Hong Kong SAR, China - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Hong Kong SAR, China was $908,546,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $997,216,100 in 2019 and a minimum value of $167,069,700 in 1999.

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
1998 $175,202,300
1999 $167,069,700
2000 $225,384,900
2001 $308,511,000
2002 $298,887,600
2003 $317,206,800
2004 $320,620,700
2005 $348,086,700
2006 $376,550,900
2007 $387,625,000
2008 $393,106,700
2009 $413,326,200
2010 $482,936,800
2011 $554,345,000
2012 $607,118,500
2013 $656,398,100
2014 $711,498,700
2015 $758,670,600
2016 $816,526,000
2017 $875,473,300
2018 $933,973,100
2019 $997,216,100
2020 $908,546,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Hong Kong SAR, China was $426,572,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $451,246,700 in 2019 and a minimum value of $119,691,100 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.

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Year Value
1998 $153,640,900
1999 $130,454,600
2000 $135,538,200
2001 $152,845,000
2002 $120,529,600
2003 $119,691,100
2004 $239,856,600
2005 $296,761,200
2006 $294,033,600
2007 $316,866,700
2008 $355,347,200
2009 $347,792,400
2010 $339,569,400
2011 $351,638,500
2012 $366,815,300
2013 $360,237,500
2014 $372,449,100
2015 $386,750,600
2016 $399,492,900
2017 $436,898,400
2018 $424,573,800
2019 $451,246,700
2020 $426,572,600

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 0.123 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 0.163 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.072 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1998 0.091
1999 0.079
2000 0.079
2001 0.090
2002 0.072
2003 0.074
2004 0.142
2005 0.163
2006 0.152
2007 0.150
2008 0.162
2009 0.162
2010 0.149
2011 0.141
2012 0.140
2013 0.131
2014 0.128
2015 0.125
2016 0.125
2017 0.128
2018 0.117
2019 0.124
2020 0.123

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments