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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 :
10,220,000,000
1989
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
8,530,667,000
1989
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
6,108,715,000
1989
Swiss Immigration
# 4
France :
5,568,720,000
1989
French Immigration
# 5
Germany :
5,482,565,000
1989
German Immigration
# 6
Italy :
2,700,932,000
1989
Italian Immigration
# 7
United Kingdom :
1,737,755,000
1989
British Immigration
# 8
Belgium :
1,508,718,000
1989
Belgian Immigration
# 9
Kuwait :
1,283,276,000
1989
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 10
Netherlands :
1,193,693,000
1989
Dutch Immigration
# 11
South Africa :
1,093,382,000
1989
South African Immigration
# 12
Japan :
1,010,291,000
1989
Japanese Immigration
# 13
Oman :
829,648,900
1989
Omani Immigration
# 14
Israel :
731,000,000
1989
Israeli Immigration
# 15
Bahrain :
693,883,000
1989
Bahraini Immigration
# 16
Australia :
555,251,200
1989
Australian Immigration
# 17
Sweden :
554,538,900
1989
Swedish Immigration
# 18
Libya :
471,626,200
1989
Libyan Immigration
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
412,528,400
1989
Ivoirian Immigration
# 20
Venezuela :
368,000,000
1989
Venezuelan Immigration
# 21
New Zealand :
352,945,700
1989
New Zealand Immigration
# 22
Austria :
302,310,700
1989
Austrian Immigration
# 23
Norway :
250,673,200
1989
Norwegian Immigration
# 24
Spain :
246,620,300
1989
Spanish Immigration
# 25
Malaysia :
183,842,400
1989
Malaysian Immigration
# 26
Ecuador :
175,000,000
1989
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 27
Gabon :
128,586,000
1989
Gabonese Immigration
# 28
Ireland :
127,232,000
1989
Irish Immigration
# 29
Thailand :
122,093,600
1989
Thai Immigration
# 30
Greece :
118,000,000
1989
Greek Immigration
# 31
Cameroon :
114,103,600
1989
Cameroonian Immigration
# 32
India :
98,650,080
1989
Indian Immigration
# 33
Jordan :
91,060,100
1989
Jordanian Immigration
# 34
Argentina :
69,720,000
1989
Argentine Immigration
# 35
Senegal :
65,609,580
1989
Senegalese Immigration
# 36
Haiti :
63,460,000
1989
Haitian Immigration
# 37
Peru :
58,680,000
1989
Peruvian Immigration
# 38
Niger :
56,333,960
1989
Nigerien Immigration
# 39
Burkina Faso :
56,073,780
1989
Burkinabe Immigration
# 40
Papua New Guinea :
49,811,740
1989
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 41
Mali :
42,067,870
1989
Malian Immigration
# 42
Congo, Republic of the :
40,437,820
1989
Congolese Immigration
# 43
Bahamas, The :
39,700,000
1989
Bahamian Immigration
# 44
Algeria :
38,377,830
1989
Algerian Immigration
# 45
Botswana :
36,428,860
1989
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 46
Panama :
35,800,000
1989
Panamanian Immigration
# 47
Mauritania :
32,498,100
1989
Mauritanian Immigration
# 48
Chad :
31,199,820
1989
Chadian Immigration
# 49
Central African Republic :
31,184,140
1989
Central African Immigration
# 50
Nigeria :
28,785,830
1989
Nigerian Immigration
# 51
Portugal :
27,947,930
1989
Portuguese Immigration
# 52
Mozambique :
27,500,000
1989
Mozambican Immigration
# 53
Zambia :
25,700,000
1989
Zambian Immigration
# 54
Jamaica :
24,100,000
1989
Jamaican Immigration
# 55
Malta :
23,529,920
1989
Maltese Immigration
# 56
Rwanda :
23,281,640
1989
Rwandan Immigration
# 57
Fiji :
21,101,120
1989
Fijian Immigration
# 58
Trinidad and Tobago :
19,482,350
1989
Tobagonian Immigration
# 59
Guinea :
18,330,000
1989
Guinean Immigration
# 60
Chile :
17,600,000
1989
Chilean Immigration
# 61
Colombia :
17,000,000
1989
Colombian Immigration
# 62
Iceland :
16,800,000
1989
Icelandic Immigration
# 63
Zimbabwe :
15,871,210
1989
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 64
Guinea-Bissau :
15,750,000
1989
Guinean Immigration
# 65
Vanuatu :
15,611,820
1989
- Immigration
# 66
Benin :
15,151,330
1989
Beninese Immigration
# 67
Morocco :
14,255,130
1989
Moroccan Immigration
# 68
Netherlands Antilles :
13,717,470
1989
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 69
Madagascar :
13,458,580
1989
Malagasy Immigration
# 70
Togo :
12,824,120
1989
Togolese Immigration
# 71
Cyprus :
9,704,323
1989
Cypriot Immigration
# 72
Tunisia :
9,480,462
1989
Tunisian Immigration
# 73
Antigua and Barbuda :
9,474,074
1989
Barbudan Immigration
# 74
Guatemala :
9,300,000
1989
Guatemalan Immigration
# 75
Seychelles :
9,240,243
1989
Seychellois Immigration
# 76
Brazil :
9,000,000
1989
Brazilian Immigration
# 77
Bolivia :
7,700,000
1989
Bolivian Immigration
# 78
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,644,444
1989
Nevisian Immigration
# 79
Suriname :
7,200,000
1989
Surinamese Immigration
# 80
Barbados :
7,000,000
1989
Barbadian Immigration
# 81
Belize :
6,000,000
1989
Belizean Immigration
# 82
Maldives :
5,999,456
1989
Maldivian Immigration
# 83
Finland :
5,593,505
1989
Finnish Immigration
# 84
Burundi :
5,376,050
1989
Burundian Immigration
# 85
Comoros :
5,231,883
1989
Comoran Immigration
# 86
Solomon Islands :
4,753,097
1989
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 87
Swaziland :
4,384,832
1989
Swazi Immigration
# 88
Sudan :
4,377,778
1989
Sudanese Immigration
# 89
El Salvador :
4,040,000
1989
Salvadoran Immigration
# 90
Philippines :
4,000,000
1989
Philippine Immigration
# 91
Ghana :
3,500,000
1989
Ghanaian Immigration
# 92
Saint Lucia :
3,377,778
1989
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 93
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,048,148
1989
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 94
China :
3,000,000
1989
Chinese Immigration
# 95
Kenya :
2,916,520
1989
Kenyan Immigration
# 96
Samoa :
2,722,237
1989
Samoan Immigration
# 97
Dominica :
2,100,000
1989
Dominican Immigration
# 98
Tonga :
1,812,820
1989
Tongan Immigration
# 99
Cape Verde :
1,798,326
1989
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 100
Kiribati :
1,423,379
1989
- Immigration
# 101
Pakistan :
876,290.5
1989
Pakistani Immigration
# 102
Ethiopia :
869,565.2
1989
Ethiopian Immigration
# 103
Mauritius :
852,472.1
1989
Mauritian Immigration
# 104
Malawi :
398,619.4
1989
Malawian Immigration
# 105
Burma :
317,640.4
1989
Burmese Immigration
# 106
Sierra Leone :
140,438.3
1989
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 107
Grenada :
111,111.1
1989
Grenadian Immigration
# 108
São Tomé and Príncipe :
89,033.4
1989
Sao Tomean Immigration
Weighted average:
501,709,584.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
19,607,860,578
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 (1989) 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=1989
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