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| Year | Value | Units | Series | Observation status | Unit multiplier |
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| 1987 | 0.1837321159 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1988 | 0.1787028524 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1989 | 0.1817475509 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1990 | 0.1920155018 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1991 | 0.1828073243 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1992 | 0.1723666386 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1993 | 0.1665828587 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1994 | 0.1726342872 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1995 | 0.104288123 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1996 | 0.1004278978 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1997 | 0.1058192402 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1998 | 0.0842804999 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 1999 | 0.3238061157 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2000 | 0.3060179516 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2001 | 0.3024182336 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2002 | 0.2940915012 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2003 | 0.277366474 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2004 | 0.246193485 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2005 | 0.2386755669 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2006 | 0.2256346295 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2007 | 0.2119454373 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2008 | 0.2052110327 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2009 | 0.2173356022 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2010 | 0.1995263405 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2011 | 0.1917003609 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2012 | 0.1828655497 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2013 | 0.1726219539 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2014 | 0.161003135 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2015 | 0.1706021379 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2016 | 0.1701397134 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2017 | 0.1618370645 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2018 | 0.1536332486 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2019 | 0.1488905767 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
| 2020 | 0.1221341846 | Percentage (%) | Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP | Estimated value | Units |
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- Goal
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Target
Target 17.3: Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
- Indicator
Indicator 17.3.2: Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP
- Series
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World Bank (WB)
| Field | National | Global |
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| Organisation | Not available for this indicator |
World Bank (WB) |
| Contact organisation unit | Not available for this indicator |
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| Contact email address | Not available for this indicator |
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| Definition and concepts | Not available for this indicator |
Definition: Personal remittances received as proportion of GDP is the inflow of personal remittances expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Concepts: Personal remittances comprise of 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 non-resident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and non-resident 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 non-resident 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. The concepts used are in line with the Sixth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). |
| Unit of measure | Not available for this indicator |
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| Classifications | Not available for this indicator |
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| Data sources | Not available for this indicator |
Volume of personal remittances data are sourced from IMF’s Balance of Payments Statistics database and then gap-filled with World Bank staff estimates. GDP data, sourced from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI) database is used as the denominator. GDP data collection is conducted from national and international sources through an annual survey of economists in the Bank’s country office network – the World Bank’s principal mechanism for gathering quantitative macroeconomic information on its member countries. |
| Data collection method | Not available for this indicator |
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| Data collection calendar | Not available for this indicator |
This is done on an annual basis. |
| Data release calendar | Not available for this indicator |
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| Data providers | Not available for this indicator |
The national data provider of personal remittances is the institution in charge of the collection and compilation of the Balance of Payments statistics. This responsibility varies and is country specific (i.e. Central Bank). World Bank staff estimates for personal remittances data are used for gap-filling purposes. Personal remittances data are not reported directly to the World Bank from the national data provider. They are reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is the institution in charge of overseeing balance of payment stability as part of its institutional mandate. GDP data are sourced from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI) database and are compiled in accordance to the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) methodology. GDP data collection is conducted through the Unified Survey process, the World Bank’s principal mechanism for gathering quantitative macroeconomic information on its member countries. |
| Data compilers | Not available for this indicator |
The government agency in charge of the collection and compilation of the Balance of Payments statistics is the responsible organization for compilation and reporting of the personal remittances data. This information gets reported by the countries’ government agencies to the International Monetary Fund. The World Bank is the responsible agency for compilation and reporting of the GDP data. |
| Institutional mandate | Not available for this indicator |
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| Field | National | Global |
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| Rationale | Not available for this indicator |
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| Comments and limitations | Not available for this indicator |
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| Method of computation | Not available for this indicator |
Personal remittances 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. World Bank staff estimates on the volume of personal remittances data are used for gap-filling purposes. GDP data, sourced from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI) database, are then used to express the indicator as a percentage of GDP. |
| Adjustments | Not available for this indicator |
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| Treatment of missing values (i) at country level and (ii) at regional level | Not available for this indicator |
• At country level World Bank staff estimates for personal remittances data are based on data from IMF Balance of Payments Statistics database and data releases from central banks, national statistical agencies, and World Bank country desks. • At regional and global levels NA |
| Regional aggregations | Not available for this indicator |
Regional and global estimates are calculated as the GDP weighted average. |
| Methods and guidance available to countries for the compilation of the data at the national level | Not available for this indicator |
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| Quality management | Not available for this indicator |
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| Quality assurance | Not available for this indicator |
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| Quality assessment | Not available for this indicator |
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Data availability: Data for 207 countries are already currently available on a regular basis for this indicator. Time series: Disaggregation: None |
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Sources of discrepancies: |
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Not available for this indicator |
URL: www.worldbank.org References: Data are compiled in accordance with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). The manual is available at: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bop/2007/bopman6.htm GDP data are compiled in accordance to the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) methodology. The manual is available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/docs/SNA2008.pdf. Metadata also available at: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS |