Tunisia - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Tunisia was $22,934,490 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $29,263,150 in 2017 and a minimum value of $5,407,622 in 1991.

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
1976 $20,990,030
1977 $23,312,740
1978 $28,834,310
1979 $22,142,260
1980 $22,224,740
1981 $22,276,040
1982 $16,929,430
1983 $16,205,860
1984 $15,447,330
1985 $16,776,600
1986 $8,815,797
1987 $9,654,111
1988 $5,828,837
1989 $9,480,462
1990 $5,692,600
1991 $5,407,622
1992 $7,914,673
1993 $6,973,906
1994 $10,874,360
1995 $21,147,240
1996 $11,300,500
1997 $19,893,150
1998 $7,903,577
1999 $7,587,094
2000 $21,157,330
2001 $20,921,480
2002 $12,941,950
2003 $17,152,280
2004 $12,926,880
2005 $15,646,280
2006 $16,453,490
2007 $15,218,230
2008 $15,744,940
2009 $12,886,260
2010 $13,343,580
2011 $19,037,020
2012 $18,439,180
2013 $19,573,350
2014 $28,450,680
2015 $26,457,660
2016 $27,420,430
2017 $29,263,150
2018 $26,975,290
2019 $26,274,240
2020 $22,934,490

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Tunisia was $2,367,373,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,367,373,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of $142,265,800 in 1976.

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 $142,265,800
1977 $167,851,700
1978 $221,063,100
1979 $282,928,900
1980 $318,554,600
1981 $360,466,800
1982 $372,447,400
1983 $359,475,500
1984 $316,670,300
1985 $270,822,200
1986 $347,594,300
1987 $458,570,300
1988 $497,782,600
1989 $449,795,300
1990 $551,043,600
1991 $524,539,400
1992 $531,413,700
1993 $446,330,000
1994 $628,735,500
1995 $679,883,700
1996 $735,559,700
1997 $684,505,200
1998 $718,347,300
1999 $761,238,400
2000 $795,953,300
2001 $927,148,400
2002 $1,070,313,000
2003 $1,250,254,000
2004 $1,431,351,000
2005 $1,392,673,000
2006 $1,510,039,000
2007 $1,715,757,000
2008 $1,976,964,000
2009 $1,964,489,000
2010 $2,063,295,000
2011 $2,004,499,000
2012 $2,265,714,000
2013 $2,290,512,000
2014 $2,346,621,000
2015 $1,971,376,000
2016 $1,821,247,000
2017 $1,890,325,000
2018 $1,902,287,000
2019 $2,049,663,000
2020 $2,367,373,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Tunisia was 5.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 5.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.06 in 1993.

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
1976 3.16
1977 3.29
1978 3.70
1979 3.94
1980 3.64
1981 4.28
1982 4.58
1983 4.31
1984 3.84
1985 3.22
1986 3.85
1987 4.73
1988 4.93
1989 4.45
1990 4.48
1991 4.01
1992 3.43
1993 3.06
1994 4.02
1995 3.77
1996 3.76
1997 3.30
1998 3.29
1999 3.32
2000 3.71
2001 4.20
2002 4.62
2003 4.55
2004 4.59
2005 4.32
2006 4.39
2007 4.41
2008 4.41
2009 4.52
2010 4.47
2011 4.17
2012 4.79
2013 4.70
2014 4.67
2015 4.31
2016 4.11
2017 4.48
2018 4.47
2019 4.90
2020 5.69

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments