Solomon Islands - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Solomon Islands was $65,712,680 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $83,345,360 in 2019 and a minimum value of $1,387,111 in 2002.

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
1982 $6,693,411
1983 $3,482,627
1984 $3,218,930
1985 $3,174,032
1986 $4,249,211
1987 $3,644,003
1988 $5,714,240
1989 $4,753,097
1990 $5,615,349
1991 $6,777,788
1992 $5,600,902
1993 $2,227,288
1994 $5,772,693
1995 $8,074,224
1996 $8,468,022
1997 $2,851,807
1998 $2,491,876
1999 $5,725,339
2000 $6,465,012
2001 $2,255,440
2002 $1,387,111
2003 $1,577,013
2004 $1,810,705
2005 $2,111,120
2006 $11,160,990
2007 $12,106,460
2008 $13,943,460
2009 $39,104,830
2010 $61,708,120
2011 $66,854,110
2012 $46,602,800
2013 $44,826,770
2014 $45,891,320
2015 $55,643,040
2016 $69,187,220
2017 $54,704,350
2018 $62,632,140
2019 $83,345,360
2020 $65,712,680

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Solomon Islands was $27,508,840 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $27,508,840 in 2020 and a minimum value of $2,356,277 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.

See also:

Year Value
1999 $2,356,277
2000 $4,323,109
2001 $4,528,053
2002 $3,224,828
2003 $3,881,134
2004 $8,696,490
2005 $7,162,383
2006 $10,741,650
2007 $12,632,930
2008 $9,141,560
2009 $12,514,460
2010 $14,278,630
2011 $16,928,910
2012 $20,723,050
2013 $20,640,180
2014 $16,335,090
2015 $18,587,890
2016 $20,282,720
2017 $16,328,760
2018 $19,899,020
2019 $25,474,130
2020 $27,508,840

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Solomon Islands was 1.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 2.19 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.48 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1999 0.48
2000 1.03
2001 1.11
2002 0.93
2003 1.10
2004 2.19
2005 1.50
2006 1.99
2007 2.04
2008 1.31
2009 1.70
2010 1.69
2011 1.61
2012 1.74
2013 1.61
2014 1.22
2015 1.42
2016 1.47
2017 1.10
2018 1.26
2019 1.62
2020 1.78

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments