Mauritius - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Mauritius was $691,477,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $822,789,600 in 2019 and a minimum value of $476,459 in 1999.

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
1976 $897,999
1977 $908,085
1978 $1,622,514
1979 $1,109,683
1980 $1,561,627
1981 $1,342,801
1982 $919,747
1983 $1,110,523
1984 $797,082
1985 $841,834
1986 $1,113,887
1987 $1,785,962
1988 $1,116,260
1989 $852,472
1990 $605,512
1991 $1,597,209
1992 $1,413,590
1993 $1,473,253
1994 $1,336,276
1995 $1,092,813
1996 $780,028
1997 $522,385
1998 $791,909
1999 $476,459
2001 $6,343,699
2002 $8,120,379
2003 $9,114,165
2004 $9,332,634
2005 $9,247,006
2006 $10,072,840
2007 $9,947,910
2008 $12,740,010
2009 $10,257,770
2010 $8,458,860
2011 $9,445,395
2012 $8,187,836
2013 $8,310,947
2014 $700,782,800
2015 $599,739,100
2016 $599,031,700
2017 $581,452,800
2018 $747,332,900
2019 $822,789,600
2020 $691,477,600

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Mauritius was $284,728,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $327,038,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of $518,995 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.

See also:

Year Value
1994 $118,000,000
1995 $132,000,000
1996 $160,000,000
1997 $168,000,000
1998 $180,000,000
1999 $178,000,000
2000 $177,000,000
2001 $615,851
2002 $633,981
2003 $573,714
2004 $729,710
2005 $609,195
2006 $728,801
2007 $703,595
2008 $633,706
2009 $660,463
2010 $814,359
2011 $518,995
2012 $861,943
2013 $552,880
2014 $327,038,000
2015 $223,577,800
2016 $194,066,600
2017 $250,243,100
2018 $244,621,300
2019 $318,511,700
2020 $284,728,300

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Mauritius was 2.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 4.32 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.00 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
1994 3.32
1995 3.27
1996 3.62
1997 4.01
1998 4.32
1999 4.10
2000 3.80
2001 0.01
2002 0.01
2003 0.01
2004 0.01
2005 0.01
2006 0.01
2007 0.01
2008 0.01
2009 0.01
2010 0.01
2011 0.00
2012 0.01
2013 0.00
2014 2.55
2015 1.91
2016 1.59
2017 1.89
2018 1.72
2019 2.27
2020 2.61

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments