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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$ (1982) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Saudi Arabia :
5,347,000,000 $
1982
Saudi Labor
# 2
United States :
5,140,000,000 $
1982
American Labor
# 3
Germany :
4,481,000,000 $
1982
German Labor
# 4
France :
4,341,000,000 $
1982
French Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
2,756,000,000 $
1982
Swiss Labor
# 6
Libya :
1,575,000,000 $
1982
Libyan Labor
# 7
Belgium :
995,000,000 $
1982
Belgian Labor
# 8
South Africa :
952,000,000 $
1982
South African Labor
# 9
Kuwait :
875,000,000 $
1982
Kuwaiti Labor
# 10
Netherlands :
872,000,000 $
1982
Dutch Labor
# 11
Venezuela :
615,000,000 $
1982
Venezuelan Labor
# 12
Oman :
599,000,000 $
1982
Omani Labor
# 13
Italy :
517,000,000 $
1982
Italian Labor
# 14
Israel :
453,000,000 $
1982
Israeli Labor
# 15
Nigeria :
428,000,000 $
1982
Nigerian Labor
# 16
Côte d'Ivoire :
400,000,000 $
1982
Ivoirian Labor
# 17
Bahrain :
373,000,000 $
1982
Bahraini Labor
# 18
Australia :
366,000,000 $
1982
Australian Labor
# 19
Japan :
330,000,000 $
1982
Japanese Labor
# 20
Austria :
266,000,000 $
1982
Austrian Labor
# 21
Jordan :
177,000,000 $
1982
Jordanian Labor
# 22
Brazil :
168,000,000 $
1982
Brazilian Labor
# 23
Norway :
140,000,000 $
1982
Norwegian Labor
# 24
Sweden :
137,000,000 $
1982
Swedish Labor
# 25
New Zealand :
134,000,000 $
1982
New Zealand Labor
# 26
Algeria :
126,000,000 $
1982
Algerian Labor
# 27
Ecuador :
125,000,000 $
1982
Ecuadorian Labor
# 28
Zimbabwe :
111,000,000 $
1982
Zimbabwean Labor
# 29
Korea, South :
109,000,000 $
1982
Korean Labor
# 30
Cameroon :
98,000,000 $
1982
Cameroonian Labor
# 31
Chile :
81,000,000 $
1982
Chilean Labor
# 32
Gabon :
79,000,000 $
1982
Gabonese Labor
# 33
Liberia :
75,000,000 $
1982
Liberian Labor
# 34
Senegal :
69,000,000 $
1982
Senegalese Labor
# 35
Greece :
64,000,000 $
1982
Greek Labor
# 36
Trinidad and Tobago :
60,000,000 $
1982
Tobagonian Labor
# 37
Niger :
48,000,000 $
1982
Nigerien Labor
# 38
Thailand :
47,000,000 $
1982
Thai Labor
# 39
Haiti :
47,000,000 $
1982
Haitian Labor
# 40
Morocco :
46,000,000 $
1982
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Papua New Guinea :
46,000,000 $
1982
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 42
Zambia :
37,000,000 $
1982
Zambian Labor
# 43
Burkina Faso :
36,000,000 $
1982
Burkinabe Labor
# 44
Panama :
35,000,000 $
1982
Panamanian Labor
# 45
Colombia :
35,000,000 $
1982
Colombian Labor
# 46
Bahamas, The :
35,000,000 $
1982
Bahamian Labor
# 47
Mauritania :
32,000,000 $
1982
Mauritanian Labor
# 48
Netherlands Antilles :
32,000,000 $
1982
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 49
Jamaica :
32,000,000 $
1982
Jamaican Labor
# 50
Sudan :
26,000,000 $
1982
Sudanese Labor
# 51
Botswana :
26,000,000 $
1982
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 52
Benin :
24,000,000 $
1982
Beninese Labor
# 53
Congo, Republic of the :
24,000,000 $
1982
Congolese Labor
# 54
Mozambique :
24,000,000 $
1982
Mozambican Labor
# 55
Madagascar :
20,000,000 $
1982
Malagasy Labor
# 56
Guinea-Bissau :
19,000,000 $
1982
Guinean Labor
# 57
Rwanda :
19,000,000 $
1982
Rwandan Labor
# 58
Central African Republic :
18,000,000 $
1982
Central African Labor
# 59
Argentina :
18,000,000 $
1982
Argentine Labor
# 60
Tunisia :
17,000,000 $
1982
Tunisian Labor
# 61
Vanuatu :
17,000,000 $
1982
- Labor
# 62
Spain :
17,000,000 $
1982
Spanish Labor
# 63
Suriname :
16,000,000 $
1982
Surinamese Labor
# 64
Malaysia :
15,000,000 $
1982
Malaysian Labor
# 65
India :
14,000,000 $
1982
Indian Labor
# 66
Mali :
14,000,000 $
1982
Malian Labor
# 67
Portugal :
13,000,000 $
1982
Portuguese Labor
# 68
Finland :
12,000,000 $
1982
Finnish Labor
# 69
Kenya :
11,000,000 $
1982
Kenyan Labor
# 70
Swaziland :
10,000,000 $
1982
Swazi Labor
# 71
Philippines :
9,000,000 $
1982
Philippine Labor
# 72
Togo :
8,000,000 $
1982
Togolese Labor
# 73
Fiji :
8,000,000 $
1982
Fijian Labor
# 74
Cyprus :
8,000,000 $
1982
Cypriot Labor
# 75
Solomon Islands :
7,000,000 $
1982
Solomon Islander Labor
# 76
El Salvador :
7,000,000 $
1982
Salvadoran Labor
# 77
Mexico :
7,000,000 $
1982
Mexican Labor
# 78
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
1982
Ghanaian Labor
# 79
Iceland :
5,000,000 $
1982
Icelandic Labor
# 80
Comoros :
5,000,000 $
1982
Comoran Labor
# 81
Malta :
5,000,000 $
1982
Maltese Labor
# 82
Somalia :
5,000,000 $
1982
Somali Labor
# 83
Grenada :
5,000,000 $
1982
Grenadian Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
3,000,000 $
1982
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
China :
3,000,000 $
1982
Chinese Labor
# 86
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1982
- Labor
# 87
Paraguay :
2,000,000 $
1982
Paraguayan Labor
# 88
Bolivia :
2,000,000 $
1982
Bolivian Labor
# 89
Nicaragua :
2,000,000 $
1982
Nicaraguan Labor
# 90
Gambia, The :
2,000,000 $
1982
Gambian Labor
# 91
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1982
Pakistani Labor
# 92
Costa Rica :
1,000,000 $
1982
Costa Rican Labor
# 93
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1982
Saint Lucian Labor
# 94
Sierra Leone :
1,000,000 $
1982
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 95
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1982
Ethiopian Labor
# 96
Maldives :
1,000,000 $
1982
Maldivian Labor
# 97
Barbados :
1,000,000 $
1982
Barbadian Labor
# 98
Tonga :
1,000,000 $
1982
Tongan Labor
# 99
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1982
Mauritian Labor
# 100
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1982
Nevisian Labor
# 101
Chad :
1,000,000 $
1982
Chadian Labor
Total :
34,428,000,000 $
Weighted average:
340,871,287.1 $
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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"Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (1982) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_wor_rem_and_com_of_emp_pai_us-remittances-compensation-employees-paid-us&date=1982
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