Kosovo - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Kosovo was $49,721,160 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $172,341,700 in 2004 and a minimum value of $42,016,020 in 2019.

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
2004 $172,341,700
2005 $161,865,600
2006 $120,048,100
2007 $96,115,410
2008 $127,064,200
2009 $155,674,400
2010 $127,120,600
2011 $151,105,100
2012 $117,999,200
2013 $106,278,600
2014 $99,795,780
2015 $68,395,900
2016 $66,754,500
2017 $61,995,080
2018 $58,958,750
2019 $42,016,020
2020 $49,721,160

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Kosovo was $1,436,088,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $1,436,088,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of $621,908,700 in 2004.

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
2004 $621,908,700
2005 $701,590,200
2006 $771,467,500
2007 $919,892,400
2008 $1,046,523,000
2009 $1,056,112,000
2010 $1,006,678,000
2011 $993,376,600
2012 $945,613,500
2013 $1,058,396,000
2014 $1,098,946,000
2015 $971,416,400
2016 $985,798,500
2017 $1,112,078,000
2018 $1,235,728,000
2019 $1,248,991,000
2020 $1,436,088,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Kosovo was 18.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 21.06 in 2009, while its lowest value was 14.75 in 2016.

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
2008 20.20
2009 21.06
2010 18.84
2011 15.66
2012 15.34
2013 15.71
2014 15.53
2015 15.43
2016 14.75
2017 15.49
2018 15.68
2019 15.81
2020 18.61

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments