Solomon Islands - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid (current US$)

The value for Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid (current US$) in Solomon Islands was $4,400,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $11,159,840 in 1996 and a minimum value of $1,599,100 in 2002.

Definition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees received are current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries of nonresident workers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

See also:

Year Value
1982 $6,693,411
1983 $3,482,627
1984 $3,218,930
1985 $3,174,032
1986 $4,249,211
1987 $3,644,003
1988 $5,714,240
1989 $4,753,097
1990 $5,773,528
1991 $7,035,639
1992 $6,044,876
1993 $2,321,399
1994 $5,924,606
1995 $8,925,688
1996 $11,159,840
1997 $4,143,191
1998 $2,761,829
1999 $5,725,339
2000 $6,465,012
2001 $2,375,583
2002 $1,599,100
2003 $1,696,607
2004 $1,932,643
2005 $2,212,217
2006 $1,800,393
2007 $3,662,988
2008 $2,552,944
2009 $4,411,557
2010 $4,400,000

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)

The value for Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$) in Solomon Islands was $2,906,775 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $8,696,490 in 2004 and a minimum value of $1,714,875 in 2008.

Definition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.

See also:

Year Value
1999 $2,356,277
2000 $4,323,109
2001 $4,528,053
2002 $3,743,441
2003 $3,881,133
2004 $8,696,490
2005 $7,162,383
2006 $1,917,121
2007 $2,073,545
2008 $1,714,875
2009 $2,380,829
2010 $2,906,775

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (% of GDP)

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (% of GDP) in Solomon Islands was 0.43 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 2.32 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.27 in 2008.

Definition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1999 0.49
2000 0.99
2001 1.13
2002 1.10
2003 1.17
2004 2.32
2005 1.73
2006 0.42
2007 0.35
2008 0.27
2009 0.40
2010 0.43

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments