Nepal - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Nepal was $44,143,200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $79,166,540 in 2006 and a minimum value of $3,005,676 in 1993.

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
1993 $3,005,676
1994 $8,713,303
1995 $9,062,519
1996 $17,992,220
1997 $21,802,420
1998 $24,058,680
1999 $26,947,870
2000 $16,732,550
2001 $24,304,800
2002 $34,089,620
2003 $26,189,750
2004 $63,611,100
2005 $65,787,640
2006 $79,166,540
2007 $3,953,400
2008 $5,286,469
2009 $12,297,860
2010 $32,360,890
2011 $39,162,790
2012 $50,325,790
2013 $27,772,180
2014 $9,103,368
2015 $9,494,426
2016 $20,054,320
2017 $33,435,190
2018 $49,426,300
2019 $60,035,160
2020 $44,143,200

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Nepal was $8,107,745,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $8,286,629,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of $44,160,130 in 1996.

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
1993 $54,825,100
1994 $50,118,520
1995 $56,822,670
1996 $44,160,130
1997 $49,458,060
1998 $67,504,900
1999 $83,462,780
2000 $111,498,200
2001 $146,985,200
2002 $678,485,900
2003 $771,072,100
2004 $822,609,000
2005 $1,211,823,000
2006 $1,453,231,000
2007 $1,733,859,000
2008 $2,727,141,000
2009 $2,983,337,000
2010 $3,464,093,000
2011 $4,216,894,000
2012 $4,792,506,000
2013 $5,583,702,000
2014 $5,888,650,000
2015 $6,729,936,000
2016 $6,611,838,000
2017 $6,928,134,000
2018 $8,286,629,000
2019 $8,244,466,000
2020 $8,107,745,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Nepal was 24.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 27.63 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.98 in 1996.

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
1993 1.50
1994 1.23
1995 1.29
1996 0.98
1997 1.01
1998 1.39
1999 1.66
2000 2.03
2001 2.45
2002 11.21
2003 12.18
2004 11.31
2005 14.91
2006 16.07
2007 16.79
2008 21.74
2009 23.21
2010 21.65
2011 19.50
2012 22.08
2013 25.19
2014 25.91
2015 27.63
2016 26.96
2017 23.91
2018 25.03
2019 24.12
2020 24.09

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments