Cayman Islands - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

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
2016 $371,197,400
2017 $395,035,300
2018 $449,069,000
2019 $501,070,800

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Cayman Islands was $14,148,600.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $15,584,660.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2005.

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
2005 $0.00
2006 $0.00
2007 $0.00
2008 $0.00
2009 $0.00
2010 $0.00
2011 $0.00
2012 $0.00
2013 $0.00
2014 $0.00
2015 $0.00
2016 $13,507,650.00
2017 $15,584,660.00
2018 $14,256,280.00
2019 $14,148,600.00
2020 $14,148,600.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Cayman Islands was 0.253 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 0.302 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2006.

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
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.275
2017 0.302
2018 0.258
2019 0.238
2020 0.253

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments