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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 :
39,346,700,000
2004
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,555,070,000
2004
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
12,920,920,000
2004
Swiss Immigration
# 4
Germany :
12,069,470,000
2004
German Immigration
# 5
Spain :
6,976,776,000
2004
Spanish Immigration
# 6
Luxembourg :
5,999,984,000
2004
Luxembourg Immigration
# 7
Italy :
5,511,933,000
2004
Italian Immigration
# 8
Russia :
5,188,000,000
2004
Russian Immigration
# 9
Malaysia :
5,064,290,000
2004
Malaysian Immigration
# 10
Netherlands :
5,031,712,000
2004
Dutch Immigration
# 11
France :
4,261,877,000
2004
French Immigration
# 12
Lebanon :
4,232,697,000
2004
Lebanese Immigration
# 13
United Kingdom :
3,552,069,000
2004
British Immigration
# 14
Belgium :
2,616,978,000
2004
Belgian Immigration
# 15
Kuwait :
2,404,479,000
2004
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 16
Australia :
2,253,606,000
2004
Australian Immigration
# 17
Austria :
2,227,847,000
2004
Austrian Immigration
# 18
Israel :
2,217,800,000
2004
Israeli Immigration
# 19
China :
1,997,994,000
2004
Chinese Immigration
# 20
Oman :
1,825,748,000
2004
Omani Immigration
# 21
Norway :
1,749,216,000
2004
Norwegian Immigration
# 22
India :
1,652,783,000
2004
Indian Immigration
# 23
Czech Republic :
1,431,437,000
2004
Czech Immigration
# 24
Japan :
1,410,526,000
2004
Japanese Immigration
# 25
Kazakhstan :
1,353,731,000
2004
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 26
Denmark :
1,226,177,000
2004
Danish Immigration
# 27
Portugal :
1,163,320,000
2004
Portuguese Immigration
# 28
Bahrain :
1,119,947,000
2004
Bahraini Immigration
# 29
Ireland :
997,123,800
2004
Irish Immigration
# 30
Libya :
975,000,000
2004
Libyan Immigration
# 31
South Africa :
936,911,600
2004
South African Immigration
# 32
Indonesia :
913,221,500
2004
Indonesian Immigration
# 33
Hungary :
814,334,200
2004
Hungarian Immigration
# 34
New Zealand :
805,911,400
2004
New Zealand Immigration
# 35
Sweden :
645,655,000
2004
Swedish Immigration
# 36
Côte d'Ivoire :
591,410,200
2004
Ivoirian Immigration
# 37
Greece :
496,556,000
2004
Greek Immigration
# 38
Poland :
460,000,000
2004
Polish Immigration
# 39
Jamaica :
424,494,000
2004
Jamaican Immigration
# 40
Brazil :
400,608,000
2004
Brazilian Immigration
# 41
Brunei :
353,781,600
2004
Bruneian Immigration
# 42
Jordan :
272,073,300
2004
Jordanian Immigration
# 43
Cyprus :
255,390,100
2004
Cypriot Immigration
# 44
Sri Lanka :
236,150,000
2004
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 45
Argentina :
234,470,000
2004
Argentine Immigration
# 46
Finland :
224,710,400
2004
Finnish Immigration
# 47
Venezuela :
214,000,000
2004
Venezuelan Immigration
# 48
Azerbaijan :
200,305,000
2004
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 49
Uganda :
194,093,400
2004
Ugandan Immigration
# 50
Costa Rica :
191,548,200
2004
Costa Rican Immigration
# 51
Armenia :
138,196,000
2004
Armenian Immigration
# 52
Cambodia :
129,406,000
2004
Cambodian Immigration
# 53
Botswana :
120,422,700
2004
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 54
Bahamas, The :
119,250,000
2004
Bahamian Immigration
# 55
Tajikistan :
118,972,100
2004
Tajikistani Immigration
# 56
Papua New Guinea :
116,709,200
2004
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 57
Peru :
113,242,800
2004
Peruvian Immigration
# 58
Gabon :
110,298,500
2004
Gabonese Immigration
# 59
Kyrgyzstan :
82,958,210
2004
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 60
Belarus :
81,600,000
2004
Belarusian Immigration
# 61
Guyana :
80,627,000
2004
Guyanese Immigration
# 62
Slovenia :
80,200,000
2004
Slovenian Immigration
# 63
Burkina Faso :
79,165,630
2004
Burkinabe Immigration
# 64
Senegal :
76,825,980
2004
Senegalese Immigration
# 65
Zambia :
76,100,000
2004
Zambian Immigration
# 66
Panama :
72,300,000
2004
Panamanian Immigration
# 67
Croatia :
68,680,850
2004
Croatian Immigration
# 68
Moldova :
67,280,000
2004
Moldovan Immigration
# 69
Mali :
63,903,030
2004
Malian Immigration
# 70
Nepal :
63,611,100
2004
Nepalese Immigration
# 71
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
62,067,340
2004
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 72
Maldives :
61,507,570
2004
Maldivian Immigration
# 73
Aruba :
61,027,930
2004
Aruban Immigration
# 74
Netherlands Antilles :
52,324,020
2004
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 75
Bolivia :
50,586,780
2004
Bolivian Immigration
# 76
Colombia :
50,532,700
2004
Colombian Immigration
# 77
Congo, Republic of the :
49,405,170
2004
Congolese Immigration
# 78
Mongolia :
49,100,000
2004
Mongolian Immigration
# 79
Guinea :
47,950,000
2004
Guinean Immigration
# 80
Iceland :
46,617,570
2004
Icelandic Immigration
# 81
French Polynesia :
46,147,170
2004
French Polynesian Immigration
# 82
Cameroon :
42,170,430
2004
Cameroonian Immigration
# 83
Syria :
42,000,000
2004
Syrian Immigration
# 84
Fiji :
41,979,690
2004
Fijian Immigration
# 85
Morocco :
41,574,460
2004
Moroccan Immigration
# 86
Haiti :
38,520,000
2004
Haitian Immigration
# 87
Togo :
34,292,110
2004
Togolese Immigration
# 88
Kenya :
34,022,970
2004
Kenyan Immigration
# 89
Tanzania :
33,886,400
2004
Tanzanian Immigration
# 90
Guatemala :
33,700,000
2004
Guatemalan Immigration
# 91
El Salvador :
32,800,000
2004
Salvadoran Immigration
# 92
Rwanda :
30,620,000
2004
Rwandan Immigration
# 93
Bulgaria :
29,436,640
2004
Bulgarian Immigration
# 94
Lesotho :
29,400,190
2004
Basotho Immigration
# 95
Lithuania :
27,580,350
2004
Lithuanian Immigration
# 96
Estonia :
26,462,870
2004
Estonian Immigration
# 97
Georgia :
25,896,010
2004
Georgian Immigration
# 98
Niger :
24,867,270
2004
Nigerien Immigration
# 99
Burma :
24,529,590
2004
Burmese Immigration
# 100
Dominican Republic :
23,900,000
2004
Dominican Immigration
# 101
Slovakia :
21,925,140
2004
Slovak Immigration
# 102
New Caledonia :
21,164,220
2004
New Caledonian Immigration
# 103
Malta :
21,074,760
2004
Maltese Immigration
# 104
Nigeria :
20,855,290
2004
Nigerian Immigration
# 105
Mozambique :
20,255,370
2004
Mozambican Immigration
# 106
Ukraine :
20,000,000
2004
Ukrainian Immigration
# 107
Belize :
18,787,180
2004
Belizean Immigration
# 108
Barbados :
18,250,000
2004
Barbadian Immigration
# 109
Namibia :
17,619,210
2004
Namibian Immigration
# 110
Philippines :
17,000,000
2004
Philippine Immigration
# 111
Honduras :
16,634,550
2004
Honduran Immigration
# 112
Macedonia, Republic of :
16,158,270
2004
Macedonian Immigration
# 113
Chile :
15,200,000
2004
Chilean Immigration
# 114
Suriname :
13,900,000
2004
Surinamese Immigration
# 115
Latvia :
13,100,000
2004
Latvian Immigration
# 116
Tunisia :
12,926,880
2004
Tunisian Immigration
# 117
Cape Verde :
11,970,970
2004
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 118
Mauritius :
10,956,910
2004
Mauritian Immigration
# 119
Samoa :
10,857,150
2004
Samoan Immigration
# 120
Tonga :
10,821,910
2004
Tongan Immigration
# 121
Pakistan :
10,000,000
2004
Pakistani Immigration
# 122
Ethiopia :
9,223,744
2004
Ethiopian Immigration
# 123
Madagascar :
9,001,434
2004
Malagasy Immigration
# 124
Romania :
8,000,000
2004
Romanian Immigration
# 125
Seychelles :
7,925,966
2004
Seychellois Immigration
# 126
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,863,715
2004
Nevisian Immigration
# 127
Bangladesh :
7,743,208
2004
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 128
Ecuador :
6,500,000
2004
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 129
Ghana :
6,400,000
2004
Ghanaian Immigration
# 130
Benin :
6,208,772
2004
Beninese Immigration
# 131
Guinea-Bissau :
5,373,995
2004
Guinean Immigration
# 132
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,305,604
2004
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 133
Faroe Islands :
5,100,000
2004
Faroese Immigration
# 134
Albania :
4,863,740
2004
Albanian Immigration
# 135
Swaziland :
4,675,145
2004
Swazi Immigration
# 136
Djibouti :
4,670,241
2004
Djiboutian Immigration
# 137
Saint Lucia :
3,888,889
2004
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 138
Grenada :
3,251,852
2004
Grenadian Immigration
# 139
Vanuatu :
2,979,822
2004
- Immigration
# 140
Sierra Leone :
2,604,417
2004
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 141
Sudan :
2,140,000
2004
Sudanese Immigration
# 142
Solomon Islands :
1,932,643
2004
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 143
Uruguay :
1,770,000
2004
Uruguayan Immigration
# 144
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,566,737
2004
Barbudan Immigration
# 145
Burundi :
962,394.4
2004
Burundian Immigration
# 146
Laos :
800,000
2004
Lao Immigration
# 147
São Tomé and Príncipe :
613,567.5
2004
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 148
Gambia, The :
522,142.5
2004
Gambian Immigration
# 149
Malawi :
440,000
2004
Malawian Immigration
# 150
Liberia :
176,171.4
2004
Liberian Immigration
# 151
Dominica :
140,881.5
2004
Dominican Immigration
Weighted average:
1,083,668,367.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
56,191,129,260
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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