Congo - Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Congo was 0.075 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 0.496 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1987.

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
1978 0.284
1979 0.258
1980 0.186
1981 0.133
1982 0.099
1983 0.077
1984 0.050
1985 0.026
1986 0.002
1987 0.000
1988 0.200
1989 0.184
1990 0.156
1991 0.160
1992 0.147
1993 0.160
1994 0.241
1995 0.200
1996 0.308
1997 0.197
1998 0.099
1999 0.496
2000 0.321
2001 0.433
2002 0.039
2003 0.354
2004 0.321
2005 0.171
2006 0.164
2007 0.190
2008 0.186
2009 0.351
2010 0.252
2011 0.397
2012 0.386
2013 0.401
2014 0.232
2015 0.251
2016 0.075

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments