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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$ (1983) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
5,450,000,000 $
1983
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
5,236,000,000 $
1983
Saudi Labor
# 3
Germany :
4,289,000,000 $
1983
German Labor
# 4
France :
4,114,000,000 $
1983
French Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
2,691,000,000 $
1983
Swiss Labor
# 6
Libya :
2,032,000,000 $
1983
Libyan Labor
# 7
South Africa :
1,080,000,000 $
1983
South African Labor
# 8
Belgium :
893,000,000 $
1983
Belgian Labor
# 9
Kuwait :
865,000,000 $
1983
Kuwaiti Labor
# 10
Oman :
738,000,000 $
1983
Omani Labor
# 11
Netherlands :
736,000,000 $
1983
Dutch Labor
# 12
Israel :
512,000,000 $
1983
Israeli Labor
# 13
Italy :
502,000,000 $
1983
Italian Labor
# 14
Nigeria :
409,000,000 $
1983
Nigerian Labor
# 15
Australia :
382,000,000 $
1983
Australian Labor
# 16
Bahrain :
345,000,000 $
1983
Bahraini Labor
# 17
Côte d'Ivoire :
329,000,000 $
1983
Ivoirian Labor
# 18
Japan :
320,000,000 $
1983
Japanese Labor
# 19
Sweden :
238,000,000 $
1983
Swedish Labor
# 20
Austria :
215,000,000 $
1983
Austrian Labor
# 21
Jordan :
201,000,000 $
1983
Jordanian Labor
# 22
Venezuela :
187,000,000 $
1983
Venezuelan Labor
# 23
Algeria :
157,000,000 $
1983
Algerian Labor
# 24
New Zealand :
132,000,000 $
1983
New Zealand Labor
# 25
Norway :
127,000,000 $
1983
Norwegian Labor
# 26
Liberia :
126,000,000 $
1983
Liberian Labor
# 27
Cameroon :
118,000,000 $
1983
Cameroonian Labor
# 28
Gabon :
92,000,000 $
1983
Gabonese Labor
# 29
Korea, South :
92,000,000 $
1983
Korean Labor
# 30
Ecuador :
86,000,000 $
1983
Ecuadorian Labor
# 31
Zimbabwe :
83,000,000 $
1983
Zimbabwean Labor
# 32
Greece :
77,000,000 $
1983
Greek Labor
# 33
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000,000 $
1983
Tobagonian Labor
# 34
Senegal :
59,000,000 $
1983
Senegalese Labor
# 35
Colombia :
48,000,000 $
1983
Colombian Labor
# 36
Niger :
43,000,000 $
1983
Nigerien Labor
# 37
Haiti :
43,000,000 $
1983
Haitian Labor
# 38
Papua New Guinea :
42,000,000 $
1983
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 39
Thailand :
41,000,000 $
1983
Thai Labor
# 40
Burkina Faso :
40,000,000 $
1983
Burkinabe Labor
# 41
India :
40,000,000 $
1983
Indian Labor
# 42
Zambia :
39,000,000 $
1983
Zambian Labor
# 43
Morocco :
38,000,000 $
1983
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Panama :
38,000,000 $
1983
Panamanian Labor
# 45
Jamaica :
37,000,000 $
1983
Jamaican Labor
# 46
Congo, Republic of the :
30,000,000 $
1983
Congolese Labor
# 47
Sudan :
29,000,000 $
1983
Sudanese Labor
# 48
Netherlands Antilles :
29,000,000 $
1983
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 49
Bahamas, The :
27,000,000 $
1983
Bahamian Labor
# 50
Mauritania :
27,000,000 $
1983
Mauritanian Labor
# 51
Botswana :
23,000,000 $
1983
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 52
Benin :
22,000,000 $
1983
Beninese Labor
# 53
Mozambique :
20,000,000 $
1983
Mozambican Labor
# 54
Brazil :
19,000,000 $
1983
Brazilian Labor
# 55
Argentina :
19,000,000 $
1983
Argentine Labor
# 56
Rwanda :
18,000,000 $
1983
Rwandan Labor
# 57
Central African Republic :
17,000,000 $
1983
Central African Labor
# 58
Spain :
16,000,000 $
1983
Spanish Labor
# 59
Suriname :
16,000,000 $
1983
Surinamese Labor
# 60
Tunisia :
16,000,000 $
1983
Tunisian Labor
# 61
Malaysia :
15,000,000 $
1983
Malaysian Labor
# 62
Chile :
14,000,000 $
1983
Chilean Labor
# 63
Mali :
13,000,000 $
1983
Malian Labor
# 64
Guinea-Bissau :
13,000,000 $
1983
Guinean Labor
# 65
Portugal :
13,000,000 $
1983
Portuguese Labor
# 66
Ghana :
13,000,000 $
1983
Ghanaian Labor
# 67
Swaziland :
13,000,000 $
1983
Swazi Labor
# 68
Vanuatu :
12,000,000 $
1983
- Labor
# 69
Finland :
12,000,000 $
1983
Finnish Labor
# 70
Madagascar :
12,000,000 $
1983
Malagasy Labor
# 71
Kenya :
11,000,000 $
1983
Kenyan Labor
# 72
Fiji :
9,000,000 $
1983
Fijian Labor
# 73
Philippines :
8,000,000 $
1983
Philippine Labor
# 74
Togo :
8,000,000 $
1983
Togolese Labor
# 75
Cyprus :
7,000,000 $
1983
Cypriot Labor
# 76
El Salvador :
7,000,000 $
1983
Salvadoran Labor
# 77
Iceland :
4,000,000 $
1983
Icelandic Labor
# 78
Grenada :
4,000,000 $
1983
Grenadian Labor
# 79
Comoros :
4,000,000 $
1983
Comoran Labor
# 80
Malta :
4,000,000 $
1983
Maltese Labor
# 81
Somalia :
3,000,000 $
1983
Somali Labor
# 82
Solomon Islands :
3,000,000 $
1983
Solomon Islander Labor
# 83
Nicaragua :
3,000,000 $
1983
Nicaraguan Labor
# 84
Chad :
3,000,000 $
1983
Chadian Labor
# 85
Guatemala :
3,000,000 $
1983
Guatemalan Labor
# 86
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1983
- Labor
# 87
Paraguay :
2,000,000 $
1983
Paraguayan Labor
# 88
Pakistan :
2,000,000 $
1983
Pakistani Labor
# 89
China :
2,000,000 $
1983
Chinese Labor
# 90
Bolivia :
2,000,000 $
1983
Bolivian Labor
# 91
Maldives :
2,000,000 $
1983
Maldivian Labor
# 92
Tonga :
2,000,000 $
1983
Tongan Labor
# 93
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1983
Ethiopian Labor
# 94
Barbados :
1,000,000 $
1983
Barbadian Labor
# 95
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1983
Saint Lucian Labor
# 96
Sierra Leone :
1,000,000 $
1983
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 97
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1983
Nevisian Labor
# 98
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
1983
Gambian Labor
# 99
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1983
Mauritian Labor
# 100
Costa Rica :
1,000,000 $
1983
Costa Rican Labor
Total :
33,997,000,000 $
Weighted average:
339,970,000.0 $
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$ (1983) 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=1983
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