Dominica - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Dominica was $22,478,380 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $25,999,230 in 2019 and a minimum value of $6,233 in 2002.

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
1986 $4,370,371
1987 $1,962,963
1988 $1,814,815
1989 $2,100,000
1990 $162,963
1991 $200,000
1992 $122,222
1993 $18,519
1994 $444,444
1995 $151,852
1996 $62,963
1997 $122,222
1998 $7,407
1999 $7,407
2000 $11,111
2001 $6,667
2002 $6,233
2003 $6,296
2004 $6,630
2005 $7,144
2006 $7,430
2007 $7,896
2008 $8,056
2009 $8,085
2010 $8,016
2011 $8,039
2012 $1,616,552
2013 $1,701,589
2014 $24,816,580
2015 $24,805,920
2016 $21,161,680
2017 $20,317,890
2018 $14,322,030
2019 $25,999,230
2020 $22,478,380

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Dominica was $67,960,520 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $67,960,520 in 2020 and a minimum value of $1,300,355 in 1976.

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
1976 $1,300,355
1977 $3,200,000
1978 $5,800,000
1979 $8,700,000
1980 $8,600,000
1981 $8,500,000
1982 $7,500,000
1983 $9,400,000
1984 $10,800,000
1985 $11,100,000
1986 $7,703,704
1987 $11,777,780
1988 $16,111,110
1989 $13,370,370
1990 $13,922,220
1991 $4,959,259
1992 $5,174,074
1993 $13,737,040
1994 $13,285,190
1995 $10,840,740
1996 $11,107,410
1997 $11,429,630
1998 $12,070,370
1999 $12,985,190
2000 $13,522,220
2001 $14,342,590
2002 $14,457,760
2003 $14,804,820
2004 $20,031,140
2005 $21,772,340
2006 $22,075,030
2007 $22,482,590
2008 $22,686,330
2009 $22,138,520
2010 $22,889,300
2011 $22,870,140
2012 $23,248,900
2013 $23,551,130
2014 $50,494,650
2015 $55,928,200
2016 $44,033,720
2017 $44,351,320
2018 $42,141,420
2019 $47,506,080
2020 $67,960,520

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Dominica was 13.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 15.81 in 1979, while its lowest value was 2.21 in 1992.

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
1977 6.98
1978 10.15
1979 15.81
1980 11.81
1981 10.35
1982 8.38
1983 9.53
1984 9.89
1985 9.29
1986 5.70
1987 7.76
1988 9.42
1989 7.22
1990 6.91
1991 2.26
1992 2.21
1993 5.59
1994 5.03
1995 3.95
1996 3.80
1997 3.77
1998 3.74
1999 3.91
2000 4.06
2001 4.22
2002 4.34
2003 4.31
2004 5.46
2005 5.98
2006 5.66
2007 5.34
2008 4.95
2009 4.53
2010 4.64
2011 4.56
2012 4.78
2013 4.73
2014 9.71
2015 10.34
2016 7.64
2017 8.53
2018 7.65
2019 7.77
2020 13.48

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments