St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was $8,881,948 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $12,403,060 in 2016 and a minimum value of $800,000 in 1991.

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
1986 $3,155,556
1987 $5,133,333
1988 $3,859,259
1989 $3,048,148
1990 $3,051,852
1991 $800,000
1993 $2,962,963
1994 $2,625,926
1995 $2,337,037
1996 $2,188,889
1997 $3,696,296
1998 $3,844,445
1999 $3,633,333
2000 $4,459,260
2001 $4,545,556
2002 $3,801,852
2003 $3,653,200
2004 $3,939,252
2005 $4,716,667
2006 $5,090,422
2007 $5,605,838
2008 $5,265,628
2009 $5,286,985
2010 $5,615,745
2011 $5,741,077
2012 $6,164,354
2013 $6,444,995
2014 $11,544,080
2015 $10,052,450
2016 $12,403,060
2017 $12,273,180
2018 $10,815,240
2019 $10,590,580
2020 $8,881,948

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was $60,689,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $79,338,190 in 2019 and a minimum value of $2,040,741 in 1992.

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
1986 $13,888,890
1987 $15,111,110
1988 $14,962,960
1989 $15,370,370
1990 $15,629,630
1991 $2,448,148
1992 $2,040,741
1993 $17,392,590
1994 $16,977,780
1995 $15,500,000
1996 $16,611,110
1997 $17,185,190
1998 $18,051,850
1999 $18,562,960
2000 $19,292,590
2001 $19,453,330
2002 $20,429,330
2003 $20,699,920
2004 $21,448,490
2005 $22,417,500
2006 $25,557,080
2007 $28,865,570
2008 $26,776,560
2009 $29,057,170
2010 $29,055,700
2011 $29,236,380
2012 $31,109,080
2013 $31,587,710
2014 $43,627,490
2015 $41,789,920
2016 $44,897,120
2017 $45,689,510
2018 $46,339,280
2019 $79,338,190
2020 $60,689,300

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 7.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 9.62 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.73 in 1992.

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
1986 8.63
1987 8.61
1988 7.45
1989 7.16
1990 6.50
1991 0.96
1992 0.73
1993 6.07
1994 5.87
1995 4.90
1996 5.01
1997 4.94
1998 4.83
1999 4.75
2000 4.87
2001 4.52
2002 4.42
2003 4.30
2004 4.11
2005 4.07
2006 4.18
2007 4.22
2008 3.85
2009 4.31
2010 4.27
2011 4.32
2012 4.49
2013 4.38
2014 6.00
2015 5.53
2016 5.80
2017 5.77
2018 5.71
2019 9.62
2020 7.52

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments