Portugal - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Portugal was $240,344,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $670,899,500 in 2011 and a minimum value of $8,247,200 in 1984.

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
1975 $22,848,610
1976 $21,600,760
1977 $26,513,480
1978 $18,286,380
1979 $16,373,090
1980 $32,607,630
1981 $15,419,870
1982 $12,825,950
1983 $13,373,890
1984 $8,247,200
1985 $14,706,830
1986 $37,534,750
1987 $19,256,780
1988 $29,220,440
1989 $27,947,930
1990 $76,728,960
1991 $94,102,860
1992 $108,531,600
1993 $459,587,800
1994 $386,464,400
1995 $527,070,900
1996 $304,090,900
1997 $217,184,200
1998 $207,230,600
1999 $201,977,100
2000 $203,164,100
2001 $250,512,200
2002 $256,383,000
2003 $258,921,800
2004 $378,438,800
2005 $435,789,100
2006 $445,020,300
2007 $345,525,100
2008 $387,824,400
2009 $518,107,700
2010 $505,716,800
2011 $670,899,500
2012 $559,679,100
2013 $559,099,100
2014 $457,221,000
2015 $343,839,000
2016 $282,916,900
2017 $300,879,600
2018 $261,729,000
2019 $259,425,600
2020 $240,344,400

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Portugal was $590,544,200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $4,762,224,000 in 1992 and a minimum value of $248,140,600 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.

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Year Value
1975 $1,127,104,000
1976 $924,339,500
1977 $1,197,054,000
1978 $1,697,035,000
1979 $2,486,268,000
1980 $2,968,488,000
1981 $2,876,445,000
1982 $2,635,154,000
1983 $2,187,294,000
1984 $2,199,777,000
1985 $2,163,801,000
1986 $2,654,413,000
1987 $3,371,763,000
1988 $3,524,135,000
1989 $3,705,803,000
1990 $4,478,966,000
1991 $4,717,691,000
1992 $4,762,224,000
1993 $4,315,122,000
1994 $3,805,934,000
1995 $3,952,520,000
1996 $3,708,173,000
1997 $3,487,518,000
1998 $3,531,592,000
1999 $248,140,600
2000 $258,747,200
2001 $342,123,700
2002 $309,037,700
2003 $384,011,500
2004 $385,229,300
2005 $386,598,200
2006 $440,129,000
2007 $609,952,900
2008 $640,917,100
2009 $598,188,700
2010 $516,896,600
2011 $539,538,500
2012 $461,187,800
2013 $446,468,800
2014 $437,460,900
2015 $369,222,800
2016 $424,677,800
2017 $490,417,600
2018 $545,035,100
2019 $617,601,900
2020 $590,544,200

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Portugal was 0.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 9.34 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.19 in 2015.

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
1975 5.83
1976 4.55
1977 5.58
1978 7.23
1979 9.34
1980 9.02
1981 9.00
1982 8.63
1983 8.03
1984 8.72
1985 7.98
1986 6.85
1987 7.00
1988 6.25
1989 6.12
1990 5.69
1991 5.29
1992 4.43
1993 4.54
1994 3.82
1995 3.35
1996 3.02
1997 2.98
1998 2.85
1999 0.19
2000 0.22
2001 0.28
2002 0.23
2003 0.23
2004 0.20
2005 0.20
2006 0.21
2007 0.25
2008 0.24
2009 0.24
2010 0.22
2011 0.22
2012 0.21
2013 0.20
2014 0.19
2015 0.19
2016 0.21
2017 0.22
2018 0.22
2019 0.26
2020 0.26

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments