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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 :
40,634,500,000
2005
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
14,314,600,000
2005
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
13,323,580,000
2005
Swiss Immigration
# 4
Germany :
12,498,930,000
2005
German Immigration
# 5
Spain :
8,135,749,000
2005
Spanish Immigration
# 6
Italy :
7,622,443,000
2005
Italian Immigration
# 7
Russia :
7,007,860,000
2005
Russian Immigration
# 8
Luxembourg :
6,572,952,000
2005
Luxembourg Immigration
# 9
Netherlands :
5,928,230,000
2005
Dutch Immigration
# 10
Malaysia :
5,679,210,000
2005
Malaysian Immigration
# 11
France :
4,182,190,000
2005
French Immigration
# 12
Lebanon :
4,011,675,000
2005
Lebanese Immigration
# 13
United Kingdom :
3,877,002,000
2005
British Immigration
# 14
Belgium :
2,753,925,000
2005
Belgian Immigration
# 15
Kuwait :
2,647,603,000
2005
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 16
Austria :
2,566,507,000
2005
Austrian Immigration
# 17
China :
2,549,629,000
2005
Chinese Immigration
# 18
Australia :
2,374,851,000
2005
Australian Immigration
# 19
Oman :
2,257,477,000
2005
Omani Immigration
# 20
Israel :
2,205,600,000
2005
Israeli Immigration
# 21
Norway :
2,174,009,000
2005
Norwegian Immigration
# 22
Kazakhstan :
2,000,040,000
2005
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 23
Czech Republic :
1,676,523,000
2005
Czech Immigration
# 24
Ireland :
1,535,295,000
2005
Irish Immigration
# 25
Denmark :
1,487,556,000
2005
Danish Immigration
# 26
India :
1,348,283,000
2005
Indian Immigration
# 27
Portugal :
1,306,242,000
2005
Portuguese Immigration
# 28
Japan :
1,281,008,000
2005
Japanese Immigration
# 29
Bahrain :
1,223,404,000
2005
Bahraini Immigration
# 30
Indonesia :
1,178,916,000
2005
Indonesian Immigration
# 31
South Africa :
1,055,333,000
2005
South African Immigration
# 32
New Zealand :
935,561,500
2005
New Zealand Immigration
# 33
Hungary :
914,503,700
2005
Hungarian Immigration
# 34
Libya :
914,000,000
2005
Libyan Immigration
# 35
Greece :
902,438,400
2005
Greek Immigration
# 36
Sweden :
813,759,900
2005
Swedish Immigration
# 37
Poland :
602,000,000
2005
Polish Immigration
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
596,970,600
2005
Ivoirian Immigration
# 39
Brazil :
497,768,000
2005
Brazilian Immigration
# 40
Jamaica :
409,541,500
2005
Jamaican Immigration
# 41
Brunei :
375,574,700
2005
Bruneian Immigration
# 42
Jordan :
349,224,300
2005
Jordanian Immigration
# 43
Argentina :
314,010,000
2005
Argentine Immigration
# 44
Cyprus :
273,321,300
2005
Cypriot Immigration
# 45
Azerbaijan :
268,611,000
2005
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 46
Finland :
265,811,400
2005
Finnish Immigration
# 47
Sri Lanka :
256,850,000
2005
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 48
Venezuela :
211,000,000
2005
Venezuelan Immigration
# 49
Costa Rica :
209,029,100
2005
Costa Rican Immigration
# 50
Uganda :
197,011,500
2005
Ugandan Immigration
# 51
Gabon :
185,594,100
2005
Gabonese Immigration
# 52
Cambodia :
184,187,300
2005
Cambodian Immigration
# 53
Armenia :
151,838,000
2005
Armenian Immigration
# 54
Tajikistan :
145,467,000
2005
Tajikistani Immigration
# 55
Bahamas, The :
144,414,100
2005
Bahamian Immigration
# 56
Botswana :
129,248,100
2005
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 57
Peru :
128,818,200
2005
Peruvian Immigration
# 58
Papua New Guinea :
128,209,700
2005
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 59
Kyrgyzstan :
125,452,000
2005
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 60
Senegal :
97,729,130
2005
Senegalese Immigration
# 61
Turkey :
96,000,000
2005
Turkish Immigration
# 62
Belarus :
94,500,000
2005
Belarusian Immigration
# 63
Slovenia :
94,400,000
2005
Slovenian Immigration
# 64
Zambia :
93,700,000
2005
Zambian Immigration
# 65
Panama :
87,600,000
2005
Panamanian Immigration
# 66
Burkina Faso :
83,826,870
2005
Burkinabe Immigration
# 67
Iraq :
82,500,000
2005
Iraqi Immigration
# 68
Guinea :
71,776,660
2005
Guinean Immigration
# 69
Aruba :
70,139,660
2005
Aruban Immigration
# 70
Maldives :
69,910,460
2005
Maldivian Immigration
# 71
Mali :
69,331,200
2005
Malian Immigration
# 72
Moldova :
68,370,000
2005
Moldovan Immigration
# 73
Nigeria :
68,030,230
2005
Nigerian Immigration
# 74
Bolivia :
66,719,820
2005
Bolivian Immigration
# 75
Congo, Republic of the :
66,165,130
2005
Congolese Immigration
# 76
Nepal :
65,787,640
2005
Nepalese Immigration
# 77
Iceland :
65,212,490
2005
Icelandic Immigration
# 78
Croatia :
61,788,910
2005
Croatian Immigration
# 79
Haiti :
59,686,310
2005
Haitian Immigration
# 80
Netherlands Antilles :
