North Macedonia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in North Macedonia was $27,313,820 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $32,975,260 in 2008 and a minimum value of $380,000 in 1997.

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
1996 $850,000
1997 $380,000
1998 $20,661,700
1999 $11,999,650
2000 $14,208,230
2001 $20,520,590
2002 $23,265,150
2003 $16,067,710
2004 $16,158,270
2005 $15,545,110
2006 $17,848,740
2007 $24,875,470
2008 $32,975,260
2009 $26,302,030
2010 $22,611,970
2011 $24,692,250
2012 $23,859,880
2013 $24,438,820
2014 $23,991,040
2015 $19,890,650
2016 $24,250,400
2017 $27,449,620
2018 $24,903,440
2019 $21,972,420
2020 $27,313,820

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in North Macedonia was $412,936,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $434,124,400 in 2011 and a minimum value of $63,237,640 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
1996 $67,780,000
1997 $77,690,000
1998 $63,237,640
1999 $76,537,020
2000 $80,920,990
2001 $73,439,230
2002 $105,902,700
2003 $173,661,500
2004 $213,016,000
2005 $226,568,500
2006 $266,556,400
2007 $345,010,200
2008 $406,626,000
2009 $381,153,600
2010 $387,931,200
2011 $434,124,400
2012 $394,153,600
2013 $376,068,200
2014 $366,518,600
2015 $306,656,800
2016 $290,838,000
2017 $314,499,300
2018 $344,454,500
2019 $317,088,100
2020 $412,936,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in North Macedonia was 3.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 4.14 in 2007, while its lowest value was 1.46 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
1996 1.46
1997 1.99
1998 1.68
1999 1.98
2000 2.14
2001 1.98
2002 2.64
2003 3.51
2004 3.75
2005 3.62
2006 3.88
2007 4.14
2008 4.10
2009 4.05
2010 4.12
2011 4.14
2012 4.04
2013 3.48
2014 3.23
2015 3.05
2016 2.73
2017 2.78
2018 2.72
2019 2.52
2020 3.37

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments