Ghana | Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
53
Source
Ghana | Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1272740.006 1979
899999.9762 1980
1399999.976 1981
1500000 1982
500000 1983
4699999.809 1984
4199999.809 1985
600000.0238 1986
699999.9881 1987
6000000 1988
6000000 1989
6000000 1990
6199999.809 1991
7300000.191 1992
10100000.38 1993
15699999.81 1994
17209600.45 1995
27500000 1996
26000000 1997
29500000 1998
30700000.76 1999
32400001.53 2000
45900001.53 2001
43520000.46 2002
65100158.69 2003
82371200.56 2004
99184576 2005
105253248 2006
117363712 2007
126104704 2008
114455680 2009
135852160 2010
151601280 2011
2012

Ghana | Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$)

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
53
Source