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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 :
27,426,700,000
1998
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
14,934,130,000
1998
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Germany :
9,501,575,000
1998
German Immigration
# 4
Switzerland :
7,767,414,000
1998
Swiss Immigration
# 5
France :
4,236,761,000
1998
French Immigration
# 6
Japan :
3,399,681,000
1998
Japanese Immigration
# 7
Belgium :
3,347,352,000
1998
Belgian Immigration
# 8
Malaysia :
2,924,032,000
1998
Malaysian Immigration
# 9
Israel :
2,874,000,000
1998
Israeli Immigration
# 10
Netherlands :
2,815,200,000
1998
Dutch Immigration
# 11
Russia :
2,551,480,000
1998
Russian Immigration
# 12
Luxembourg :
2,458,588,000
1998
Luxembourg Immigration
# 13
Italy :
2,377,649,000
1998
Italian Immigration
# 14
United Kingdom :
2,287,194,000
1998
British Immigration
# 15
Kuwait :
1,611,127,000
1998
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 16
Oman :
1,466,900,000
1998
Omani Immigration
# 17
Spain :
1,245,521,000
1998
Spanish Immigration
# 18
Australia :
965,712,100
1998
Australian Immigration
# 19
Austria :
932,067,500
1998
Austrian Immigration
# 20
Norway :
745,710,300
1998
Norwegian Immigration
# 21
Czech Republic :
744,608,300
1998
Czech Immigration
# 22
Bahrain :
725,000,100
1998
Bahraini Immigration
# 23
South Africa :
696,600,000
1998
South African Immigration
# 24
Sweden :
620,156,400
1998
Swedish Immigration
# 25
New Zealand :
613,057,400
1998
New Zealand Immigration
# 26
Côte d'Ivoire :
516,944,000
1998
Ivoirian Immigration
# 27
Greece :
486,300,000
1998
Greek Immigration
# 28
Kazakhstan :
470,900,000
1998
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 29
Brazil :
444,000,000
1998
Brazilian Immigration
# 30
Denmark :
346,425,700
1998
Danish Immigration
# 31
China :
319,000,000
1998
Chinese Immigration
# 32
Portugal :
300,264,700
1998
Portuguese Immigration
# 33
Venezuela :
261,000,000
1998
Venezuelan Immigration
# 34
Argentina :
246,500,000
1998
Argentine Immigration
# 35
Libya :
207,881,300
1998
Libyan Immigration
# 36
Jordan :
207,052,200
1998
Jordanian Immigration
# 37
Poland :
176,000,000
1998
Polish Immigration
# 38
Ireland :
166,191,500
1998
Irish Immigration
# 39
Colombia :
151,320,500
1998
Colombian Immigration
# 40
Cambodia :
136,177,000
1998
Cambodian Immigration
# 41
Jamaica :
134,100,000
1998
Jamaican Immigration
# 42
Botswana :
130,110,200
1998
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 43
Belarus :
111,100,000
1998
Belarusian Immigration
# 44
Finland :
103,769,700
1998
Finnish Immigration
# 45
Costa Rica :
92,950,000
1998
Costa Rican Immigration
# 46
Gabon :
89,190,340
1998
Gabonese Immigration
# 47
Peru :
78,101,170
1998
Peruvian Immigration
# 48
Hungary :
75,271,840
1998
Hungarian Immigration
# 49
Kenya :
70,600,680
1998
Kenyan Immigration
# 50
Senegal :
66,535,950
1998
Senegalese Immigration
# 51
Lithuania :
63,300,000
1998
Lithuanian Immigration
# 52
Vanuatu :
60,403,880
1998
- Immigration
# 53
Netherlands Antilles :
59,608,940
1998
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 54
Lesotho :
55,623,930
1998
Basotho Immigration
# 55
Cyprus :
52,141,110
1998
Cypriot Immigration
# 56
Bahamas, The :
51,000,000
1998
Bahamian Immigration
# 57
Kyrgyzstan :
49,787,840
1998
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 58
Burkina Faso :
46,655,530
1998
Burkinabe Immigration
# 59
India :
44,157,100
1998
Indian Immigration
# 60
Croatia :
40,516,310
1998
Croatian Immigration
# 61
Zambia :
39,200,000
1998
Zambian Immigration
# 62
Fiji :
37,597,830
1998
Fijian Immigration
# 63
Congo, Republic of the :
34,587,570
1998
Congolese Immigration
# 64
Cameroon :
33,510,030
1998
Cameroonian Immigration
# 65
Guatemala :
33,300,000
1998
Guatemalan Immigration
# 66
Mali :
32,302,640
1998
Malian Immigration
# 67
Morocco :
31,964,460
1998
Moroccan Immigration
# 68
Mozambique :
31,100,000
1998
Mozambican Immigration
# 69
Slovenia :
31,000,000
1998
Slovenian Immigration
# 70
Maldives :
30,808,430
1998
Maldivian Immigration
# 71
Azerbaijan :
30,272,000
1998
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 72
Benin :
29,877,020
1998
Beninese Immigration
# 73
Tunisia :
29,857,960
1998
Tunisian Immigration
# 74
Syria :
29,000,000
1998
Syrian Immigration
# 75
Nepal :
24,058,680
1998
Nepalese Immigration
# 76
Moldova :
23,930,000
1998
Moldovan Immigration
# 77
Guinea :
22,930,000
1998
Guinean Immigration
# 78
Guyana :
21,600,000
1998
Guyanese Immigration
# 79
Niger :
20,961,030
1998
Nigerien Immigration
# 80
Macedonia, Republic of :
20,661,700
1998
Macedonian Immigration
# 81
Panama :
20,600,000
1998
Panamanian Immigration
# 82
Dominican Republic :
18,500,000
1998
Dominican Immigration
# 83
Sri Lanka :
18,032,560
1998
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 84
Barbados :
17,700,000
1998
Barbadian Immigration
# 85
Iceland :
17,650,330
1998
Icelandic Immigration
# 86
Aruba :
16,592,180
1998
Aruban Immigration
# 87
Chile :
15,808,000
1998
Chilean Immigration
# 88
Papua New Guinea :
15,632,050
1998
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 89
Bolivia :
15,100,000
1998
Bolivian Immigration
# 90
Madagascar :
13,000,330
1998
Malagasy Immigration
# 91
Malta :
11,592,900
1998
Maltese Immigration
# 92
Georgia :
10,600,000
1998
Georgian Immigration
# 93
Namibia :
10,491,500
1998
Namibian Immigration
# 94
Mauritania :
9,619,270
1998
Mauritanian Immigration
# 95
Slovakia :
9,234,782
1998
Slovak Immigration
# 96
Belize :
8,950,000
1998
Belizean Immigration
# 97
Latvia :
7,700,000
1998
Latvian Immigration
# 98
Faroe Islands :
6,920,000
1998
Faroese Immigration
# 99
Laos :
6,700,000
1998
Lao Immigration
# 100
Togo :
6,053,037
1998
Togolese Immigration
# 101
Romania :
6,000,000
1998
Romanian Immigration
# 102
Ghana :
5,600,000
1998
Ghanaian Immigration
# 103
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,111,111
1998
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 104
Ecuador :
5,010,000
1998
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 105
Pakistan :
5,000,000
1998
Pakistani Immigration
# 106
Nigeria :
4,660,930
1998
Nigerian Immigration
# 107
Sudan :
4,600,000
1998
Sudanese Immigration
# 108
Guinea-Bissau :
4,269,783
1998
Guinean Immigration
# 109
Ethiopia :
4,259,555
1998
Ethiopian Immigration
# 110
Eritrea :
4,198,775
1998
Eritrean Immigration
# 111
Tanzania :
4,017,024
1998
Tanzanian Immigration
# 112
Bulgaria :
3,420,339
1998
Bulgarian Immigration
# 113
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,351,852
1998
Nevisian Immigration
# 114
Armenia :
3,210,000
1998
Armenian Immigration
# 115
Estonia :
3,152,281
1998
Estonian Immigration
# 116
Saint Lucia :
3,107,407
1998
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 117
Ukraine :
3,000,000
1998
Ukrainian Immigration
# 118
Mongolia :
3,000,000
1998
Mongolian Immigration
# 119
Samoa :
2,934,505
1998
Samoan Immigration
# 120
Rwanda :
2,795,514
1998
Rwandan Immigration
# 121
Solomon Islands :
2,761,829
1998
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 122
Grenada :
2,674,074
1998
Grenadian Immigration
# 123
Bangladesh :
2,557,266
1998
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 124
Suriname :
2,300,000
1998
Surinamese Immigration
# 125
Burundi :
2,182,614
1998
Burundian Immigration
# 126
Swaziland :
1,624,374
1998
Swazi Immigration
# 127
Malawi :
1,408,955
1998
Malawian Immigration
# 128
Djibouti :
1,356,058
1998
Djiboutian Immigration
# 129
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,085,185
1998
Barbudan Immigration
# 130
Mauritius :
791,909.2
1998
Mauritian Immigration
# 131
Honduras :
500,000
1998
Honduran Immigration
# 132
Cape Verde :
412,552.4
1998
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 133
El Salvador :
342,661.4
1998
Salvadoran Immigration
# 134
São Tomé and Príncipe :
264,120
1998
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 135
Dominica :
133,333.3
1998
Dominican Immigration
# 136
Sierra Leone :
1,407
1998
Sierra Leonean Immigration
Weighted average:
774,636,417.7
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
32,408,437,052
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 (1998) 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=1998
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