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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 :
16,156,300,000
1992
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,379,200,000
1992
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
8,851,328,000
1992
Swiss Immigration
# 4
Germany :
8,589,289,000
1992
German Immigration
# 5
France :
8,152,415,000
1992
French Immigration
# 6
Belgium :
2,896,886,000
1992
Belgian Immigration
# 7
Italy :
2,686,110,000
1992
Italian Immigration
# 8
Netherlands :
2,108,777,000
1992
Dutch Immigration
# 9
United Kingdom :
1,977,544,000
1992
British Immigration
# 10
Japan :
1,371,244,000
1992
Japanese Immigration
# 11
Oman :
1,219,766,000
1992
Omani Immigration
# 12
Israel :
1,116,700,000
1992
Israeli Immigration
# 13
Venezuela :
858,000,000
1992
Venezuelan Immigration
# 14
Kuwait :
828,721,700
1992
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 15
South Africa :
808,616,200
1992
South African Immigration
# 16
Australia :
565,207,300
1992
Australian Immigration
# 17
Spain :
562,025,600
1992
Spanish Immigration
# 18
Côte d'Ivoire :
456,757,600
1992
Ivoirian Immigration
# 19
Norway :
446,375,400
1992
Norwegian Immigration
# 20
Libya :
394,241,500
1992
Libyan Immigration
# 21
Sweden :
350,434,200
1992
Swedish Immigration
# 22
Bahrain :
335,638,300
1992
Bahraini Immigration
# 23
New Zealand :
310,627,400
1992
New Zealand Immigration
# 24
Malaysia :
226,506,900
1992
Malaysian Immigration
# 25
Austria :
206,126,300
1992
Austrian Immigration
# 26
Ireland :
177,219,300
1992
Irish Immigration
# 27
Greece :
173,000,000
1992
Greek Immigration
# 28
Denmark :
160,463,700
1992
Danish Immigration
# 29
Gabon :
145,830,000
1992
Gabonese Immigration
# 30
Argentina :
142,800,000
1992
Argentine Immigration
# 31
Botswana :
139,733,900
1992
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 32
Cameroon :
135,062,700
1992
Cameroonian Immigration
# 33
Portugal :
108,531,600
1992
Portuguese Immigration
# 34
Senegal :
95,998,440
1992
Senegalese Immigration
# 35
Jordan :
86,057,650
1992
Jordanian Immigration
# 36
Colombia :
79,200,000
1992
Colombian Immigration
# 37
Peru :
73,000,000
1992
Peruvian Immigration
# 38
Burkina Faso :
70,100,400
1992
Burkinabe Immigration
# 39
Mali :
69,174,790
1992
Malian Immigration
# 40
India :
67,776,930
1992
Indian Immigration
# 41
Niger :
64,901,890
1992
Nigerien Immigration
# 42
Congo, Republic of the :
53,269,500
1992
Congolese Immigration
# 43
Chad :
46,903,610
1992
Chadian Immigration
# 44
Bahamas, The :
38,600,000
1992
Bahamian Immigration
# 45
Nigeria :
34,802,540
1992
Nigerian Immigration
# 46
Central African Republic :
34,591,180
1992
Central African Immigration
# 47
Finland :
34,072,170
1992
Finnish Immigration
# 48
Brazil :
34,000,000
1992
Brazilian Immigration
# 49
Mauritania :
30,392,950
1992
Mauritanian Immigration
# 50
Jamaica :
29,100,000
1992
Jamaican Immigration
# 51
Morocco :
28,929,910
1992
Moroccan Immigration
# 52
Mozambique :
26,600,000
1992
Mozambican Immigration
# 53
Iceland :
25,378,910
1992
Icelandic Immigration
# 54
Cyprus :
23,801,650
1992
Cypriot Immigration
# 55
Vanuatu :
22,151,530
1992
- Immigration
# 56
Fiji :
22,089,290
1992
Fijian Immigration
# 57
Guinea :
21,570,000
1992
Guinean Immigration
# 58
Benin :
21,149,120
1992
Beninese Immigration
# 59
Papua New Guinea :
20,734,440
1992
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 60
Trinidad and Tobago :
20,682,350
1992
Tobagonian Immigration
# 61
Panama :
20,000,000
1992
Panamanian Immigration
# 62
Guatemala :
19,700,000
1992
Guatemalan Immigration
# 63
Maldives :
19,300,000
1992
Maldivian Immigration
# 64
Netherlands Antilles :
17,821,230
1992
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 65
Namibia :
17,286,030
1992
Namibian Immigration
# 66
Togo :
16,245,310
1992
Togolese Immigration
# 67
China :
15,000,000
1992
Chinese Immigration
# 68
Guinea-Bissau :
14,960,000
1992
Guinean Immigration
# 69
Suriname :
14,700,000
1992
Surinamese Immigration
# 70
Cambodia :
14,100,000
1992
Cambodian Immigration
# 71
Seychelles :
13,292,960
1992
Seychellois Immigration
# 72
Tunisia :
12,437,340
1992
Tunisian Immigration
# 73
Comoros :
11,035,570
1992
Comoran Immigration
# 74
Zimbabwe :
10,773,660
1992
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 75
Chile :
9,466,667
1992
Chilean Immigration
# 76
Madagascar :
9,436,864
1992
Malagasy Immigration
# 77
Antigua and Barbuda :
9,424,691
1992
Barbudan Immigration
# 78
Bolivia :
8,900,000
1992
Bolivian Immigration
# 79
Barbados :
8,800,000
1992
Barbadian Immigration
# 80
Philippines :
8,000,000
1992
Philippine Immigration
# 81
Swaziland :
7,713,847
1992
Swazi Immigration
# 82
Burundi :
7,671,529
1992
Burundian Immigration
# 83
Kenya :
7,387,440
1992
Kenyan Immigration
# 84
Aruba :
7,094,972
1992
Aruban Immigration
# 85
Solomon Islands :
6,044,876
1992
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 86
Belize :
6,000,000
1992
Belizean Immigration
# 87
Malta :
5,129,759
1992
Maltese Immigration
# 88
Cape Verde :
4,717,898
1992
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 89
Guyana :
4,530,000
1992
Guyanese Immigration
# 90
Samoa :
4,318,195
1992
Samoan Immigration
# 91
Ghana :
4,000,000
1992
Ghanaian Immigration
# 92
Ecuador :
3,000,000
1992
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 93
Rwanda :
1,702,273
1992
Rwandan Immigration
# 94
Kiribati :
1,615,689
1992
- Immigration
# 95
Dominica :
1,603,704
1992
Dominican Immigration
# 96
Slovenia :
1,600,000
1992
Slovenian Immigration
# 97
Mauritius :
1,413,590
1992
Mauritian Immigration
# 98
Grenada :
1,396,296
1992
Grenadian Immigration
# 99
Tonga :
1,214,374
1992
Tongan Immigration
# 100
Ethiopia :
736,328.5
1992
Ethiopian Immigration
# 101
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
618,518.5
1992
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 102
Pakistan :
560,796.2
1992
Pakistani Immigration
# 103
El Salvador :
358,815.9
1992
Salvadoran Immigration
# 104
Estonia :
320,204.4
1992
Estonian Immigration
# 105
Latvia :
224,030
1992
Latvian Immigration
# 106
Sudan :
200,000
1992
Sudanese Immigration
# 107
Laos :
200,000
1992
Lao Immigration
# 108
Saint Lucia :
185,185.2
1992
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 109
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
166,666.7
1992
Nevisian Immigration
# 110
Malawi :
138,762.6
1992
Malawian Immigration
# 111
Burma :
16,491.6
1992
Burmese Immigration
# 112
Sierra Leone :
8,809.8
1992
Sierra Leonean Immigration
Weighted average:
686,416,612.6
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
28,213,969,513.4
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 (1992) 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=1992
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