Tonga - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Tonga was $29,091,640 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $29,091,640 in 2020 and a minimum value of $42,016 in 1971.

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
1971 $42,016
1972 $48,828
1973 $214,454
1974 $142,273
1975 $103,416
1976 $354,386
1977 $494,533
1978 $565,791
1979 $637,049
1980 $708,307
1981 $779,565
1982 $850,823
1983 $1,501,177
1984 $1,701,748
1985 $979,247
1986 $2,905,547
1987 $3,992,139
1988 $982,477
1989 $1,812,820
1990 $860,948
1991 $773,627
1992 $1,038,677
1993 $1,718,660
2001 $5,629,489
2002 $15,253,020
2003 $12,714,940
2004 $9,662,540
2005 $11,020,860
2006 $14,110,860
2007 $9,222,498
2008 $13,334,190
2009 $8,834,719
2010 $8,115,333
2011 $6,163,833
2012 $4,555,314
2013 $6,827,658
2014 $5,694,682
2015 $14,221,510
2016 $25,551,140
2017 $27,134,480
2018 $20,924,980
2019 $28,880,060
2020 $29,091,640

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Tonga was $190,551,200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $190,551,200 in 2020 and a minimum value of $607,910 in 1972.

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
1971 $793,770
1972 $607,910
1973 $2,062,167
1974 $4,513,935
1975 $6,694,577
1976 $5,374,446
1977 $5,541,873
1978 $6,057,363
1979 $6,572,852
1980 $7,088,342
1981 $7,603,831
1982 $8,119,320
1983 $16,475,310
1984 $13,463,840
1985 $21,871,340
1986 $20,869,980
1987 $22,388,040
1988 $16,612,130
1989 $14,867,720
1990 $23,958,240
1991 $18,764,520
1992 $21,334,540
1993 $20,963,010
2001 $52,809,900
2002 $62,202,220
2003 $58,583,710
2004 $65,446,540
2005 $68,961,610
2006 $78,003,330
2007 $81,801,200
2008 $103,482,500
2009 $81,921,550
2010 $74,029,950
2011 $84,337,260
2012 $91,248,700
2013 $122,679,900
2014 $119,291,100
2015 $129,278,100
2016 $126,233,500
2017 $158,602,600
2018 $183,435,100
2019 $190,366,300
2020 $190,551,200

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Tonga was 38.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 38.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 12.22 in 1981.

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 20.59
1976 17.89
1977 16.23
1978 14.57
1979 14.72
1980 13.31
1981 12.22
1982 13.08
1983 27.07
1984 20.96
1985 36.42
1986 30.60
1987 27.41
1988 15.58
1989 13.98
1990 21.10
1991 14.19
1992 15.57
1993 15.14
2001 29.16
2002 34.03
2003 28.97
2004 28.37
2005 26.34
2006 26.69
2007 27.40
2008 30.04
2009 26.23
2010 20.18
2011 20.35
2012 19.39
2013 27.22
2014 27.12
2015 29.58
2016 30.02
2017 34.45
2018 37.49
2019 37.16
2020 38.98

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments