000
1995 $4,506,990,000
1996 $4,329,001,000
1997 $3,831,354,000
1998 $3,908,028,000
1999 $3,756,184,000
2000 $3,603,503,000
2001 $3,883,048,000
2002 $4,653,643,000
2003 $5,748,398,000
2004 $6,515,542,000
2005 $6,863,864,000
2006 $7,484,148,000
2007 $9,767,491,000
2008 $10,973,690,000
2009 $12,344,790,000
2010 $12,788,810,000
2011 $15,337,120,000
2012 $14,637,030,000
2013 $16,395,720,000
2014 $17,075,380,000
2015 $15,578,080,000
2016 $15,197,540,000
2017 $15,688,310,000
2018 $16,887,720,000
2019 $18,271,040,000
2020 $17,898,800,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Germany was 0.465 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 0.470 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.079 in 1973.

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
1971 0.084
1972 0.082
1973 0.079
1974 0.080
1975 0.086
1976 0.087
1977 0.089
1978 0.099
1979 0.096
1980 0.250
1981 0.265
1982 0.287
1983 0.275
1984 0.271
1985 0.276
1986 0.266
1987 0.276
1988 0.274
1989 0.268
1990 0.275
1991 0.258
1992 0.231
1993 0.212
1994 0.200
1995 0.174
1996 0.173
1997 0.173
1998 0.175
1999 0.171
2000 0.185
2001 0.200
2002 0.224
2003 0.230
2004 0.232
2005 0.241
2006 0.250
2007 0.285
2008 0.293
2009 0.362
2010 0.376
2011 0.409
2012 0.415
2013 0.439
2014 0.439
2015 0.464
2016 0.438
2017 0.425
2018 0.425
2019 0.470
2020 0.465

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments