Mauritania - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Mauritania was $38,619,250 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $255,109,300 in 2013 and a minimum value of $9,619,270 in 1998.

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
1975 $21,529,200
1976 $24,965,430
1977 $22,330,890
1978 $21,164,370
1979 $32,227,490
1980 $32,582,600
1981 $21,678,890
1982 $31,505,240
1983 $27,129,260
1984 $24,105,320
1985 $24,220,020
1986 $29,243,700
1987 $32,228,660
1988 $34,041,610
1989 $32,498,100
1990 $31,224,800
1991 $29,373,060
1992 $30,392,950
1993 $22,830,020
1994 $24,907,950
1995 $14,433,410
1996 $12,235,680
1997 $11,550,620
1998 $9,619,270
2012 $239,832,500
2013 $255,109,300
2014 $188,556,400
2015 $171,581,500
2017 $53,064,260
2018 $26,581,210
2019 $10,091,820
2020 $38,619,250

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Mauritania was $168,665,200.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $168,665,200.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of $0.00 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.

See also:

Year Value
1975 $440,791.80
1976 $422,013.60
1977 $307,104.50
1978 $563,227.70
1979 $2,353,326.00
1980 $5,575,631.00
1981 $3,706,324.00
1982 $2,317,982.00
1983 $1,222,368.00
1984 $956,062.90
1985 $791,334.20
1986 $1,855,462.00
1987 $6,700,206.00
1988 $9,300,986.00
1989 $4,780,195.00
1990 $13,708,150.00
1991 $11,739,460.00
1992 $50,134,010.00
1993 $2,268,103.00
1994 $4,895,812.00
1995 $5,448,171.00
1996 $4,365,200.00
1997 $2,693,388.00
1998 $2,207,180.00
2005 $0.00
2006 $0.00
2007 $0.00
2008 $0.00
2009 $0.00
2010 $0.00
2011 $0.00
2012 $0.00
2013 $0.00
2014 $0.00
2015 $0.00
2016 $0.00
2017 $77,170,260.00
2018 $60,391,860.00
2019 $64,458,910.00
2020 $168,665,200.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 2.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 2.32 in 1992, while its lowest value was 0.00 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
1975 0.06
1976 0.05
1977 0.04
1978 0.07
1979 0.25
1980 0.53
1981 0.34
1982 0.21
1983 0.10
1984 0.09
1985 0.08
1986 0.16
1987 0.50
1988 0.66
1989 0.33
1990 0.91
1991 0.55
1992 2.32
1993 0.12
1994 0.25
1995 0.26
1996 0.20
1997 0.13
1998 0.11
2005 0.00
2006 0.00
2007 0.00
2008 0.00
2009 0.00
2010 0.00
2011 0.00
2012 0.00
2013 0.00
2014 0.00
2015 0.00
2016 0.00
2017 1.14
2018 0.82
2019 0.82
2020 2.13

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments