Jordan - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Jordan was $393,098,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $684,788,700 in 2012 and a minimum value of $20,482,960 in 1976.

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
1976 $20,482,960
1977 $45,614,700
1978 $65,464,450
1979 $79,917,820
1980 $154,422,600
1981 $157,463,600
1982 $176,992,600
1983 $200,530,700
1984 $253,816,800
1985 $235,973,700
1986 $246,961,500
1987 $184,380,300
1988 $154,724,100
1989 $91,060,100
1990 $70,515,840
1991 $61,105,330
1992 $86,057,650
1993 $78,073,090
1994 $93,023,020
1995 $107,062,200
1996 $99,858,960
1997 $200,000,000
1998 $207,052,200
1999 $203,949,200
2000 $197,461,200
2001 $193,234,900
2002 $193,935,200
2003 $226,939,300
2004 $272,073,300
2005 $349,224,300
2006 $401,551,500
2007 $479,266,700
2008 $471,779,200
2009 $502,253,500
2010 $605,211,300
2011 $549,859,100
2012 $684,788,700
2013 $534,929,600
2014 $675,211,300
2015 $596,760,600
2016 $570,000,000
2017 $672,816,900
2018 $637,183,100
2019 $574,788,700
2020 $393,098,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Jordan was $3,902,394,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $6,369,718,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of $20,719,980 in 1972.

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
1972 $20,719,980
1973 $44,739,210
1974 $74,823,420
1975 $166,671,000
1976 $410,864,000
1977 $469,705,900
1978 $520,576,500
1979 $600,949,200
1980 $793,860,200
1981 $1,032,941,000
1982 $1,082,285,000
1983 $1,109,606,000
1984 $1,236,679,000
1985 $1,022,177,000
1986 $1,183,820,000
1987 $937,952,100
1988 $894,980,400
1989 $627,070,800
1990 $499,267,100
1991 $447,906,100
1992 $843,659,600
1993 $1,040,150,000
1994 $1,093,903,000
1995 $1,243,994,000
1996 $1,544,147,000
1997 $1,655,148,000
1998 $1,542,736,000
1999 $1,664,034,000
2000 $1,845,134,000
2001 $2,011,334,000
2002 $2,134,979,000
2003 $2,201,128,000
2004 $2,287,447,000
2005 $2,420,874,000
2006 $2,793,935,000
2007 $3,326,376,000
2008 $3,510,160,000
2009 $3,465,211,000
2010 $3,622,958,000
2011 $3,683,944,000
2012 $3,848,310,000
2013 $5,342,817,000
2014 $6,369,718,000
2015 $5,348,310,000
2016 $4,374,648,000
2017 $4,431,972,000
2018 $4,471,972,000
2019 $4,390,986,000
2020 $3,902,394,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Jordan was 8.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 24.90 in 1984, while its lowest value was 2.63 in 1972.

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.

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Year Value
1972 2.63
1973 4.74
1974 6.25
1975 12.23
1976 24.04
1977 22.40
1978 20.00
1979 18.37
1980 20.30
1981 23.56
1982 23.12
1983 22.55
1984 24.90
1985 20.47
1986 18.49
1987 13.88
1988 14.26
1989 14.86
1990 12.00
1991 10.31
1992 15.88
1993 18.55
1994 17.54
1995 18.49
1996 22.29
1997 22.84
1998 19.50
1999 20.42
2000 21.81
2001 22.41
2002 22.28
2003 21.59
2004 20.05
2005 19.23
2006 18.56
2007 19.44
2008 15.49
2009 14.12
2010 13.35
2011 12.48
2012 12.16
2013 15.51
2014 17.29
2015 13.86
2016 10.97
2017 10.70
2018 10.42
2019 9.87
2020 8.93

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments