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SOURCE
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.
DEFINITION
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. 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."
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
6,330,000,000
1985
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
5,198,590,000
1985
Saudi Immigration
# 3
France :
4,172,762,000
1985
French Immigration
# 4
Germany :
3,598,019,000
1985
German Immigration
# 5
Switzerland :
2,509,030,000
1985
Swiss Immigration
# 6
Kuwait :
1,044,045,000
1985
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 7
Oman :
949,637,400
1985
Omani Immigration
# 8
Libya :
858,967,800
1985
Libyan Immigration
# 9
Belgium :
779,245,700
1985
Belgian Immigration
# 10
Bahrain :
778,457,500
1985
Bahraini Immigration
# 11
South Africa :
721,691,400
1985
South African Immigration
# 12
Netherlands :
657,619,100
1985
Dutch Immigration
# 13
Italy :
605,836,500
1985
Italian Immigration
# 14
Japan :
434,058,300
1985
Japanese Immigration
# 15
Israel :
410,100,000
1985
Israeli Immigration
# 16
Australia :
311,754,500
1985
Australian Immigration
# 17
Nigeria :
297,614,300
1985
Nigerian Immigration
# 18
Sweden :
290,195,300
1985
Swedish Immigration
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
286,691,800
1985
Ivoirian Immigration
# 20
Jordan :
235,973,700
1985
Jordanian Immigration
# 21
Venezuela :
217,000,000
1985
Venezuelan Immigration
# 22
Austria :
189,676,200
1985
Austrian Immigration
# 23
Norway :
143,537,100
1985
Norwegian Immigration
# 24
Cameroon :
138,983,200
1985
Cameroonian Immigration
# 25
Spain :
130,917,500
1985
Spanish Immigration
# 26
Algeria :
130,872,300
1985
Algerian Immigration
# 27
New Zealand :
126,944,200
1985
New Zealand Immigration
# 28
Ecuador :
114,000,000
1985
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 29
Gabon :
104,192,900
1985
Gabonese Immigration
# 30
Liberia :
102,400,000
1985
Liberian Immigration
# 31
Colombia :
98,000,000
1985
Colombian Immigration
# 32
Thailand :
68,969,840
1985
Thai Immigration
# 33
Ireland :
61,831,910
1985
Irish Immigration
# 34
Jamaica :
57,800,000
1985
Jamaican Immigration
# 35
Trinidad and Tobago :
53,673,470
1985
Tobagonian Immigration
# 36
Niger :
48,911,220
1985
Nigerien Immigration
# 37
Haiti :
47,240,000
1985
Haitian Immigration
# 38
Senegal :
46,899,040
1985
Senegalese Immigration
# 39
Greece :
45,000,000
1985
Greek Immigration
# 40
Burkina Faso :
40,757,870
1985
Burkinabe Immigration
# 41
Netherlands Antilles :
36,166,670
1985
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 42
Congo, Republic of the :
34,204,910
1985
Congolese Immigration
# 43
Bahamas, The :
33,700,000
1985
Bahamian Immigration
# 44
Papua New Guinea :
33,511,990
1985
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 45
India :
30,896,380
1985
Indian Immigration
# 46
Panama :
30,800,000
1985
Panamanian Immigration
# 47
Mali :
28,713,700
1985
Malian Immigration
# 48
Mozambique :
25,000,000
1985
Mozambican Immigration
# 49
Mauritania :
24,220,020
1985
Mauritanian Immigration
# 50
Peru :
24,000,000
1985
Peruvian Immigration
# 51
Zambia :
23,700,000
1985
Zambian Immigration
# 52
Morocco :
21,167,720
1985
Moroccan Immigration
# 53
Argentina :
18,000,000
1985
Argentine Immigration
# 54
Tunisia :
16,776,600
1985
Tunisian Immigration
# 55
Rwanda :
16,474,940
1985
Rwandan Immigration
# 56
Botswana :
15,663,050
1985
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 57
Zimbabwe :
15,271,940
1985
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 58
Vanuatu :
15,122,900
1985
- Immigration
# 59
Central African Republic :
15,051,320
1985
Central African Immigration
# 60
Portugal :
14,706,830
1985
Portuguese Immigration
# 61
Madagascar :
14,430,680
1985
Malagasy Immigration
# 62
Chile :
13,000,000
1985
Chilean Immigration
# 63
Malaysia :
12,887,420
1985
Malaysian Immigration
# 64
Finland :
12,376,420
1985
Finnish Immigration
# 65
Sudan :
12,182,720
1985
Sudanese Immigration
# 66
Benin :
11,129,340
1985
Beninese Immigration
# 67
Fiji :
11,009,450
1985
Fijian Immigration
# 68
Ghana :
10,900,000
1985
Ghanaian Immigration
# 69
Chad :
10,519,450
1985
Chadian Immigration
# 70
Swaziland :
10,436,740
1985
Swazi Immigration
# 71
Suriname :
9,300,000
1985
Surinamese Immigration
# 72
Burundi :
8,542,494
1985
Burundian Immigration
# 73
Togo :
7,389,882
1985
Togolese Immigration
# 74
Belize :
6,400,000
1985
Belizean Immigration
# 75
Cyprus :
6,203,552
1985
Cypriot Immigration
# 76
Grenada :
6,025,926
1985
Grenadian Immigration
# 77
Guatemala :
6,000,000
1985
Guatemalan Immigration
# 78
Brazil :
6,000,000
1985
Brazilian Immigration
# 79
Kenya :
5,537,940
1985
Kenyan Immigration
# 80
Comoros :
4,908,080
1985
Comoran Immigration
# 81
Iceland :
4,800,000
1985
Icelandic Immigration
# 82
Malta :
4,689,282
1985
Maltese Immigration
# 83
Guinea-Bissau :
4,000,000
1985
Guinean Immigration
# 84
El Salvador :
3,440,000
1985
Salvadoran Immigration
# 85
Bolivia :
3,300,000
1985
Bolivian Immigration
# 86
Solomon Islands :
3,174,031
1985
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 87
China :
3,000,000
1985
Chinese Immigration
# 88
Pakistan :
2,152,493
1985
Pakistani Immigration
# 89
Maldives :
2,000,000
1985
Maldivian Immigration
# 90
Saint Lucia :
1,600,000
1985
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 91
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,048,148
1985
Nevisian Immigration
# 92
Kiribati :
1,047,563
1985
- Immigration
# 93
Philippines :
1,000,000
1985
Philippine Immigration
# 94
Tonga :
979,246.5
1985
Tongan Immigration
# 95
Mauritius :
841,833.5
1985
Mauritian Immigration
# 96
Ethiopia :
821,256
1985
Ethiopian Immigration
# 97
Barbados :
750,000
1985
Barbadian Immigration
# 98
Costa Rica :
700,000
1985
Costa Rican Immigration
# 99
Paraguay :
500,000
1985
Paraguayan Immigration
# 100
Sierra Leone :
431,866.9
1985
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 101
São Tomé and Príncipe :
425,967
1985
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 102
Bangladesh :
415,305.6
1985
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 103
Samoa :
195,967.2
1985
Samoan Immigration
# 104
Malawi :
116,340.2
1985
Malawian Immigration
Weighted average:
315,596,708.7
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
10,569,079,294
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. 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."
SOURCE: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.
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"Foreign worker salaries (1985) by country", World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/imm_for_wor_sal-immigration-foreign-worker-salaries&date=1985
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