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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 :
48,829,100,000
2008
American Immigration
# 2
Russia :
26,145,200,000
2008
Russian Immigration
# 3
Saudi Arabia :
21,696,160,000
2008
Saudi Immigration
# 4
Switzerland :
18,982,210,000
2008
Swiss Immigration
# 5
Germany :
14,951,360,000
2008
German Immigration
# 6
Netherlands :
14,908,120,000
2008
Dutch Immigration
# 7
Spain :
14,754,630,000
2008
Spanish Immigration
# 8
Italy :
12,716,250,000
2008
Italian Immigration
# 9
Luxembourg :
10,832,170,000
2008
Luxembourg Immigration
# 10
Kuwait :
10,322,570,000
2008
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 11
Malaysia :
6,785,528,000
2008
Malaysian Immigration
# 12
France :
6,333,615,000
2008
French Immigration
# 13
China :
5,736,671,000
2008
Chinese Immigration
# 14
Oman :
5,180,754,000
2008
Omani Immigration
# 15
Norway :
4,750,014,000
2008
Norwegian Immigration
# 16
Japan :
4,743,034,000
2008
Japanese Immigration
# 17
United Kingdom :
4,636,977,000
2008
British Immigration
# 18
Lebanon :
4,365,960,000
2008
Lebanese Immigration
# 19
Belgium :
4,062,427,000
2008
Belgian Immigration
# 20
Denmark :
3,993,658,000
2008
Danish Immigration
# 21
India :
3,812,364,000
2008
Indian Immigration
# 22
Kazakhstan :
3,559,183,000
2008
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 23
Israel :
3,550,000,000
2008
Israeli Immigration
# 24
Austria :
3,505,112,000
2008
Austrian Immigration
# 25
Australia :
3,048,529,000
2008
Australian Immigration
# 26
Czech Republic :
2,947,737,000
2008
Czech Immigration
# 27
Ireland :
2,778,984,000
2008
Irish Immigration
# 28
Indonesia :
1,971,468,000
2008
Indonesian Immigration
# 29
Greece :
1,911,719,000
2008
Greek Immigration
# 30
Bahrain :
1,774,489,000
2008
Bahraini Immigration
# 31
Poland :
1,717,000,000
2008
Polish Immigration
# 32
Hungary :
1,467,362,000
2008
Hungarian Immigration
# 33
Portugal :
1,410,277,000
2008
Portuguese Immigration
# 34
New Zealand :
1,202,174,000
2008
New Zealand Immigration
# 35
Brazil :
1,190,863,000
2008
Brazilian Immigration
# 36
South Africa :
1,132,796,000
2008
South African Immigration
# 37
Libya :
964,200,000
2008
Libyan Immigration
# 38
Venezuela :
860,000,000
2008
Venezuelan Immigration
# 39
Côte d'Ivoire :
755,600,000
2008
Ivoirian Immigration
# 40
Sweden :
741,513,000
2008
Swedish Immigration
# 41
Romania :
664,000,000
2008
Romanian Immigration
# 42
Lithuania :
615,156,400
2008
Lithuanian Immigration
# 43
Argentina :
609,283,600
2008
Argentine Immigration
# 44
Azerbaijan :
592,645,000
2008
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 45
Cyprus :
577,460,900
2008
Cypriot Immigration
# 46
Jordan :
471,779,200
2008
Jordanian Immigration
# 47
Finland :
457,259,600
2008
Finnish Immigration
# 48
Brunei :
420,360,200
2008
Bruneian Immigration
# 49
Jamaica :
419,097,000
2008
Jamaican Immigration
# 50
Sri Lanka :
384,900,000
2008
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 51
Uganda :
381,043,900
2008
Ugandan Immigration
# 52
Slovenia :
379,589,200
2008
Slovenian Immigration
# 53
Papua New Guinea :
328,248,500
2008
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 54
Costa Rica :
268,618,200
2008
Costa Rican Immigration
# 55
Cambodia :
230,411,800
2008
Cambodian Immigration
# 56
Syria :
212,000,000
2008
Syrian Immigration
# 57
Tajikistan :
198,800,300
2008
Tajikistani Immigration
# 58
Panama :
197,700,000
2008
Panamanian Immigration
# 59
Kyrgyzstan :
196,485,800
2008
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 60
Gabon :
185,600,000
2008
Gabonese Immigration
# 61
Armenia :
185,156,200
2008
Armenian Immigration
# 62
Mongolia :
172,184,900
2008
Mongolian Immigration
# 63
Bulgaria :
161,811,000
2008
Bulgarian Immigration
# 64
Botswana :
145,120,400
2008
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 65
Senegal :
144,102,800
2008
Senegalese Immigration
# 66
Slovakia :
143,699,000
2008
Slovak Immigration
# 67
Bahamas, The :
143,110,000
2008
Bahamian Immigration
# 68
Belarus :
141,000,000
2008
Belarusian Immigration
# 69
Serbia and Montenegro :
140,250,700
2008
Serbian Immigration
# 70
Zambia :
138,890,000
2008
Zambian Immigration
# 71
Peru :
132,800,800
2008
Peruvian Immigration
# 72
Maldives :
128,877,400
2008
Maldivian Immigration
# 73
Haiti :
117,080,000
2008
Haitian Immigration
# 74
Croatia :
116,783,200
2008
Croatian Immigration
# 75
Moldova :
115,410,000
2008
Moldovan Immigration
# 76
Turkey :
111,000,000
2008
Turkish Immigration
# 77
Bolivia :
105,881,900
2008
Bolivian Immigration
# 78
Estonia :
104,923,000
2008
Estonian Immigration
# 79
Mali :
104,786,600
2008
Malian Immigration
# 80
Congo, Republic of the :
102,200,000
2008
Congolese Immigration
# 81
Burkina Faso :
99,612,500
2008
Burkinabe Immigration
# 82
Netherlands Antilles :
94,078,210
2008
Dutch Antillean Immigration
# 83
Colombia :
88,291,700
2008
Colombian Immigration
# 84
Benin :
88,281,680
2008
Beninese Immigration
# 85
Aruba :
85,631,290
2008
Aruban Immigration
# 86
Guyana :
76,738,000
2008
Guyanese Immigration
# 87
Guinea :
75,690,000
2008
Guinean Immigration
# 88
Rwanda :
70,182,070
2008
Rwandan Immigration
# 89
French Polynesia :
69,472,500
2008
French Polynesian Immigration
# 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
68,808,530
2008
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 91
New Caledonia :
67,950,800
2008
New Caledonian Immigration
# 92
Ecuador :
65,655,630
2008
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 93
Malta :
64,503,460
2008
Maltese Immigration
# 94
Kenya :
64,495,400
2008
Kenyan Immigration
# 95
Nigeria :
58,170,930
2008
Nigerian Immigration
# 96
Latvia :
57,700,000
2008
Latvian Immigration
# 97
Togo :
57,627,730
2008
Togolese Immigration
# 98
Morocco :
57,575,620
2008
Moroccan Immigration
# 99
Mozambique :
56,837,740
2008
Mozambican Immigration
# 100
Iceland :
56,446,030
2008
Icelandic Immigration
# 101
Cameroon :
56,348,160
2008
Cameroonian Immigration
# 102
Tanzania :
54,456,460
2008
Tanzanian Immigration
# 103
Ukraine :
54,000,000
2008
Ukrainian Immigration
# 104
Georgia :
46,726,730
2008
Georgian Immigration
# 105
Fiji :
44,290,060
2008
Fijian Immigration
# 106
Philippines :
44,000,000
2008
Philippine Immigration
# 107
Namibia :
42,825,840
2008
Namibian Immigration
# 108
Barbados :
39,018,970
2008
Barbadian Immigration
# 109
Dominican Republic :
34,500,000
2008
Dominican Immigration
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
32,975,260
2008
Macedonian Immigration
# 111
Burma :
31,700,000
2008
Burmese Immigration
# 112
Iraq :
31,400,000
2008
Iraqi Immigration
# 113
Belize :
29,303,430
2008
Belizean Immigration
# 114
Guatemala :
26,100,000
2008
Guatemalan Immigration
# 115
Seychelles :
23,861,520
2008
Seychellois Immigration
# 116
Niger :
22,302,100
2008
Nigerien Immigration
# 117
Ethiopia :
21,303,990
2008
Ethiopian Immigration
# 118
Madagascar :
21,200,000
2008
Malagasy Immigration
# 119
El Salvador :
19,340,000
2008
Salvadoran Immigration
# 120
Guinea-Bissau :
16,750,590
2008
Guinean Immigration
# 121
Albania :
15,890,700
2008
Albanian Immigration
# 122
Tunisia :
15,744,940
2008
Tunisian Immigration
# 123
Bangladesh :
14,330,660
2008
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 124
Mauritius :
14,141,990
2008
Mauritian Immigration
# 125
Tonga :
13,505,990
2008
Tongan Immigration
# 126
Lesotho :
13,094,950
2008
Basotho Immigration
# 127
Cape Verde :
10,013,760
2008
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 128
Laos :
9,360,745
2008
Lao Immigration
# 129
Honduras :
9,230,000
2008
Honduran Immigration
# 130
Samoa :
8,592,646
2008
Samoan Immigration
# 131
Suriname :
8,200,000
2008
Surinamese Immigration
# 132
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7,090,903
2008
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 133
Swaziland :
6,611,878
2008
Swazi Immigration
# 134
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6,432,986
2008
Nevisian Immigration
# 135
Ghana :
6,400,000
2008
Ghanaian Immigration
# 136
Chile :
5,700,000
2008
Chilean Immigration
# 137
Nepal :
5,286,469
2008
Nepalese Immigration
# 138
Djibouti :
5,120,385
2008
Djiboutian Immigration
# 139
Faroe Islands :
5,100,000
2008
Faroese Immigration
# 140
Pakistan :
5,000,000
2008
Pakistani Immigration
# 141
Uruguay :
4,678,000
2008
Uruguayan Immigration
# 142
Saint Lucia :
4,487,885
2008
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 143
Grenada :
4,090,374
2008
Grenadian Immigration
# 144
Gambia, The :
3,252,022
2008
Gambian Immigration
# 145
Sierra Leone :
3,215,137
2008
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 146
Vanuatu :
2,600,000
2008
- Immigration
# 147
Solomon Islands :
2,552,944
2008
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 148
Antigua and Barbuda :
2,367,652
2008
Barbudan Immigration
# 149
Sudan :
2,000,000
2008
Sudanese Immigration
# 150
São Tomé and Príncipe :
488,079.4
2008
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 151
Liberia :
480,663.4
2008
Liberian Immigration
# 152
Malawi :
440,000
2008
Malawian Immigration
# 153
Burundi :
249,306.1
2008
Burundian Immigration
# 154
Dominica :
171,207.4
2008
Dominican Immigration
Weighted average:
1,921,324,907.8
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
106,895,013,560
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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