Cameroon - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Cameroon was $101,578,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $160,551,600 in 1988 and a minimum value of $10,908,510 in 1977.

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
1977 $10,908,510
1978 $20,119,130
1979 $37,090,720
1980 $101,760,900
1981 $101,460,500
1982 $98,050,480
1983 $117,853,600
1984 $106,601,000
1985 $138,983,200
1986 $135,285,000
1987 $136,655,600
1988 $160,551,600
1989 $114,103,600
1990 $110,884,700
1991 $95,353,920
1992 $135,062,700
1993 $106,511,200
1994 $62,229,300
1995 $22,338,040
1996 $37,081,640
1997 $35,565,340
1998 $33,510,030
1999 $28,118,440
2000 $29,980,070
2001 $41,725,640
2002 $55,576,410
2003 $56,736,550
2004 $42,170,440
2005 $56,198,260
2006 $91,752,780
2007 $89,682,360
2008 $56,576,230
2009 $130,469,600
2010 $54,232,640
2011 $80,717,480
2012 $72,900,860
2013 $65,130,640
2014 $82,226,620
2015 $75,607,430
2016 $81,209,330
2017 $83,592,860
2018 $88,887,960
2019 $86,396,260
2020 $101,578,100

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Cameroon was $334,097,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $355,550,700 in 2019 and a minimum value of $3,478,725 in 1979.

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
1979 $3,478,725
1980 $29,392,340
1981 $28,704,810
1982 $19,019,720
1983 $28,000,400
1984 $14,829,850
1985 $12,220,020
1986 $23,736,240
1987 $12,777,150
1988 $12,321,710
1989 $32,569,690
1990 $22,992,320
1991 $7,337,644
1992 $25,010,220
1993 $20,341,670
1994 $11,401,200
1995 $11,239,140
1996 $13,409,970
1997 $13,564,190
1998 $22,612,530
1999 $15,404,280
2000 $22,100,030
2001 $16,831,590
2002 $29,456,450
2003 $75,414,620
2004 $103,389,300
2005 $77,019,170
2006 $130,058,700
2007 $167,560,300
2008 $162,670,400
2009 $185,112,100
2010 $114,971,000
2011 $219,542,300
2012 $210,407,700
2013 $244,128,500
2014 $283,337,600
2015 $241,707,000
2016 $268,951,600
2017 $316,800,700
2018 $333,554,500
2019 $355,550,700
2020 $334,097,300

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Cameroon was 0.819 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 0.896 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.059 in 1979.

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
1979 0.059
1980 0.440
1981 0.434
1982 0.288
1983 0.408
1984 0.203
1985 0.143
1986 0.200
1987 0.098
1988 0.101
1989 0.296
1990 0.187
1991 0.062
1992 0.207
1993 0.126
1994 0.128
1995 0.103
1996 0.121
1997 0.126
1998 0.200
1999 0.133
2000 0.209
2001 0.154
2002 0.237
2003 0.472
2004 0.549
2005 0.395
2006 0.622
2007 0.700
2008 0.587
2009 0.663
2010 0.418
2011 0.717
2012 0.698
2013 0.724
2014 0.779
2015 0.750
2016 0.795
2017 0.878
2018 0.834
2019 0.896
2020 0.819

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments