Zambia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Zambia was $88,510,890 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $138,885,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of $14,900,000 in 1990.

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
1978 $70,300,000
1979 $113,900,000
1980 $82,400,000
1981 $69,400,000
1982 $36,800,000
1983 $39,000,000
1984 $25,800,000
1985 $23,700,000
1986 $41,900,000
1987 $19,100,000
1988 $23,600,000
1989 $25,700,000
1990 $14,900,000
1991 $18,700,000
1997 $59,000,000
1998 $39,200,000
1999 $21,800,000
2000 $24,100,000
2001 $28,400,000
2002 $37,500,000
2003 $71,500,000
2004 $76,100,000
2005 $93,662,000
2006 $115,457,000
2007 $123,930,000
2008 $138,885,000
2009 $65,617,000
2010 $68,063,980
2011 $70,413,820
2012 $96,922,000
2013 $77,324,470
2014 $81,199,880
2015 $72,104,700
2016 $63,405,840
2017 $121,370,600
2018 $132,001,400
2019 $103,806,700
2020 $88,510,890

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Zambia was $134,864,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $134,864,800 in 2020 and a minimum value of $36,300,000 in 2003.

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
2003 $36,300,000
2004 $48,400,000
2005 $52,870,000
2006 $57,680,000
2007 $59,300,000
2008 $68,195,000
2009 $41,264,000
2010 $43,657,310
2011 $46,276,750
2012 $72,864,000
2013 $53,980,260
2014 $58,300,300
2015 $47,046,540
2016 $38,464,440
2017 $93,644,100
2018 $106,965,600
2019 $98,259,120
2020 $134,864,800

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Zambia was 0.745 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.778 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.184 in 2016.

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
2003 0.741
2004 0.778
2005 0.635
2006 0.452
2007 0.422
2008 0.381
2009 0.269
2010 0.215
2011 0.197
2012 0.286
2013 0.193
2014 0.215
2015 0.221
2016 0.184
2017 0.362
2018 0.407
2019 0.422
2020 0.745

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments