Japan - Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Japan was 0.096 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 0.096 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.010 in 1996.

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
1977 0.012
1978 0.013
1979 0.015
1980 0.013
1981 0.016
1982 0.019
1983 0.014
1984 0.016
1991 0.014
1992 0.015
1993 0.017
1994 0.017
1995 0.021
1996 0.010
1997 0.014
1998 0.014
1999 0.012
2000 0.016
2001 0.029
2002 0.027
2003 0.018
2004 0.016
2005 0.019
2006 0.026
2007 0.030
2008 0.034
2009 0.030
2010 0.029
2011 0.034
2012 0.040
2013 0.045
2014 0.076
2015 0.075
2016 0.077
2017 0.090
2018 0.087
2019 0.085
2020 0.096

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments