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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$ (1985) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
6,330,000,000 $
1985
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
5,199,000,000 $
1985
Saudi Labor
# 3
France :
4,173,000,000 $
1985
French Labor
# 4
Germany :
3,598,000,000 $
1985
German Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
2,509,000,000 $
1985
Swiss Labor
# 6
Kuwait :
1,044,000,000 $
1985
Kuwaiti Labor
# 7
Oman :
950,000,000 $
1985
Omani Labor
# 8
Libya :
859,000,000 $
1985
Libyan Labor
# 9
Belgium :
779,000,000 $
1985
Belgian Labor
# 10
Bahrain :
778,000,000 $
1985
Bahraini Labor
# 11
South Africa :
722,000,000 $
1985
South African Labor
# 12
Netherlands :
658,000,000 $
1985
Dutch Labor
# 13
Italy :
606,000,000 $
1985
Italian Labor
# 14
Israel :
410,000,000 $
1985
Israeli Labor
# 15
Australia :
312,000,000 $
1985
Australian Labor
# 16
Nigeria :
298,000,000 $
1985
Nigerian Labor
# 17
Sweden :
290,000,000 $
1985
Swedish Labor
# 18
Japan :
290,000,000 $
1985
Japanese Labor
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
287,000,000 $
1985
Ivoirian Labor
# 20
Jordan :
236,000,000 $
1985
Jordanian Labor
# 21
Venezuela :
217,000,000 $
1985
Venezuelan Labor
# 22
Austria :
190,000,000 $
1985
Austrian Labor
# 23
Norway :
144,000,000 $
1985
Norwegian Labor
# 24
Cameroon :
139,000,000 $
1985
Cameroonian Labor
# 25
Algeria :
131,000,000 $
1985
Algerian Labor
# 26
Spain :
131,000,000 $
1985
Spanish Labor
# 27
New Zealand :
127,000,000 $
1985
New Zealand Labor
# 28
Korea, South :
116,000,000 $
1985
Korean Labor
# 29
Ecuador :
114,000,000 $
1985
Ecuadorian Labor
# 30
Gabon :
104,000,000 $
1985
Gabonese Labor
# 31
Liberia :
102,000,000 $
1985
Liberian Labor
# 32
Colombia :
98,000,000 $
1985
Colombian Labor
# 33
Angola :
79,000,000 $
1985
Angolan Labor
# 34
Thailand :
69,000,000 $
1985
Thai Labor
# 35
Ireland :
62,000,000 $
1985
Irish Labor
# 36
Jamaica :
58,000,000 $
1985
Jamaican Labor
# 37
Trinidad and Tobago :
54,000,000 $
1985
Tobagonian Labor
# 38
Niger :
49,000,000 $
1985
Nigerien Labor
# 39
Haiti :
47,000,000 $
1985
Haitian Labor
# 40
Senegal :
47,000,000 $
1985
Senegalese Labor
# 41
Greece :
45,000,000 $
1985
Greek Labor
# 42
Burkina Faso :
41,000,000 $
1985
Burkinabe Labor
# 43
Netherlands Antilles :
36,000,000 $
1985
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 44
Bahamas, The :
34,000,000 $
1985
Bahamian Labor
# 45
Congo, Republic of the :
34,000,000 $
1985
Congolese Labor
# 46
Papua New Guinea :
34,000,000 $
1985
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 47
Panama :
31,000,000 $
1985
Panamanian Labor
# 48
India :
31,000,000 $
1985
Indian Labor
# 49
Mali :
29,000,000 $
1985
Malian Labor
# 50
Mozambique :
25,000,000 $
1985
Mozambican Labor
# 51
Peru :
24,000,000 $
1985
Peruvian Labor
# 52
Mauritania :
24,000,000 $
1985
Mauritanian Labor
# 53
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
1985
Zambian Labor
# 54
Morocco :
21,000,000 $
1985
Moroccan Labor
# 55
Argentina :
18,000,000 $
1985
Argentine Labor
# 56
Tunisia :
17,000,000 $
1985
Tunisian Labor
# 57
Botswana :
16,000,000 $
1985
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 58
Rwanda :
16,000,000 $
1985
Rwandan Labor
# 59
Vanuatu :
15,000,000 $
1985
- Labor
# 60
Central African Republic :
15,000,000 $
1985
Central African Labor
# 61
Zimbabwe :
15,000,000 $
1985
Zimbabwean Labor
# 62
Portugal :
15,000,000 $
1985
Portuguese Labor
# 63
Madagascar :
14,000,000 $
1985
Malagasy Labor
# 64
Chile :
13,000,000 $
1985
Chilean Labor
# 65
Malaysia :
13,000,000 $
1985
Malaysian Labor
# 66
Finland :
12,000,000 $
1985
Finnish Labor
# 67
Sudan :
12,000,000 $
1985
Sudanese Labor
# 68
Chad :
11,000,000 $
1985
Chadian Labor
# 69
Benin :
11,000,000 $
1985
Beninese Labor
# 70
Fiji :
11,000,000 $
1985
Fijian Labor
# 71
Ghana :
11,000,000 $
1985
Ghanaian Labor
# 72
Swaziland :
10,000,000 $
1985
Swazi Labor
# 73
Suriname :
9,000,000 $
1985
Surinamese Labor
# 74
Burundi :
9,000,000 $
1985
Burundian Labor
# 75
Togo :
7,000,000 $
1985
Togolese Labor
# 76
Belize :
6,000,000 $
1985
Belizean Labor
# 77
Guatemala :
6,000,000 $
1985
Guatemalan Labor
# 78
Cyprus :
6,000,000 $
1985
Cypriot Labor
# 79
Brazil :
6,000,000 $
1985
Brazilian Labor
# 80
Kenya :
6,000,000 $
1985
Kenyan Labor
# 81
Iceland :
5,000,000 $
1985
Icelandic Labor
# 82
Malta :
5,000,000 $
1985
Maltese Labor
# 83
Comoros :
5,000,000 $
1985
Comoran Labor
# 84
Guinea-Bissau :
4,000,000 $
1985
Guinean Labor
# 85
Grenada :
4,000,000 $
1985
Grenadian Labor
# 86
China :
3,000,000 $
1985
Chinese Labor
# 87
El Salvador :
3,000,000 $
1985
Salvadoran Labor
# 88
Solomon Islands :
3,000,000 $
1985
Solomon Islander Labor
# 89
Bolivia :
3,000,000 $
1985
Bolivian Labor
# 90
Maldives :
2,000,000 $
1985
Maldivian Labor
# 91
Saint Lucia :
2,000,000 $
1985
Saint Lucian Labor
# 92
Pakistan :
2,000,000 $
1985
Pakistani Labor
# 93
Costa Rica :
1,000,000 $
1985
Costa Rican Labor
# 94
Tonga :
1,000,000 $
1985
Tongan Labor
# 95
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1985
Mauritian Labor
# 96
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1985
Nevisian Labor
# 97
Philippines :
1,000,000 $
1985
Philippine Labor
# 98
Paraguay :
1,000,000 $
1985
Paraguayan Labor
# 99
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1985
Ethiopian Labor
# 100
Barbados :
1,000,000 $
1985
Barbadian Labor
# 101
Kiribati :
1,000,000 $
1985
- Labor
Total :
33,189,000,000 $
Weighted average:
328,603,960.4 $
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$ (1985) 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=1985
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