DEFINITION
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. 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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
41,072,000,000 $
2005
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
14,318,000,000 $
2005
# 3
Switzerland :
13,200,000,000 $
2005
# 4
Germany :
12,519,000,000 $
2005
# 5
Spain :
7,733,000,000 $
2005
# 6
Russia :
7,651,000,000 $
2005
# 7
Luxembourg :
6,599,000,000 $
2005
# 8
Italy :
5,815,000,000 $
2005
# 9
Malaysia :
5,679,000,000 $
2005
# 10
Netherlands :
5,678,000,000 $
2005
# 11
France :
4,867,000,000 $
2005
# 12
Lebanon :
4,233,000,000 $
2005
# 13
Korea, South :
3,336,000,000 $
2005
# 14
United Kingdom :
3,087,000,000 $
2005
# 15
Belgium :
2,758,000,000 $
2005
# 16
Kuwait :
2,648,000,000 $
2005
# 17
China :
2,602,000,000 $
2005
# 18
Austria :
2,543,000,000 $
2005
# 19
Israel :
2,349,000,000 $
2005
# 20
Oman :
2,257,000,000 $
2005
# 21
Czech Republic :
2,135,000,000 $
2005
# 22
Kazakhstan :
1,670,000,000 $
2005
# 23
Australia :
1,358,000,000 $
2005
# 24
Japan :
1,281,000,000 $
2005
# 25
Denmark :
1,226,200,000 $
2005
# 26
Bahrain :
1,223,000,000 $
2005
# 27
Indonesia :
1,178,000,000 $
2005
# 28
Portugal :
1,151,000,000 $
2005
# 29
Ireland :
1,128,000,000 $
2005
# 30
South Africa :
1,055,000,000 $
2005
# 31
India :
1,008,000,000 $
2005
# 32
Norway :
953,000,000 $
2005
# 33
New Zealand :
936,000,000 $
2005
# 34
Libya :
914,000,000 $
2005
# 35
Greece :
809,000,000 $
2005
# 36
Sweden :
611,000,000 $
2005
# 37
Poland :
598,000,000 $
2005
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
592,000,000 $
2005
# 39
Brazil :
498,000,000 $
2005
# 40
Jamaica :
394,000,000 $
2005
# 41
Uganda :
374,000,000 $
2005
# 42
Jordan :
349,000,000 $
2005
# 43
Hong Kong :
335,000,000 $
2005
# 44
Argentina :
279,000,000 $
2005
# 45
Cyprus :
273,000,000 $
2005
# 46
Azerbaijan :
268,000,000 $
2005
# 47
Sri Lanka :
257,000,000 $
2005
# 48
Finland :
249,000,000 $
2005
# 49
Angola :
215,000,000 $
2005
# 50
Venezuela :
211,000,000 $
2005
# 51
Costa Rica :
209,000,000 $
2005
# 52
Peru :
164,000,000 $
2005
# 53
Hungary :
155,000,000 $
2005
# 54
Armenia :
146,000,000 $
2005
# 55
Tajikistan :
145,000,000 $
2005
= 56
Bahamas, The :
144,000,000 $
2005
= 56
Cambodia :
144,000,000 $
2005
# 58
Papua New Guinea :
135,000,000 $
2005
# 59
Liberia :
126,000,000 $
1987
# 60
Botswana :
123,000,000 $
2005
# 61
Kyrgyzstan :
122,000,000 $
2005
# 62
Gabon :
110,000,000 $
2005
# 63
Yemen :
109,000,000 $
2005
# 64
Slovenia :
95,000,000 $
2005
# 65
Belarus :
94,000,000 $
2005
# 66
Panama :
91,000,000 $
2005
# 67
Senegal :
77,000,000 $
2005
= 68
Moldova :
68,000,000 $
2005
= 68
Aruba :
68,000,000 $
2005
# 70
Bolivia :
66,000,000 $
2005
= 71
Iceland :
65,000,000 $
2005
= 71
Nepal :
65,000,000 $
2005
# 73
Mali :
64,000,000 $
2005
# 74
Cameroon :
63,000,000 $
2005
# 75
Croatia :
62,000,000 $
2005
= 76
Haiti :
59,000,000 $
2005
= 76
Netherlands Antilles :
59,000,000 $
2005
# 78
Egypt :
57,000,000 $
2005
= 79
Colombia :
56,000,000 $
2005
= 79
Kenya :
56,000,000 $
2005
# 81
Guyana :
55,000,000 $
2005
# 82
Thailand :
53,000,000 $
1991
# 83
Estonia :
50,000,000 $
2005
# 84
Mongolia :
49,100,000 $
2005
# 85
Guinea :
48,000,000 $
2005
# 86
Lithuania :
47,000,000 $
2005
# 87
Congo, Republic of the :
45,000,000 $
2005
# 88
Burkina Faso :
44,000,000 $
2005
# 89
Tanzania :
41,000,000 $
2005
= 90
Fiji :
40,000,000 $
2005
= 90
Barbados :
40,000,000 $
2005
= 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
40,000,000 $
2005
= 90
Morocco :
40,000,000 $
2005
= 90
Syria :
40,000,000 $
2005
# 95
Ecuador :
38,000,000 $
2005
# 96
Rwanda :
35,000,000 $
2005
= 97
Romania :
34,000,000 $
2005
= 97
Togo :
34,000,000 $
2005
= 97
Ukraine :
34,000,000 $
2005
# 100
Guatemala :
33,000,000 $
2005
# 101
Georgia :
29,000,000 $
2005
# 102
Malta :
28,000,000 $
2005
# 103
Central African Republic :
27,000,000 $
1994
# 104
Dominican Republic :
26,000,000 $
2005
# 105
Niger :
25,000,000 $
2005
# 106
Burma :
24,500,000 $
2005
= 107
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
2005
= 107
El Salvador :
24,000,000 $
2005
# 109
Algeria :
22,000,000 $
1991
# 110
Mozambique :
21,000,000 $
2005
= 111
Belize :
20,000,000 $
2005
= 111
Latvia :
20,000,000 $
2005
= 113
Djibouti :
18,000,000 $
1995
= 113
Vanuatu :
18,000,000 $
2005
= 113
Nigeria :
18,000,000 $
2005
= 116
Lesotho :
17,000,000 $
2005
= 116
Namibia :
17,000,000 $
2005
= 118
Tonga :
16,000,000 $
2005
= 118
Slovakia :
16,000,000 $
2005
= 118
Ethiopia :
16,000,000 $
2005
= 118
Macedonia, Republic of :
16,000,000 $
2005
= 122
Tunisia :
15,000,000 $
2005
= 122
Chad :
15,000,000 $
1994
= 122
Philippines :
15,000,000 $
2005
# 125
Trinidad and Tobago :
14,000,000 $
1995
# 126
Bulgaria :
13,000,000 $
2005
= 127
Swaziland :
11,000,000 $
2005
= 127
Mauritius :
11,000,000 $
2005
= 127
Samoa :
11,000,000 $
2005
= 130
Mauritania :
10,000,000 $
1998
= 130
Seychelles :
10,000,000 $
2005
# 132
Suriname :
9,000,000 $
2005
# 133
Madagascar :
8,000,000 $
2005
= 134
Benin :
7,000,000 $
2005
= 134
Albania :
7,000,000 $
2005
= 134
Mexico :
7,000,000 $
1982
= 134
Zimbabwe :
7,000,000 $
1994
= 138
Bangladesh :
6,000,000 $
2005
= 138
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
2005
= 138
Chile :
6,000,000 $
2005
= 138
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
2005
= 138
Antigua and Barbuda :
6,000,000 $
1990
= 143
Guinea-Bissau :
5,000,000 $
2005
= 143
Cape Verde :
5,000,000 $
2005
= 145
Comoros :
4,000,000 $
1995
= 145
Turkmenistan :
4,000,000 $
1997
= 147
Somalia :
3,000,000 $
1983
= 147
Pakistan :
3,000,000 $
2005
= 147
Nicaragua :
3,000,000 $
1983
= 150
Sierra Leone :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 150
Uruguay :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 150
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 150
Sudan :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 150
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 150
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
2005
= 156
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
2005
= 156
Kiribati :
1,000,000 $
1994
= 156
Eritrea :
1,000,000 $
2000
= 156
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
2005
= 156
Paraguay :
1,000,000 $
1985
= 156
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
2005
= 156
Burundi :
1,000,000 $
2005
= 156
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
2005
= 156
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
2005
# 165
Laos :
500,000 $
2005
# 166
Dominica :
100,000 $
2005
# 167
Maldives :
-1,000,000 $
2005
Total :
178,999,400,000 $
Weighted average:
1,071,852,694.6 $
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. 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.
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