Myanmar - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Myanmar was $178,869,000.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $565,941,100.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of $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. 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
1987 $75,017.84
1988 $418,023.30
2000 $13,781,410.00
2001 $13,974,440.00
2002 $23,043,880.00
2003 $22,610,100.00
2004 $24,271,990.00
2005 $18,816,240.00
2006 $31,369,190.00
2011 $0.00
2013 $419,356,300.00
2014 $565,941,100.00
2015 $382,264,700.00
2016 $297,721,200.00
2017 $96,325,540.00
2018 $151,129,000.00
2019 $178,869,000.00

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Myanmar was $2,249,552,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,673,495,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $279,829 in 1992.

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
1987 $5,972,805
1988 $6,836,565
1989 $9,275,734
1990 $5,970,436
1991 $1,552,868
1992 $279,829
1993 $28,537,930
1994 $41,800,520
1995 $80,575,030
1996 $122,450,100
1997 $147,205,600
1998 $135,823,000
1999 $135,053,900
2000 $102,152,600
2001 $116,158,200
2002 $105,385,600
2003 $84,412,130
2004 $116,573,100
2005 $129,488,900
2006 $115,168,200
2007 $81,009,060
2008 $54,744,020
2009 $54,472,030
2010 $114,854,800
2011 $127,076,000
2012 $274,616,100
2013 $1,643,883,000
2014 $1,807,678,000
2015 $1,933,728,000
2016 $2,254,715,000
2017 $2,452,869,000
2018 $2,673,495,000
2019 $2,553,190,000
2020 $2,249,552,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Myanmar was 2.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 3.99 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1992.

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
1987 0.41
1988 0.49
1989 0.55
1990 0.29
1991 0.07
1992 0.01
1993 1.02
1994 1.09
1995 1.65
1996 2.13
1997 2.61
1998 2.94
1999 2.39
2000 1.49
2001 1.87
2002 1.72
2003 1.09
2004 1.24
2005 1.22
2006 0.97
2007 0.52
2008 0.24
2009 0.18
2010 0.30
2011 0.23
2012 0.47
2013 2.71
2014 2.86
2015 3.07
2016 3.74
2017 3.99
2018 3.98
2019 3.72
2020 2.82

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments