Macao SAR, China - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Macao SAR, China was $2,134,016,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,323,959,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $93,896,940 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
2002 $95,124,960
2003 $93,896,940
2004 $132,290,300
2005 $232,536,800
2006 $441,438,300
2007 $792,459,600
2008 $1,017,706,000
2009 $768,319,200
2010 $636,508,200
2011 $773,583,600
2012 $972,686,500
2013 $1,282,686,000
2014 $1,629,715,000
2015 $1,949,440,000
2016 $2,026,879,000
2017 $2,041,139,000
2018 $2,165,698,000
2019 $2,323,959,000
2020 $2,134,016,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Macao SAR, China was $19,118,110 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $55,465,110 in 2006 and a minimum value of $19,118,110 in 2020.

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
2002 $46,620,170
2003 $47,740,740
2004 $53,334,690
2005 $53,150,240
2006 $55,465,110
2007 $54,385,820
2008 $51,598,910
2009 $48,381,810
2010 $46,853,510
2011 $48,292,670
2012 $46,907,060
2013 $48,659,080
2014 $36,864,800
2015 $39,527,610
2016 $27,588,640
2017 $25,425,690
2018 $22,801,210
2019 $21,815,990
2020 $19,118,110

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Macao SAR, China was 0.075 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.632 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.040 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.

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
2002 0.632
2003 0.579
2004 0.501
2005 0.437
2006 0.373
2007 0.295
2008 0.245
2009 0.224
2010 0.166
2011 0.131
2012 0.109
2013 0.094
2014 0.067
2015 0.088
2016 0.061
2017 0.050
2018 0.041
2019 0.040
2020 0.075

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments