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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 :
43,619,620,000
2006
American Immigration
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
15,964,140,000
2006
Saudi Immigration
# 3
Switzerland :
14,376,750,000
2006
Swiss Immigration
# 4
Germany :
12,546,430,000
2006
German Immigration
# 5
Russia :
11,467,010,000
2006
Russian Immigration
# 6
Spain :
11,325,880,000
2006
Spanish Immigration
# 7
Italy :
8,440,331,000
2006
Italian Immigration
# 8
Luxembourg :
7,413,593,000
2006
Luxembourg Immigration
# 9
Netherlands :
6,610,338,000
2006
Dutch Immigration
# 10
Malaysia :
5,596,605,000
2006
Malaysian Immigration
# 11
France :
5,511,378,000
2006
French Immigration
# 12
United Kingdom :
4,731,641,000
2006
British Immigration
# 13
Japan :
3,476,442,000
2006
Japanese Immigration
# 14
Lebanon :
3,445,149,000
2006
Lebanese Immigration
# 15
Kuwait :
3,183,238,000
2006
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 16
Kazakhstan :
3,033,141,000
2006
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 17
China :
3,025,123,000
2006
Chinese Immigration
# 18
Australia :
2,814,500,000
2006
Australian Immigration
# 19
Oman :
2,788,036,000
2006
Omani Immigration
# 20
Belgium :
2,698,074,000
2006
Belgian Immigration
# 21
Norway :
2,619,974,000
2006
Norwegian Immigration
# 22
Austria :
2,574,876,000
2006
Austrian Immigration
# 23
Israel :
2,334,200,000
2006
Israeli Immigration
# 24
Ireland :
1,946,682,000
2006
Irish Immigration
# 25
Denmark :
1,766,146,000
2006
Danish Immigration
# 26
India :
1,561,865,000
2006
Indian Immigration
# 27
Bahrain :
1,530,780,000
2006
Bahraini Immigration
# 28
Czech Republic :
1,480,667,000
2006
Czech Immigration
# 29
Portugal :
1,377,131,000
2006
Portuguese Immigration
# 30
Indonesia :
1,359,066,000
2006
Indonesian Immigration
# 31
South Africa :
1,067,617,000
2006
South African Immigration
# 32
Hungary :
985,781,300
2006
Hungarian Immigration
# 33
Greece :
981,939,500
2006
Greek Immigration
# 34
Libya :
945,000,000
2006
Libyan Immigration
# 35
New Zealand :
865,204,400
2006
New Zealand Immigration
# 36
Poland :
802,000,000
2006
Polish Immigration
# 37
Iraq :
781,300,000
2006
Iraqi Immigration
# 38
Brazil :
690,759,000
2006
Brazilian Immigration
# 39
Côte d'Ivoire :
660,448,500
2006
Ivoirian Immigration
# 40
Sweden :
542,791,000
2006
Swedish Immigration
# 41
Lithuania :
425,814,900
2006
Lithuanian Immigration
# 42
Jamaica :
412,406,900
2006
Jamaican Immigration
# 43
Brunei :
405,466,500
2006
Bruneian Immigration
# 44
Jordan :
401,551,500
2006
Jordanian Immigration
# 45
Tajikistan :
394,979,000
2006
Tajikistani Immigration
# 46
Argentina :
355,570,000
2006
Argentine Immigration
# 47
Finland :
330,815,700
2006
Finnish Immigration
# 48
Azerbaijan :
300,788,000
2006
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 49
Sri Lanka :
282,600,000
2006
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 50
Cyprus :
278,864,200
2006
Cypriot Immigration
# 51
Croatia :
274,452,000
2006
Croatian Immigration
# 52
Venezuela :
257,000,000
2006
Venezuelan Immigration
# 53
Costa Rica :
246,343,400
2006
Costa Rican Immigration
# 54
Syria :
235,000,000
2006
Syrian Immigration
# 55
Uganda :
206,068,800
2006
Ugandan Immigration
# 56
Gabon :
185,600,000
2006
Gabonese Immigration
# 57
Cambodia :
173,410,200
2006
Cambodian Immigration
# 58
Bahamas, The :
163,810,000
2006
Bahamian Immigration
# 59
Papua New Guinea :
158,567,900
2006
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 60
Armenia :
153,722,000
2006
Armenian Immigration
# 61
Kyrgyzstan :
149,786,500
2006
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 62
Peru :
132,536,600
2006
Peruvian Immigration
# 63
Slovenia :
128,730,800
2006
Slovenian Immigration
# 64
Panama :
120,500,000
2006
Panamanian Immigration
# 65
Botswana :
117,786,700
2006
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 66
Zambia :
115,420,000
2006
Zambian Immigration
# 67
Turkey :
107,000,000
2006
Turkish Immigration
# 68
Nigeria :
101,562,400
2006
Nigerian Immigration
# 69
Senegal :
96,414,140
2006
Senegalese Immigration
# 70
Guinea :
95,603,330
2006
Guinean Immigration
# 71
Belarus :
92,700,000
2006
Belarusian Immigration
# 72
Cameroon :
91,671,270
2006
Cameroonian Immigration
# 73
Burkina Faso :
86,077,360
2006
Burkinabe Immigration
# 74
Moldova :
85,700,000
2006
Moldovan Immigration
# 75
Maldives :
83,551,370
2006
Maldivian Immigration
# 76
Congo, Republic of the :
80,705,290
2006
Congolese Immigration
# 77
Aruba :
80,273,740
2006
Aruban Immigration
# 78
Iceland :
79,924,410
2006
Icelandic Immigration
# 79
Nepal :
79,166,530
2006
Nepalese Immigration
# 80
Mongolia :
76,570,000
2006
Mongolian Immigration
# 81
Haiti :
75,515,040
2006
Haitian Immigration
# 82
Estonia :
75,421,950
2006
Estonian Immigration
# 83
Bolivia :
73,240,330
2006
Bolivian Immigration
# 84
Benin :
66,853,430
2006
Beninese Immigration
# 85
Colombia :
65,526,910
2006
Colombian Immigration
# 86
Ecuador :
62,455,630
2006
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 87
Netherlands Antilles :
61,156,430
2006
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 88
Mali :
57,164,970
2006
Malian Immigration
# 89
Romania :
56,750,000
2006
Romanian Immigration
# 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
54,510,130
2006
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 91
French Polynesia :
50,934,310
2006
French Polynesian Immigration
# 92
New Caledonia :
50,185,770
2006
New Caledonian Immigration
# 93
Bulgaria :
49,577,450
2006
Bulgarian Immigration
# 94
Guyana :
48,429,000
2006
Guyanese Immigration
# 95
Slovakia :
47,723,050
2006
Slovak Immigration
# 96
Rwanda :
46,856,860
2006
Rwandan Immigration
# 97
Malta :
46,052,000
2006
Maltese Immigration
# 98
Guatemala :
45,500,000
2006
Guatemalan Immigration
# 99
Morocco :
40,810,920
2006
Moroccan Immigration
# 100
Togo :
38,633,360
2006
Togolese Immigration
# 101
Barbados :
33,188,770
2006
Barbadian Immigration
# 102
Fiji :
32,250,970
2006
Fijian Immigration
# 103
Burma :
31,690,060
2006
Burmese Immigration
# 104
Ukraine :
30,000,000
2006
Ukrainian Immigration
# 105
Latvia :
29,800,000
2006
Latvian Immigration
# 106
Tanzania :
29,654,900
2006
Tanzanian Immigration
# 107
Niger :
29,266,190
2006
Nigerien Immigration
# 108
El Salvador :
28,450,000
2006
Salvadoran Immigration
# 109
Dominican Republic :
26,600,000
2006
Dominican Immigration
# 110
Albania :
26,532,130
2006
Albanian Immigration
# 111
Mozambique :
26,098,010
2006
Mozambican Immigration
# 112
Kenya :
25,399,010
2006
Kenyan Immigration
# 113
Georgia :
25,021,680
2006
Georgian Immigration
# 114
Belize :
21,706,660
2006
Belizean Immigration
# 115
Madagascar :
21,200,000
2006
Malagasy Immigration
# 116
Namibia :
20,158,350
2006
Namibian Immigration
# 117
Philippines :
20,000,000
2006
Philippine Immigration
# 118
Macedonia, Republic of :
17,848,740
2006
Macedonian Immigration
# 119
Seychelles :
17,328,410
2006
Seychellois Immigration
# 120
Swaziland :
16,737,970
2006
Swazi Immigration
# 121
Tunisia :
16,453,490
2006
Tunisian Immigration
# 122
Ethiopia :
14,131,040
2006
Ethiopian Immigration
# 123
Tonga :
13,195,600
2006
Tongan Immigration
# 124
Mauritius :
12,730,000
2006
Mauritian Immigration
# 125
Lesotho :
10,936,500
2006
Basotho Immigration
# 126
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,670,004
2006
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 127
Ghana :
6,400,000
2006
Ghanaian Immigration
# 128
Cape Verde :
5,720,331
2006
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 129
Chile :
5,700,000
2006
Chilean Immigration
# 130
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
5,586,999
2006
Nevisian Immigration
# 131
Laos :
5,410,944
2006
Lao Immigration
# 132
Faroe Islands :
5,100,000
2006
Faroese Immigration
# 133
Djibouti :
4,726,510
2006
Djiboutian Immigration
# 134
Guinea-Bissau :
4,322,132
2006
Guinean Immigration
# 135
Saint Lucia :
4,229,259
2006
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 136
Suriname :
4,100,000
2006
Surinamese Immigration
# 137
Sierra Leone :
3,883,889
2006
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 138
Grenada :
3,514,830
2006
Grenadian Immigration
# 139
Bangladesh :
3,322,210
2006
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 140
Vanuatu :
3,138,417
2006
- Immigration
# 141
Pakistan :
3,000,000
2006
Pakistani Immigration
# 142
Uruguay :
2,843,000
2006
Uruguayan Immigration
# 143
Sudan :
2,450,000
2006
Sudanese Immigration
# 144
Honduras :
2,121,697
2006
Honduran Immigration
# 145
Samoa :
2,056,610
2006
Samoan Immigration
# 146
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,837,156
2006
Barbudan Immigration
# 147
Solomon Islands :
1,800,393
2006
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 148
Gambia, The :
946,701.8
2006
Gambian Immigration
# 149
São Tomé and Príncipe :
670,648.5
2006
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 150
Malawi :
440,000
2006
Malawian Immigration
# 151
Burundi :
223,781.2
2006
Burundian Immigration
# 152
Liberia :
213,167.3
2006
Liberian Immigration
# 153
Dominica :
157,900
2006
Dominican Immigration
Weighted average:
1,353,028,706.1
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
73,205,228,850
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 (2006) 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=2006
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