59,111,730
2005
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 81
Kenya :
56,408,980
2005
Kenyan Immigration
# 82
Cameroon :
56,333,260
2005
Cameroonian Immigration
# 83
Colombia :
56,161,400
2005
Colombian Immigration
# 84
Guyana :
54,806,000
2005
Guyanese Immigration
# 85
Ecuador :
54,020,040
2005
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 86
Estonia :
50,404,950
2005
Estonian Immigration
# 87
Lithuania :
47,396,350
2005
Lithuanian Immigration
# 88
French Polynesia :
46,970,950
2005
French Polynesian Immigration
# 89
Barbados :
43,459,150
2005
Barbadian Immigration
# 90
Guatemala :
42,100,000
2005
Guatemalan Immigration
# 91
Mongolia :
40,420,000
2005
Mongolian Immigration
# 92
Syria :
40,000,000
2005
Syrian Immigration
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
39,993,450
2005
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 94
Morocco :
39,895,970
2005
Moroccan Immigration
# 95
Benin :
39,845,060
2005
Beninese Immigration
# 96
Slovakia :
39,046,750
2005
Slovak Immigration
# 97
Bulgaria :
35,452,290
2005
Bulgarian Immigration
# 98
Togo :
35,401,190
2005
Togolese Immigration
# 99
Rwanda :
34,510,000
2005
Rwandan Immigration
# 100
Fiji :
34,180,700
2005
Fijian Immigration
# 101
Ukraine :
34,000,000
2005
Ukrainian Immigration
# 102
Romania :
33,420,000
2005
Romanian Immigration
# 103
Tanzania :
33,223,900
2005
Tanzanian Immigration
# 104
Malta :
32,510,340
2005
Maltese Immigration
# 105
Niger :
29,311,720
2005
Nigerien Immigration
# 106
Georgia :
28,532,790
2005
Georgian Immigration
# 107
New Caledonia :
27,668,230
2005
New Caledonian Immigration
# 108
Dominican Republic :
24,700,000
2005
Dominican Immigration
# 109
El Salvador :
24,400,000
2005
Salvadoran Immigration
# 110
Mozambique :
21,207,570
2005
Mozambican Immigration
# 111
Madagascar :
21,206,680
2005
Malagasy Immigration
# 112
Belize :
20,310,190
2005
Belizean Immigration
# 113
Latvia :
20,100,000
2005
Latvian Immigration
# 114
Burma :
19,005,550
2005
Burmese Immigration
# 115
Namibia :
18,872,840
2005
Namibian Immigration
# 116
Lesotho :
16,934,060
2005
Basotho Immigration
# 117
Ethiopia :
16,399,500
2005
Ethiopian Immigration
# 118
Chile :
16,200,000
2005
Chilean Immigration
# 119
Tunisia :
15,646,280
2005
Tunisian Immigration
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
15,545,110
2005
Macedonian Immigration
# 121
Philippines :
15,000,000
2005
Philippine Immigration
# 122
Tonga :
12,048,180
2005
Tongan Immigration
# 123
Mauritius :
11,005,960
2005
Mauritian Immigration
# 124
Samoa :
10,764,730
2005
Samoan Immigration
# 125
Seychelles :
9,957,672
2005
Seychellois Immigration
# 126
Suriname :
9,500,000
2005
Surinamese Immigration
# 127
Swaziland :
8,219,264
2005
Swazi Immigration
# 128
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,729,204
2005
Nevisian Immigration
# 129
Albania :
6,511,798
2005
Albanian Immigration
# 130
Ghana :
6,400,000
2005
Ghanaian Immigration
# 131
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,143,156
2005
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 132
Bangladesh :
5,457,649
2005
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 133
Guinea-Bissau :
5,351,982
2005
Guinean Immigration
# 134
Cape Verde :
5,168,676
2005
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 135
Faroe Islands :
5,100,000
2005
Faroese Immigration
# 136
Djibouti :
4,670,241
2005
Djiboutian Immigration
# 137
Saint Lucia :
4,103,611
2005
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 138
Grenada :
3,460,489
2005
Grenadian Immigration
# 139
Vanuatu :
3,001,021
2005
- Immigration
# 140
Pakistan :
3,000,000
2005
Pakistani Immigration
# 141
Sierra Leone :
2,366,623
2005
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 142
Solomon Islands :
2,212,217
2005
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 143
Uruguay :
2,176,000
2005
Uruguayan Immigration
# 144
Sudan :
1,730,000
2005
Sudanese Immigration
# 145
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,670,141
2005
Barbudan Immigration
# 146
Laos :
840,000
2005
Lao Immigration
# 147
Gambia, The :
742,945.8
2005
Gambian Immigration
# 148
Honduras :
483,545.8
2005
Honduran Immigration
# 149
São Tomé and Príncipe :
476,206.5
2005
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 150
Malawi :
440,000
2005
Malawian Immigration
# 151
Burundi :
328,131.9
2005
Burundian Immigration
# 152
Liberia :
193,788.5
2005
Liberian Immigration
# 153
Dominica :
151,855.6
2005
Dominican Immigration
Weighted average:
1,176,272,921.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
64,268,109,380
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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