West Bank and Gaza - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in West Bank and Gaza was $9,796,590 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $52,642,110 in 2013 and a minimum value of $4,900,869 in 2001.

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
1995 $19,000,000
1996 $17,900,000
1997 $21,945,000
1998 $5,444,895
1999 $5,687,229
2000 $5,643,153
2001 $4,900,869
2002 $5,095,333
2003 $17,883,730
2004 $10,760,550
2005 $6,475,644
2006 $6,788,488
2007 $7,929,239
2008 $8,299,896
2009 $7,912,045
2010 $18,127,450
2011 $47,915,110
2012 $48,109,830
2013 $52,642,110
2014 $36,128,920
2015 $30,398,350
2016 $30,393,000
2017 $27,462,200
2018 $22,347,330
2019 $29,079,900
2020 $9,796,590

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in West Bank and Gaza was $2,645,805,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $3,152,860,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of $310,078,000 in 2003.

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
1995 $582,100,000
1996 $542,300,000
1997 $623,300,000
1998 $1,058,246,000
1999 $1,096,285,000
2000 $863,808,200
2001 $805,742,500
2002 $771,775,100
2003 $310,078,000
2004 $398,558,400
2005 $378,337,200
2006 $464,056,300
2007 $598,543,400
2008 $740,724,400
2009 $755,235,900
2010 $927,139,400
2011 $1,141,713,000
2012 $1,737,050,000
2013 $1,489,336,000
2014 $1,804,542,000
2015 $1,817,412,000
2016 $2,086,576,000
2017 $2,378,924,000
2018 $2,833,913,000
2019 $3,152,860,000
2020 $2,645,805,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in West Bank and Gaza was 17.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 26.02 in 1998, while its lowest value was 7.38 in 2005.

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 17.73
1996 15.91
1997 16.58
1998 26.02
1999 25.67
2000 20.03
2001 20.12
2002 21.70
2003 7.81
2004 8.66
2005 7.38
2006 8.68
2007 10.29
2008 10.13
2009 9.34
2010 9.58
2011 10.21
2012 14.23
2013 11.02
2014 12.90
2015 13.01
2016 13.54
2017 14.75
2018 17.41
2019 18.40
2020 17.00

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments