Comoros - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Comoros was $3,324,322 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $11,035,570 in 1992 and a minimum value of $211,532 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.

See also:

Year Value
1980 $1,519,327
1981 $743,387
1982 $4,771,709
1983 $3,994,092
1984 $5,119,544
1985 $4,908,080
1986 $6,785,966
1987 $5,922,791
1988 $4,263,953
1989 $5,231,883
1990 $4,433,222
1991 $6,366,435
1992 $11,035,570
1993 $5,360,924
1994 $6,047,087
1995 $3,504,675
2003 $211,532
2004 $316,053
2005 $399,551
2006 $408,352
2007 $455,742
2008 $667,085
2009 $594,297
2010 $786,612
2011 $895,331
2012 $826,400
2014 $981,694
2015 $1,061,491
2016 $920,602
2017 $1,929,146
2018 $4,708,656
2019 $4,660,668
2020 $3,324,322

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Comoros was $227,340,400.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $227,340,400.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2013.

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
1980 $1,618,722.00
1981 $1,221,805.00
1982 $2,367,595.00
1983 $1,836,968.00
1984 $2,139,819.00
1985 $4,229,185.00
1986 $4,764,614.00
1987 $6,801,227.00
1988 $7,383,018.00
1989 $7,887,009.00
1990 $9,935,266.00
1991 $10,095,550.00
1992 $15,999,880.00
1993 $16,029,800.00
1994 $15,232,990.00
1995 $12,212,940.00
2003 $32,042,450.00
2004 $48,705,000.00
2005 $54,055,720.00
2006 $63,197,510.00
2007 $74,045,490.00
2008 $101,325,400.00
2009 $100,407,500.00
2010 $87,252,090.00
2011 $108,173,900.00
2012 $110,203,500.00
2013 $0.00
2014 $159,817,500.00
2015 $131,866,000.00
2016 $116,745,500.00
2017 $131,598,300.00
2018 $172,620,200.00
2019 $168,546,800.00
2020 $227,340,400.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Comoros was 18.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 18.40 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2013.

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
1980 0.76
1981 0.62
1982 1.29
1983 0.96
1984 1.16
1985 2.15
1986 1.71
1987 2.02
1988 2.07
1989 2.31
1990 2.31
1991 2.38
1992 3.50
1993 3.54
1994 4.77
1995 3.07
2003 5.86
2004 7.69
2005 8.27
2006 9.05
2007 9.31
2008 11.07
2009 11.09
2010 9.61
2011 10.57
2012 10.85
2013 0.00
2014 13.90
2015 13.65
2016 11.53
2017 12.21
2018 14.52
2019 14.13
2020 18.40

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments