Yemen - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees

Personal remittances, paid (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, paid (current US$) in Yemen was $332,700,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $338,320,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of $27,000,000 in 1999.

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
1990 $106,400,000
1991 $125,400,000
1992 $93,800,000
1993 $94,300,000
1994 $68,400,000
1995 $61,200,000
1996 $59,600,000
1997 $41,400,000
1998 $42,700,000
1999 $27,000,000
2000 $60,504,000
2001 $63,604,000
2002 $64,304,000
2003 $59,994,070
2004 $108,315,500
2005 $109,495,900
2006 $120,440,000
2007 $318,720,000
2008 $336,840,000
2009 $336,840,000
2010 $338,320,000
2011 $333,420,000
2012 $337,707,000
2013 $333,295,500
2014 $335,395,500
2015 $333,389,500
2016 $332,700,000

Personal remittances, received (current US$)

The value for Personal remittances, received (current US$) in Yemen was $3,770,584,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of $3,770,584,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of $998,300,000 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.

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Year Value
1990 $1,498,200,000
1991 $998,300,000
1992 $1,018,200,000
1993 $1,038,600,000
1994 $1,059,300,000
1995 $1,080,500,000
1996 $1,134,500,000
1997 $1,168,600,000
1998 $1,202,400,000
1999 $1,223,200,000
2000 $1,288,000,000
2001 $1,294,613,000
2002 $1,294,000,000
2003 $1,269,900,000
2004 $1,282,599,000
2005 $1,282,599,000
2006 $1,282,600,000
2007 $1,321,520,000
2008 $1,410,520,000
2009 $1,160,000,000
2010 $1,526,000,000
2011 $1,403,920,000
2012 $3,351,000,000
2013 $3,342,500,000
2014 $3,350,500,000
2015 $3,350,500,000
2016 $3,770,584,000

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) in Yemen was 12.04 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 26.53 in 1990, while its lowest value was 4.29 in 2011.

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
1990 26.53
1991 16.83
1992 15.75
1993 19.35
1994 25.42
1995 25.37
1996 19.61
1997 17.09
1998 19.01
1999 16.01
2000 13.34
2001 13.13
2002 12.10
2003 10.78
2004 9.25
2005 7.66
2006 6.73
2007 6.10
2008 5.24
2009 4.62
2010 4.94
2011 4.29
2012 9.47
2013 8.27
2014 7.75
2015 7.89
2016 12.04

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments