Tuvalu - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Tuvalu was $34,758 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $2,662,844 in 2012 and a minimum value of $34,758 in 2019.

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
2001 $371,358
2002 $434,650
2003 $302,222
2004 $498,620
2005 $704,864
2006 $1,223,669
2007 $1,358,077
2008 $1,368,084
2009 $1,383,530
2010 $1,911,743
2011 $2,390,234
2012 $2,662,844
2013 $48,270
2014 $45,071
2015 $37,563
2016 $37,169
2017 $38,321
2018 $37,358
2019 $34,758

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Tuvalu was $0.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $6,542,336.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of $0.00 in 2020.

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
2001 $4,250,754.00
2002 $6,542,336.00
2003 $5,077,522.00
2004 $4,861,511.00
2005 $4,932,020.00
2006 $3,663,470.00
2007 $5,604,763.00
2008 $5,963,466.00
2009 $4,827,113.00
2010 $3,919,901.00
2011 $4,582,719.00
2012 $3,835,898.00
2013 $1,667,025.00
2014 $1,387,195.00
2015 $1,034,517.00
2016 $919,984.60
2017 $1,006,225.00
2018 $957,085.60
2019 $901,579.10
2020 $0.00

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Tuvalu was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 42.34 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2020.

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
2001 32.21
2002 42.34
2003 27.85
2004 22.58
2005 22.58
2006 16.00
2007 20.74
2008 19.69
2009 17.81
2010 12.32
2011 11.84
2012 10.18
2013 4.44
2014 3.72
2015 2.91
2016 2.52
2017 2.48
2018 2.25
2019 1.91
2020 0.00

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments