Ghana - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Ghana was $727,201,200.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,607,106,000.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2009.

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
1979 $15,681,960.00
1980 $9,400,000.00
1981 $9,900,000.00
1982 $6,200,000.00
1983 $12,500,000.00
1984 $13,900,000.00
1985 $10,900,000.00
1986 $3,600,000.00
1987 $3,200,000.00
1988 $3,300,000.00
1989 $3,500,000.00
1990 $3,400,000.00
1991 $3,700,000.00
1992 $3,900,000.00
1993 $3,900,000.00
1994 $4,600,000.00
1995 $4,799,400.00
1996 $5,000,000.00
1997 $5,400,000.00
1998 $5,600,000.00
1999 $5,900,000.00
2000 $6,089,513.00
2001 $6,399,200.00
2009 $0.00
2010 $0.00
2012 $7,990,000.00
2013 $4,840,000.00
2014 $8,942,032.00
2015 $2,607,106,000.00
2016 $1,548,910,000.00
2017 $1,112,210,000.00
2018 $956,248,100.00
2019 $667,262,500.00
2020 $727,201,200.00

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Ghana was $4,291,957,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $4,982,442,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of $500,000 in 1983.

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
1979 $1,272,740
1980 $900,000
1981 $1,400,000
1982 $1,500,000
1983 $500,000
1984 $4,700,000
1985 $4,200,000
1986 $600,000
1987 $700,000
1988 $6,000,000
1989 $6,000,000
1990 $6,000,000
1991 $6,200,000
1992 $7,300,000
1993 $10,100,000
1994 $15,700,000
1995 $17,209,600
1996 $27,500,000
1997 $26,000,000
1998 $29,500,000
1999 $30,700,000
2000 $32,396,800
2001 $45,909,120
2002 $43,520,000
2003 $65,100,100
2004 $82,371,200
2005 $99,184,580
2006 $105,253,200
2007 $117,363,700
2008 $126,104,700
2009 $114,455,700
2010 $135,852,200
2011 $2,134,639,000
2012 $2,155,495,000
2013 $1,863,990,000
2014 $2,007,831,000
2015 $4,982,442,000
2016 $2,979,934,000
2017 $3,536,410,000
2018 $3,520,567,000
2019 $4,053,695,000
2020 $4,291,957,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Ghana was 6.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 10.08 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1986.

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
1979 0.03
1980 0.02
1981 0.03
1982 0.04
1983 0.01
1984 0.11
1985 0.09
1986 0.01
1987 0.01
1988 0.12
1989 0.11
1990 0.10
1991 0.09
1992 0.11
1993 0.17
1994 0.29
1995 0.27
1996 0.40
1997 0.38
1998 0.39
1999 0.40
2000 0.65
2001 0.86
2002 0.71
2003 0.85
2004 0.93
2005 0.92
2006 0.51
2007 0.47
2008 0.44
2009 0.44
2010 0.42
2011 5.43
2012 5.22
2013 2.97
2014 3.67
2015 10.08
2016 5.31
2017 5.85
2018 5.23
2019 5.93
2020 6.26

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments