Lao PDR - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Lao PDR was $96,284,530 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $123,785,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $200,000 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. 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
1992 $200,000
1993 $200,000
1994 $500,000
1995 $400,000
1996 $400,000
1997 $400,000
1998 $400,000
1999 $400,000
2000 $440,000
2001 $463,050
2002 $486,203
2003 $996,715
2004 $800,000
2005 $840,000
2006 $5,410,944
2007 $6,000,000
2008 $9,360,746
2009 $22,370,010
2010 $19,314,930
2011 $75,643,120
2012 $70,175,690
2013 $68,704,000
2014 $54,165,310
2015 $43,338,070
2016 $39,476,130
2017 $103,058,600
2018 $123,785,000
2019 $106,033,700
2020 $96,284,530

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Lao PDR was $232,166,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $296,516,600 in 2019 and a minimum value of $400,000 in 1995.

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
1984 $2,800,000
1985 $3,500,000
1986 $3,700,000
1987 $3,500,000
1988 $6,700,000
1989 $8,300,000
1990 $10,900,000
1991 $10,400,000
1992 $10,800,000
1993 $12,100,000
1994 $10,000,000
1995 $400,000
1996 $500,000
1997 $500,000
1998 $600,000
1999 $600,000
2000 $660,000
2001 $694,575
2002 $729,304
2003 $765,769
2004 $804,057
2005 $830,000
2006 $4,237,233
2007 $6,203,733
2008 $17,774,600
2009 $37,576,340
2010 $41,774,220
2011 $110,297,800
2012 $202,988,800
2013 $170,436,800
2014 $188,048,200
2015 $189,212,300
2016 $189,361,900
2017 $242,708,600
2018 $239,879,500
2019 $296,516,600
2020 $232,166,100

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Lao PDR was 1.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 1.99 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1995.

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
1984 0.16
1985 0.15
1986 0.21
1987 0.32
1988 1.12
1989 1.16
1990 1.26
1991 1.01
1992 0.96
1993 0.91
1994 0.65
1995 0.02
1996 0.03
1997 0.03
1998 0.05
1999 0.04
2000 0.04
2001 0.04
2002 0.04
2003 0.04
2004 0.03
2005 0.03
2006 0.12
2007 0.15
2008 0.33
2009 0.64
2010 0.59
2011 1.26
2012 1.99
2013 1.42
2014 1.42
2015 1.31
2016 1.19
2017 1.42
2018 1.32
2019 1.57
2020 1.21

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments