Madagascar - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Madagascar was $49,908,650 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $74,265,380 in 2018 and a minimum value of $4,714,539 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. 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
1974 $20,315,430
1975 $37,328,740
1976 $34,735,360
1977 $26,009,570
1978 $27,386,940
1979 $26,325,580
1980 $31,238,350
1981 $23,331,950
1982 $20,100,890
1983 $12,196,560
1984 $10,647,850
1985 $14,430,680
1986 $16,308,350
1987 $11,905,950
1988 $13,844,010
1989 $13,458,590
1990 $17,501,630
1991 $9,992,590
1992 $9,436,864
1993 $6,698,776
1994 $8,447,070
1995 $11,076,910
1996 $13,210,210
1997 $15,125,070
1998 $13,000,340
1999 $11,213,010
2000 $11,903,990
2001 $11,415,640
2002 $4,714,539
2003 $17,924,590
2004 $9,001,434
2005 $23,162,250
2006 $27,214,040
2007 $38,241,870
2008 $40,562,030
2009 $49,537,320
2010 $58,909,230
2011 $54,214,200
2012 $63,112,380
2013 $55,195,670
2014 $49,749,230
2015 $57,976,280
2016 $47,656,920
2017 $63,489,590
2018 $74,265,380
2019 $63,243,730
2020 $49,908,650

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Madagascar was $495,356,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $495,356,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of $47,010 in 1979.

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
1974 $415,449
1975 $466,609
1976 $711,447
1977 $325,629
1978 $398,839
1979 $47,010
1980 $378,647
1981 $220,807
1982 $114,372
1983 $116,158
1984 $5,636,075
1985 $4,573,740
1986 $5,869,822
1987 $4,648,278
1988 $4,029,545
1989 $9,741,570
1990 $7,870,713
1991 $13,130,940
1992 $15,214,870
1993 $13,543,860
1994 $12,743,960
1995 $9,102,989
1996 $6,241,918
1997 $12,184,520
1998 $11,462,130
1999 $11,622,000
2000 $11,270,070
2001 $10,871,300
2002 $29,323,600
2003 $16,231,550
2004 $11,506,650
2005 $101,673,000
2006 $150,260,200
2007 $254,488,700
2008 $313,991,900
2009 $283,721,300
2010 $455,825,500
2011 $335,015,200
2012 $330,495,600
2013 $357,754,300
2014 $344,438,200
2015 $326,844,500
2016 $299,204,600
2017 $342,777,000
2018 $425,502,200
2019 $407,676,200
2020 $495,356,500

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Madagascar was 3.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 4.57 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

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
1974 0.02
1975 0.02
1976 0.03
1977 0.01
1978 0.01
1979 0.00
1980 0.01
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.14
1985 0.12
1986 0.14
1987 0.14
1988 0.13
1989 0.31
1990 0.20
1991 0.40
1992 0.41
1993 0.33
1994 0.36
1995 0.24
1996 0.13
1997 0.29
1998 0.26
1999 0.27
2000 0.24
2001 0.20
2002 0.55
2003 0.25
2004 0.23
2005 1.74
2006 2.35
2007 2.99
2008 2.93
2009 2.95
2010 4.57
2011 2.90
2012 2.85
2013 2.88
2014 2.75
2015 2.89
2016 2.53
2017 2.60
2018 3.09
2019 2.89
2020 3.79

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments