Liberia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Liberia was $251,179,500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $434,537,300 in 2012 and a minimum value of $176,171 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
1979 $34,999,990
1980 $31,999,990
1981 $32,999,990
1982 $74,999,980
1983 $126,000,000
1984 $120,900,000
1985 $102,400,000
1986 $136,200,000
1987 $125,900,000
2004 $176,171
2005 $193,789
2006 $213,167
2007 $255,220
2008 $480,663
2009 $1,008,166
2010 $300,506,700
2011 $306,604,500
2012 $434,537,300
2013 $394,922,700
2014 $364,440,800
2015 $339,788,100
2016 $357,014,800
2017 $315,532,400
2018 $339,065,000
2019 $251,179,500

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Liberia was $333,398,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $654,424,400 in 2015 and a minimum value of $25,116,900 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
2004 $58,446,880
2005 $31,854,960
2006 $78,814,940
2007 $61,977,180
2008 $58,122,230
2009 $25,116,900
2010 $294,232,000
2011 $523,002,500
2012 $546,822,300
2013 $412,747,700
2014 $512,000,300
2015 $654,424,400
2016 $580,127,700
2017 $403,475,900
2018 $459,924,700
2019 $346,244,100
2020 $333,398,300

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Liberia was 10.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 21.81 in 2011, while its lowest value was 1.42 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
2004 6.52
2005 3.36
2006 7.04
2007 4.51
2008 3.37
2009 1.42
2010 14.73
2011 21.81
2012 19.59
2013 12.99
2014 15.87
2015 20.28
2016 17.07
2017 11.90
2018 13.44
2019 10.43
2020 10.41

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments