Micronesia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Micronesia was $17,330,800 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $17,913,900 in 2012 and a minimum value of $15,247,400 in 2009.

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
2009 $15,247,400
2010 $16,560,900
2011 $17,020,700
2012 $17,913,900
2013 $16,452,600
2014 $17,330,800

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Micronesia was $23,338,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $23,338,700 in 2020 and a minimum value of $17,349,600 in 2009.

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
2009 $17,349,600
2010 $18,066,700
2011 $19,428,000
2012 $20,803,300
2013 $22,046,600
2014 $23,338,700
2015 $23,338,700
2016 $23,338,700
2017 $23,338,700
2018 $23,338,700
2019 $23,338,700
2020 $23,338,700

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Micronesia was 5.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 7.37 in 2015, while its lowest value was 5.69 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.

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Year Value
2009 6.19
2010 6.08
2011 6.24
2012 6.36
2013 6.95
2014 7.31
2015 7.37
2016 7.02
2017 6.37
2018 5.81
2019 5.72
2020 5.69

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments