Marshall Islands - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Marshall Islands was $23,766,240 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $23,818,970 in 2014 and a minimum value of $3,470,887 in 2005.

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
2005 $3,470,887
2006 $3,616,436
2007 $3,843,305
2008 $4,070,088
2009 $4,432,602
2010 $7,881,811
2011 $9,237,557
2012 $23,120,300
2013 $23,658,450
2014 $23,818,970
2015 $18,452,180
2016 $19,452,180
2017 $22,766,240
2018 $23,766,240

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Marshall Islands was $31,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $31,450,050 in 2019 and a minimum value of $22,145,270 in 2011.

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
2005 $23,743,310
2006 $25,993,300
2007 $25,141,960
2008 $23,064,850
2009 $23,586,550
2010 $22,214,930
2011 $22,145,270
2012 $23,236,800
2013 $24,555,430
2014 $26,081,550
2015 $27,340,030
2016 $28,340,030
2017 $30,450,050
2018 $31,450,050
2019 $31,450,050
2020 $31,000,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Marshall Islands was 12.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 18.37 in 2006, while its lowest value was 12.68 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
2005 17.39
2006 18.37
2007 16.95
2008 15.18
2009 15.75
2010 13.85
2011 12.86
2012 12.88
2013 13.28
2014 14.32
2015 14.87
2016 14.06
2017 14.28
2018 14.19
2019 13.13
2020 12.68

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments