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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 :
34,591,900,000
2001
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
15,119,730,000
2001
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Germany :
8,911,741,000
2001
German Immigration
# 4
Switzerland :
8,380,426,000
2001
Swiss Immigration
# 5
France :
3,953,092,000
2001
French Immigration
# 6
Belgium :
3,905,531,000
2001
Belgian Immigration
# 7
United Kingdom :
3,342,162,000
2001
British Immigration
# 8
Luxembourg :
3,137,774,000
2001
Luxembourg Immigration
# 9
Spain :
3,074,609,000
2001
Spanish Immigration
# 10
Israel :
3,038,700,000
2001
Israeli Immigration
# 11
Japan :
2,946,219,000
2001
Japanese Immigration
# 12
Netherlands :
2,850,085,000
2001
Dutch Immigration
# 13
Italy :
2,710,343,000
2001
Italian Immigration
# 14
Russia :
1,823,030,000
2001
Russian Immigration
# 15
Kuwait :
1,784,913,000
2001
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 16
Oman :
1,531,859,000
2001
Omani Immigration
# 17
Austria :
1,421,891,000
2001
Austrian Immigration
# 18
Bahrain :
1,286,919,000
2001
Bahraini Immigration
# 19
Australia :
1,058,857,000
2001
Australian Immigration
# 20
Norway :
1,022,441,000
2001
Norwegian Immigration
# 21
China :
990,000,000
2001
Chinese Immigration
# 22
India :
751,084,700
2001
Indian Immigration
# 23
Denmark :
744,817,200
2001
Danish Immigration
# 24
Czech Republic :
718,140,600
2001
Czech Immigration
# 25
Brazil :
709,002,000
2001
Brazilian Immigration
# 26
Portugal :
705,960,400
2001
Portuguese Immigration
# 27
Libya :
683,000,000
2001
Libyan Immigration
# 28
Malaysia :
633,947,400
2001
Malaysian Immigration
# 29
Sweden :
589,479,300
2001
Swedish Immigration
# 30
South Africa :
567,710,200
2001
South African Immigration
# 31
Greece :
536,000,000
2001
Greek Immigration
# 32
Kazakhstan :
487,292,600
2001
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 33
Venezuela :
406,000,000
2001
Venezuelan Immigration
# 34
Côte d'Ivoire :
379,542,100
2001
Ivoirian Immigration
# 35
New Zealand :
362,417,900
2001
New Zealand Immigration
# 36
Uganda :
354,682,800
2001
Ugandan Immigration
# 37
Poland :
345,000,000
2001
Polish Immigration
# 38
Ireland :
273,767,800
2001
Irish Immigration
# 39
Argentina :
256,100,000
2001
Argentine Immigration
# 40
Jamaica :
216,900,000
2001
Jamaican Immigration
# 41
Colombia :
204,463,300
2001
Colombian Immigration
# 42
Sri Lanka :
193,580,000
2001
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 43
Jordan :
193,234,900
2001
Jordanian Immigration
# 44
Peru :
174,931,900
2001
Peruvian Immigration
# 45
Azerbaijan :
141,882,000
2001
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 46
Costa Rica :
140,491,800
2001
Costa Rican Immigration
# 47
Botswana :
139,316,900
2001
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 48
Cambodia :
110,334,500
2001
Cambodian Immigration
# 49
Hungary :
100,784,200
2001
Hungarian Immigration
# 50
Cyprus :
100,768,900
2001
Cypriot Immigration
# 51
Finland :
96,682,240
2001
Finnish Immigration
# 52
Gabon :
95,900,830
2001
Gabonese Immigration
# 53
Vanuatu :
78,212,300
2001
- Immigration
# 54
Belarus :
76,700,000
2001
Belarusian Immigration
# 55
Bahamas, The :
74,950,000
2001
Bahamian Immigration
# 56
Mozambique :
64,189,280
2001
Mozambican Immigration
# 57
Moldova :
58,530,000
2001
Moldovan Immigration
# 58
Kyrgyzstan :
54,534,170
2001
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 59
Senegal :
51,272,880
2001
Senegalese Immigration
# 60
Maldives :
49,963,190
2001
Maldivian Immigration
# 61
Aruba :
49,134,080
2001
Aruban Immigration
# 62
Croatia :
46,498,450
2001
Croatian Immigration
# 63
Burkina Faso :
44,031,790
2001
Burkinabe Immigration
# 64
Netherlands Antilles :
43,815,640
2001
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 65
Panama :
42,100,000
2001
Panamanian Immigration
# 66
Cameroon :
41,739,280
2001
Cameroonian Immigration
# 67
Guinea :
36,833,050
2001
Guinean Immigration
# 68
Bolivia :
36,380,000
2001
Bolivian Immigration
# 69
Morocco :
35,512,780
2001
Moroccan Immigration
# 70
Rwanda :
32,714,480
2001
Rwandan Immigration
# 71
Guatemala :
32,488,090
2001
Guatemalan Immigration
# 72
Congo, Republic of the :
31,589,060
2001
Congolese Immigration
# 73
Syria :
30,000,000
2001
Syrian Immigration
# 74
Tanzania :
29,674,900
2001
Tanzanian Immigration
# 75
Lithuania :
29,425,000
2001
Lithuanian Immigration
# 76
Zambia :
28,400,000
2001
Zambian Immigration
# 77
Slovenia :
28,100,000
2001
Slovenian Immigration
# 78
Bulgaria :
26,957,170
2001
Bulgarian Immigration
# 79
Swaziland :
26,843,550
2001
Swazi Immigration
# 80
El Salvador :
26,100,000
2001
Salvadoran Immigration
# 81
Georgia :
25,700,000
2001
Georgian Immigration
# 82
Lesotho :
24,746,670
2001
Basotho Immigration
# 83
Nepal :
24,304,800
2001
Nepalese Immigration
# 84
Guyana :
24,100,000
2001
Guyanese Immigration
# 85
Philippines :
24,000,000
2001
Philippine Immigration
# 86
Fiji :
23,660,360
2001
Fijian Immigration
# 87
Mali :
23,288,000
2001
Malian Immigration
# 88
Dominican Republic :
21,700,000
2001
Dominican Immigration
# 89
Tunisia :
20,921,480
2001
Tunisian Immigration
# 90
Armenia :
20,536,000
2001
Armenian Immigration
# 91
Macedonia, Republic of :
20,520,590
2001
Macedonian Immigration
# 92
Barbados :
20,300,000
2001
Barbadian Immigration
# 93
Haiti :
19,340,000
2001
Haitian Immigration
# 94
Belize :
17,290,290
2001
Belizean Immigration
# 95
Iceland :
16,938,750
2001
Icelandic Immigration
# 96
Papua New Guinea :
16,663,770
2001
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 97
Chile :
15,700,000
2001
Chilean Immigration
# 98
Burma :
14,108,970
2001
Burmese Immigration
# 99
Ethiopia :
14,023,480
2001
Ethiopian Immigration
# 100
Faroe Islands :
13,410,000
2001
Faroese Immigration
# 101
Honduras :
11,500,000
2001
Honduran Immigration
# 102
Madagascar :
11,415,640
2001
Malagasy Immigration
# 103
Malta :
11,292,870
2001
Maltese Immigration
# 104
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
10,807,340
2001
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 105
Tonga :
10,800,510
2001
Tongan Immigration
# 106
Niger :
10,329,610
2001
Nigerien Immigration
# 107
Benin :
10,258,670
2001
Beninese Immigration
# 108
Slovakia :
9,671,094
2001
Slovak Immigration
# 109
Mongolia :
8,358,124
2001
Mongolian Immigration
# 110
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,218,518
2001
Nevisian Immigration
# 111
Mauritius :
8,096,482
2001
Mauritian Immigration
# 112
Namibia :
8,074,931
2001
Namibian Immigration
# 113
Latvia :
7,600,000
2001
Latvian Immigration
# 114
Ecuador :
6,932,673
2001
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 115
Ghana :
6,400,000
2001
Ghanaian Immigration
# 116
Samoa :
6,214,656
2001
Samoan Immigration
# 117
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,812,222
2001
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 118
Seychelles :
5,607,924
2001
Seychellois Immigration
# 119
Togo :
5,295,765
2001
Togolese Immigration
# 120
Guinea-Bissau :
5,129,567
2001
Guinean Immigration
# 121
Kenya :
5,091,440
2001
Kenyan Immigration
# 122
Romania :
5,000,000
2001
Romanian Immigration
# 123
Ukraine :
5,000,000
2001
Ukrainian Immigration
# 124
Bangladesh :
3,699,707
2001
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 125
Saint Lucia :
3,518,518
2001
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 126
Grenada :
3,251,852
2001
Grenadian Immigration
# 127
Pakistan :
3,000,000
2001
Pakistani Immigration
# 128
Burundi :
2,391,392
2001
Burundian Immigration
# 129
Solomon Islands :
2,375,583
2001
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 130
Estonia :
2,237,405
2001
Estonian Immigration
# 131
Suriname :
2,000,000
2001
Surinamese Immigration
# 132
Sudan :
1,900,000
2001
Sudanese Immigration
# 133
Djibouti :
1,778,068
2001
Djiboutian Immigration
# 134
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,564,444
2001
Barbudan Immigration
# 135
São Tomé and Príncipe :
654,149.9
2001
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 136
Malawi :
623,014.7
2001
Malawian Immigration
# 137
Nigeria :
593,370
2001
Nigerian Immigration
# 138
Laos :
463,050
2001
Lao Immigration
# 139
Sierra Leone :
451,425.2
2001
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 140
Cape Verde :
282,701.4
2001
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 141
Dominica :
135,925.9
2001
Dominican Immigration
Weighted average:
845,895,840.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
37,638,912,179
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 (2001) 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=2001
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