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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 :
11,850,000,000
1990
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
11,221,330,000
1990
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
8,167,896,000
1990
Swiss Immigration
# 4
France :
6,949,298,000
1990
French Immigration
# 5
Germany :
6,856,390,000
1990
German Immigration
# 6
Italy :
3,764,186,000
1990
Italian Immigration
# 7
Belgium :
2,309,631,000
1990
Belgian Immigration
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,034,062,000
1990
British Immigration
# 9
Netherlands :
1,392,507,000
1990
Dutch Immigration
# 10
South Africa :
1,199,249,000
1990
South African Immigration
# 11
Japan :
1,154,350,000
1990
Japanese Immigration
# 12
Oman :
855,656,700
1990
Omani Immigration
# 13
Israel :
850,000,000
1990
Israeli Immigration
# 14
Kuwait :
769,617,400
1990
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 15
Venezuela :
701,000,000
1990
Venezuelan Immigration
# 16
Australia :
674,255,100
1990
Australian Immigration
# 17
Sweden :
653,515,700
1990
Swedish Immigration
# 18
Côte d'Ivoire :
471,232,500
1990
Ivoirian Immigration
# 19
Libya :
445,657,400
1990
Libyan Immigration
# 20
New Zealand :
366,592,100
1990
New Zealand Immigration
# 21
Bahrain :
332,180,800
1990
Bahraini Immigration
# 22
Austria :
319,779,100
1990
Austrian Immigration
# 23
Norway :
294,678,000
1990
Norwegian Immigration
# 24
Spain :
253,627,500
1990
Spanish Immigration
# 25
Malaysia :
229,955,200
1990
Malaysian Immigration
# 26
Thailand :
198,657,100
1990
Thai Immigration
# 27
Ireland :
165,348,100
1990
Irish Immigration
# 28
Gabon :
147,319,800
1990
Gabonese Immigration
# 29
Greece :
122,000,000
1990
Greek Immigration
# 30
Botswana :
118,895,000
1990
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 31
Cameroon :
110,884,700
1990
Cameroonian Immigration
# 32
India :
105,592,300
1990
Indian Immigration
# 33
Argentina :
94,080,000
1990
Argentine Immigration
# 34
Burkina Faso :
80,855,110
1990
Burkinabe Immigration
# 35
Senegal :
79,407,990
1990
Senegalese Immigration
# 36
Portugal :
76,728,960
1990
Portuguese Immigration
# 37
Peru :
75,000,000
1990
Peruvian Immigration
# 38
Jordan :
70,515,840
1990
Jordanian Immigration
# 39
Niger :
66,479,400
1990
Nigerien Immigration
# 40
Congo, Republic of the :
55,460,720
1990
Congolese Immigration
# 41
Bahamas, The :
46,400,000
1990
Bahamian Immigration
# 42
Mali :
45,396,980
1990
Malian Immigration
# 43
Colombia :
44,000,000
1990
Colombian Immigration
# 44
Papua New Guinea :
42,723,230
1990
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 45
Chad :
38,932,690
1990
Chadian Immigration
# 46
Central African Republic :
35,987,030
1990
Central African Immigration
# 47
Algeria :
31,481,970
1990
Algerian Immigration
# 48
Mauritania :
31,224,800
1990
Mauritanian Immigration
# 49
Namibia :
29,721,860
1990
Namibian Immigration
# 50
Jamaica :
26,700,000
1990
Jamaican Immigration
# 51
Mozambique :
25,400,000
1990
Mozambican Immigration
# 52
Malta :
24,796,250
1990
Maltese Immigration
# 53
Iceland :
24,645,080
1990
Icelandic Immigration
# 54
Panama :
21,800,000
1990
Panamanian Immigration
# 55
Trinidad and Tobago :
21,600,000
1990
Tobagonian Immigration
# 56
Fiji :
21,540,830
1990
Fijian Immigration
# 57
Rwanda :
21,432,640
1990
Rwandan Immigration
# 58
Benin :
20,687,580
1990
Beninese Immigration
# 59
Guinea :
20,400,000
1990
Guinean Immigration
# 60
Madagascar :
17,501,630
1990
Malagasy Immigration
# 61
Zambia :
17,500,000
1990
Zambian Immigration
# 62
Zimbabwe :
16,495,670
1990
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 63
Morocco :
16,014,870
1990
Moroccan Immigration
# 64
Finland :
15,720,900
1990
Finnish Immigration
# 65
Guatemala :
13,500,000
1990
Guatemalan Immigration
# 66
Togo :
13,428,100
1990
Togolese Immigration
# 67
Tunisia :
12,523,720
1990
Tunisian Immigration
# 68
Vanuatu :
12,435,830
1990
- Immigration
# 69
Cyprus :
12,006,640
1990
Cypriot Immigration
# 70
Brazil :
12,000,000
1990
Brazilian Immigration
# 71
Guinea-Bissau :
11,620,000
1990
Guinean Immigration
# 72
Netherlands Antilles :
10,614,520
1990
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 73
Seychelles :
9,794,306
1990
Seychellois Immigration
# 74
Nigeria :
8,853,590
1990
Nigerian Immigration
# 75
Suriname :
8,400,000
1990
Surinamese Immigration
# 76
Maldives :
8,219,088
1990
Maldivian Immigration
# 77
Bolivia :
7,700,000
1990
Bolivian Immigration
# 78
Kenya :
7,200,600
1990
Kenyan Immigration
# 79
Chile :
7,200,000
1990
Chilean Immigration
# 80
Belize :
7,150,000
1990
Belizean Immigration
# 81
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6,970,370
1990
Nevisian Immigration
# 82
Antigua and Barbuda :
6,311,111
1990
Barbudan Immigration
# 83
Barbados :
6,250,000
1990
Barbadian Immigration
# 84
Burundi :
5,839,231
1990
Burundian Immigration
# 85
Solomon Islands :
5,773,528
1990
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 86
Philippines :
5,000,000
1990
Philippine Immigration
# 87
China :
5,000,000
1990
Chinese Immigration
# 88
Saint Lucia :
4,459,259
1990
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 89
Comoros :
4,433,222
1990
Comoran Immigration
# 90
Swaziland :
4,135,552
1990
Swazi Immigration
# 91
Ghana :
3,900,000
1990
Ghanaian Immigration
# 92
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,285,185
1990
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 93
Samoa :
3,052,144
1990
Samoan Immigration
# 94
El Salvador :
2,803,602
1990
Salvadoran Immigration
# 95
Sudan :
2,100,000
1990
Sudanese Immigration
# 96
Ecuador :
2,000,000
1990
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 97
Cape Verde :
1,830,324
1990
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 98
Dominica :
1,614,815
1990
Dominican Immigration
# 99
Kiribati :
1,327,029
1990
- Immigration
# 100
Grenada :
1,285,185
1990
Grenadian Immigration
# 101
Tonga :
1,216,678
1990
Tongan Immigration
# 102
Pakistan :
648,389
1990
Pakistani Immigration
# 103
Ethiopia :
628,019
1990
Ethiopian Immigration
# 104
Mauritius :
605,511.5
1990
Mauritian Immigration
# 105
Burma :
217,257.5
1990
Burmese Immigration
# 106
São Tomé and Príncipe :
90,000
1990
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 107
Sierra Leone :
56,125.7
1990
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 108
Malawi :
36,645
1990
Malawian Immigration
Weighted average:
610,876,065.2
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
24,949,597,150
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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CITATION
"Foreign worker salaries (1990) 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=1990
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