Tanzania - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Tanzania was $86,974,410 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $162,402,700 in 2012 and a minimum value of $509,776 in 1995.

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
1976 $6,804,528
1977 $5,308,107
1978 $6,094,359
1995 $509,776
1996 $810,377
1997 $645,296
1998 $4,017,024
1999 $15,400,020
2000 $20,300,040
2001 $29,674,900
2002 $26,991,640
2003 $27,101,500
2004 $33,886,400
2005 $33,223,900
2006 $29,654,900
2007 $39,371,680
2008 $47,747,830
2009 $46,611,930
2010 $123,023,700
2011 $133,400,000
2012 $162,402,700
2013 $129,703,900
2014 $98,283,100
2015 $103,818,100
2016 $108,374,800
2017 $114,385,300
2018 $99,054,690
2019 $87,214,900
2020 $86,974,410

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Tanzania was $326,160,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $433,499,800 in 2019 and a minimum value of $129,667 in 1978.

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
1978 $129,667
1995 $840,348
1996 $19,318,020
1997 $1,586,284
1998 $11,500,420
1999 $7,200,009
2000 $8,000,015
2001 $15,253,000
2002 $12,000,000
2003 $8,900,000
2004 $13,798,420
2005 $19,366,300
2006 $15,380,680
2007 $25,461,380
2008 $36,819,750
2009 $39,827,090
2010 $344,287,600
2011 $409,563,400
2012 $390,138,900
2013 $381,930,800
2014 $389,484,400
2015 $387,768,400
2016 $402,531,500
2017 $402,634,700
2018 $412,910,100
2019 $433,499,800
2020 $326,160,700

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Tanzania was 0.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 1.18 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1995.

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
1995 0.02
1996 0.30
1997 0.02
1998 0.09
1999 0.06
2000 0.06
2001 0.11
2002 0.08
2003 0.06
2004 0.08
2005 0.11
2006 0.08
2007 0.12
2008 0.13
2009 0.14
2010 1.08
2011 1.18
2012 0.98
2013 0.84
2014 0.78
2015 0.82
2016 0.81
2017 0.76
2018 0.72
2019 0.71
2020 0.52

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments