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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 :
29,892,200,000
1999
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,958,130,000
1999
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Germany :
9,405,321,000
1999
German Immigration
# 4
Switzerland :
7,578,141,000
1999
Swiss Immigration
# 5
France :
4,086,431,000
1999
French Immigration
# 6
Belgium :
3,653,231,000
1999
Belgian Immigration
# 7
Japan :
3,539,355,000
1999
Japanese Immigration
# 8
Netherlands :
3,271,591,000
1999
Dutch Immigration
# 9
Israel :
3,080,800,000
1999
Israeli Immigration
# 10
Luxembourg :
2,694,624,000
1999
Luxembourg Immigration
# 11
Italy :
2,550,150,000
1999
Italian Immigration
# 12
United Kingdom :
2,036,231,000
1999
British Immigration
# 13
Spain :
1,964,567,000
1999
Spanish Immigration
# 14
Kuwait :
1,731,191,000
1999
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 15
Oman :
1,438,200,000
1999
Omani Immigration
# 16
Russia :
1,408,590,000
1999
Russian Immigration
# 17
Austria :
1,370,329,000
1999
Austrian Immigration
# 18
Australia :
1,055,117,000
1999
Australian Immigration
# 19
Norway :
957,723,900
1999
Norwegian Immigration
# 20
Bahrain :
856,171,700
1999
Bahraini Immigration
# 21
South Africa :
723,604,900
1999
South African Immigration
# 22
Denmark :
693,794,300
1999
Danish Immigration
# 23
New Zealand :
676,765,200
1999
New Zealand Immigration
# 24
Sweden :
646,993,200
1999
Swedish Immigration
# 25
Czech Republic :
641,553,400
1999
Czech Immigration
# 26
Greece :
630,600,000
1999
Greek Immigration
# 27
China :
619,000,000
1999
Chinese Immigration
# 28
Côte d'Ivoire :
498,902,800
1999
Ivoirian Immigration
# 29
Malaysia :
483,684,200
1999
Malaysian Immigration
# 30
Portugal :
430,479,500
1999
Portuguese Immigration
# 31
Kazakhstan :
355,600,000
1999
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 32
Brazil :
330,000,000
1999
Brazilian Immigration
# 33
Argentina :
250,300,000
1999
Argentine Immigration
# 34
Colombia :
246,709,500
1999
Colombian Immigration
# 35
Uganda :
229,300,000
1999
Ugandan Immigration
# 36
Libya :
213,017,900
1999
Libyan Immigration
# 37
Jordan :
203,949,200
1999
Jordanian Immigration
# 38
Venezuela :
195,000,000
1999
Venezuelan Immigration
# 39
Poland :
191,000,000
1999
Polish Immigration
# 40
Jamaica :
149,500,000
1999
Jamaican Immigration
# 41
Mozambique :
139,800,000
1999
Mozambican Immigration
# 42
Botswana :
135,174,400
1999
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 43
Costa Rica :
122,453,600
1999
Costa Rican Immigration
# 44
Cambodia :
121,923,300
1999
Cambodian Immigration
# 45
Ireland :
120,483,400
1999
Irish Immigration
# 46
Finland :
110,903,300
1999
Finnish Immigration
# 47
Hungary :
98,341,600
1999
Hungarian Immigration
# 48
Belarus :
96,700,000
1999
Belarusian Immigration
# 49
Netherlands Antilles :
90,502,790
1999
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 50
Vanuatu :
88,264,950
1999
- Immigration
# 51
Gabon :
84,706,950
1999
Gabonese Immigration
# 52
Peru :
79,372,290
1999
Peruvian Immigration
# 53
Azerbaijan :
77,030,000
1999
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 54
Bahamas, The :
61,600,000
1999
Bahamian Immigration
# 55
Senegal :
60,841,400
1999
Senegalese Immigration
# 56
Cyprus :
52,491,240
1999
Cypriot Immigration
# 57
Kyrgyzstan :
51,088,570
1999
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 58
Croatia :
46,654,780
1999
Croatian Immigration
# 59
Lithuania :
46,635,000
1999
Lithuanian Immigration
# 60
Georgia :
46,500,000
1999
Georgian Immigration
# 61
Congo, Republic of the :
45,767,480
1999
Congolese Immigration
# 62
Burkina Faso :
45,581,310
1999
Burkinabe Immigration
# 63
Maldives :
40,881,380
1999
Maldivian Immigration
# 64
Fiji :
40,413,780
1999
Fijian Immigration
# 65
India :
36,167,390
1999
Indian Immigration
# 66
Lesotho :
34,060,380
1999
Basotho Immigration
# 67
Aruba :
32,435,750
1999
Aruban Immigration
# 68
Bolivia :
32,100,000
1999
Bolivian Immigration
# 69
Mali :
29,814,890
1999
Malian Immigration
# 70
Morocco :
28,456,560
1999
Moroccan Immigration
# 71
Cameroon :
28,118,440
1999
Cameroonian Immigration
# 72
Syria :
28,000,000
1999
Syrian Immigration
# 73
Slovenia :
27,800,000
1999
Slovenian Immigration
# 74
Guyana :
27,200,000
1999
Guyanese Immigration
# 75
Nepal :
26,947,870
1999
Nepalese Immigration
# 76
Guatemala :
26,900,000
1999
Guatemalan Immigration
# 77
Kenya :
26,039,930
1999
Kenyan Immigration
# 78
Moldova :
25,020,000
1999
Moldovan Immigration
# 79
Philippines :
25,000,000
1999
Philippine Immigration
# 80
Iceland :
22,898,130
1999
Icelandic Immigration
# 81
Zambia :
21,800,000
1999
Zambian Immigration
# 82
Panama :
21,200,000
1999
Panamanian Immigration
# 83
Tunisia :
21,075,260
1999
Tunisian Immigration
# 84
Barbados :
18,950,000
1999
Barbadian Immigration
# 85
Sri Lanka :
18,716,980
1999
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 86
Niger :
18,520,410
1999
Nigerien Immigration
# 87
Guinea :
17,927,620
1999
Guinean Immigration
# 88
Dominican Republic :
17,800,000
1999
Dominican Immigration
# 89
Papua New Guinea :
16,163,800
1999
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 90
Tanzania :
15,400,020
1999
Tanzanian Immigration
# 91
Malta :
15,238,360
1999
Maltese Immigration
# 92
Chile :
14,400,000
1999
Chilean Immigration
# 93
Armenia :
12,350,000
1999
Armenian Immigration
# 94
Macedonia, Republic of :
11,999,650
1999
Macedonian Immigration
# 95
Madagascar :
11,213,010
1999
Malagasy Immigration
# 96
Namibia :
9,459,565
1999
Namibian Immigration
# 97
Nigeria :
9,400,250
1999
Nigerian Immigration
# 98
Slovakia :
8,244,724
1999
Slovak Immigration
# 99
Romania :
8,000,000
1999
Romanian Immigration
# 100
Latvia :
7,600,000
1999
Latvian Immigration
# 101
Belize :
7,259,381
1999
Belizean Immigration
# 102
El Salvador :
7,200,000
1999
Salvadoran Immigration
# 103
Swaziland :
6,775,367
1999
Swazi Immigration
# 104
Faroe Islands :
6,150,000
1999
Faroese Immigration
# 105
Togo :
6,054,905
1999
Togolese Immigration
# 106
Benin :
5,934,717
1999
Beninese Immigration
# 107
Ghana :
5,900,000
1999
Ghanaian Immigration
# 108
Solomon Islands :
5,725,339
1999
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 109
Ecuador :
5,000,000
1999
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 110
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,900,000
1999
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 111
Guinea-Bissau :
4,556,378
1999
Guinean Immigration
# 112
Rwanda :
4,019,765
1999
Rwandan Immigration
# 113
Bulgaria :
3,817,230
1999
Bulgarian Immigration
# 114
Bangladesh :
3,704,857
1999
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 115
Ethiopia :
3,449,004
1999
Ethiopian Immigration
# 116
Estonia :
3,358,922
1999
Estonian Immigration
# 117
Saint Lucia :
3,333,333
1999
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 118
Mongolia :
3,200,000
1999
Mongolian Immigration
# 119
Samoa :
3,119,657
1999
Samoan Immigration
# 120
Pakistan :
3,000,000
1999
Pakistani Immigration
# 121
Ukraine :
3,000,000
1999
Ukrainian Immigration
# 122
Grenada :
2,859,259
1999
Grenadian Immigration
# 123
Sudan :
2,700,000
1999
Sudanese Immigration
# 124
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,518,518
1999
Nevisian Immigration
# 125
Suriname :
2,200,000
1999
Surinamese Immigration
# 126
Burundi :
2,092,226
1999
Burundian Immigration
# 127
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,581,852
1999
Barbudan Immigration
# 128
Djibouti :
1,496,728
1999
Djiboutian Immigration
# 129
Eritrea :
1,265,691
1999
Eritrean Immigration
# 130
Malawi :
821,082.5
1999
Malawian Immigration
# 131
São Tomé and Príncipe :
688,200
1999
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 132
Honduras :
600,000
1999
Honduran Immigration
# 133
Mauritius :
476,458.8
1999
Mauritian Immigration
# 134
Cape Verde :
469,193.9
1999
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 135
Laos :
400,000
1999
Lao Immigration
# 136
Dominica :
133,333.3
1999
Dominican Immigration
# 137
Sierra Leone :
36,747.7
1999
Sierra Leonean Immigration
Weighted average:
780,537,517.1
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
34,769,809,176
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 (1999) 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=1999
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