Fiji - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Fiji was $7,445,207 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $40,413,780 in 1999 and a minimum value of $2,219,279 in 2000.

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
1979 $9,883,418
1980 $10,342,750
1981 $12,321,170
1982 $8,150,583
1983 $8,672,393
1984 $8,220,975
1985 $11,009,450
1986 $14,123,470
1987 $13,667,150
1988 $12,165,630
1989 $21,101,120
1990 $21,540,830
1991 $25,278,580
1992 $22,089,290
1993 $23,284,850
1994 $28,412,870
1995 $29,509,360
1996 $40,048,460
1997 $36,365,520
1998 $37,597,830
1999 $40,413,780
2000 $2,219,279
2001 $3,814,693
2002 $3,892,613
2003 $3,827,913
2004 $16,142,850
2005 $7,870,361
2006 $9,759,801
2007 $9,142,801
2008 $12,870,530
2009 $7,158,572
2010 $9,631,117
2011 $10,533,780
2012 $8,225,968
2013 $8,469,047
2014 $10,660,480
2015 $9,666,038
2016 $13,015,470
2017 $14,917,360
2018 $15,730,150
2019 $11,256,020
2020 $7,445,207

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Fiji was $355,403,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $355,403,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of $3,589,619 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.

See also:

Year Value
1979 $3,589,619
1980 $4,890,187
1981 $9,302,308
1982 $8,086,236
1983 $7,984,108
1984 $10,613,370
1985 $27,653,660
1986 $29,747,560
1987 $27,012,720
1988 $22,653,250
1989 $22,988,760
1990 $21,945,990
1991 $19,179,190
1992 $22,688,100
1993 $26,138,700
1994 $29,642,280
1995 $32,709,170
1996 $33,349,960
1997 $34,633,830
1998 $25,870,530
1999 $23,202,390
2000 $43,301,330
2001 $77,584,870
2002 $99,401,920
2003 $123,678,400
2004 $172,645,200
2005 $203,312,100
2006 $204,579,700
2007 $183,212,500
2008 $146,677,300
2009 $171,057,200
2010 $175,631,100
2011 $160,556,700
2012 $190,607,900
2013 $203,570,100
2014 $220,967,700
2015 $252,357,400
2016 $272,292,600
2017 $278,684,000
2018 $291,943,900
2019 $295,226,300
2020 $355,403,500

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Fiji was 7.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 7.84 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.35 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 0.35
1980 0.41
1981 0.75
1982 0.68
1983 0.71
1984 0.90
1985 2.42
1986 2.31
1987 2.29
1988 2.04
1989 1.94
1990 1.64
1991 1.39
1992 1.48
1993 1.60
1994 1.62
1995 1.66
1996 1.57
1997 1.66
1998 1.56
1999 1.20
2000 2.58
2001 4.70
2002 5.42
2003 5.38
2004 6.38
2005 6.82
2006 6.65
2007 5.42
2008 4.16
2009 5.96
2010 5.59
2011 4.25
2012 4.80
2013 4.86
2014 4.55
2015 5.39
2016 5.52
2017 5.21
2018 5.23
2019 5.37
2020 7.84

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments