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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$ (1986) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
8,660,000,000 $
1986
American Labor
# 2
France :
5,141,000,000 $
1986
French Labor
# 3
Saudi Arabia :
4,800,000,000 $
1986
Saudi Labor
# 4
Germany :
4,636,000,000 $
1986
German Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
3,777,000,000 $
1986
Swiss Labor
# 6
Kuwait :
1,084,000,000 $
1986
Kuwaiti Labor
# 7
Belgium :
986,000,000 $
1986
Belgian Labor
# 8
Netherlands :
886,000,000 $
1986
Dutch Labor
# 9
Oman :
885,000,000 $
1986
Omani Labor
# 10
South Africa :
843,000,000 $
1986
South African Labor
# 11
Italy :
795,000,000 $
1986
Italian Labor
# 12
Bahrain :
716,000,000 $
1986
Bahraini Labor
# 13
Israel :
553,000,000 $
1986
Israeli Labor
# 14
Libya :
490,000,000 $
1986
Libyan Labor
# 15
Côte d'Ivoire :
432,000,000 $
1986
Ivoirian Labor
# 16
Sweden :
338,000,000 $
1986
Swedish Labor
# 17
Australia :
292,000,000 $
1986
Australian Labor
# 18
Japan :
290,000,000 $
1986
Japanese Labor
# 19
Jordan :
247,000,000 $
1986
Jordanian Labor
# 20
Austria :
225,000,000 $
1986
Austrian Labor
# 21
Venezuela :
185,000,000 $
1986
Venezuelan Labor
# 22
Norway :
181,000,000 $
1986
Norwegian Labor
# 23
New Zealand :
172,000,000 $
1986
New Zealand Labor
# 24
Ecuador :
167,000,000 $
1986
Ecuadorian Labor
# 25
Gabon :
165,000,000 $
1986
Gabonese Labor
# 26
Nigeria :
150,000,000 $
1986
Nigerian Labor
# 27
Liberia :
136,000,000 $
1986
Liberian Labor
# 28
Cameroon :
135,000,000 $
1986
Cameroonian Labor
# 29
Spain :
129,000,000 $
1986
Spanish Labor
# 30
Korea, South :
117,000,000 $
1986
Korean Labor
# 31
Algeria :
101,000,000 $
1986
Algerian Labor
# 32
Ireland :
93,000,000 $
1986
Irish Labor
# 33
Angola :
89,000,000 $
1986
Angolan Labor
# 34
Niger :
73,000,000 $
1986
Nigerien Labor
# 35
Greece :
60,000,000 $
1986
Greek Labor
# 36
Thailand :
59,000,000 $
1986
Thai Labor
# 37
Senegal :
58,000,000 $
1986
Senegalese Labor
# 38
Haiti :
53,000,000 $
1986
Haitian Labor
# 39
Burkina Faso :
49,000,000 $
1986
Burkinabe Labor
# 40
Jamaica :
42,000,000 $
1986
Jamaican Labor
# 41
India :
42,000,000 $
1986
Indian Labor
# 42
Zambia :
42,000,000 $
1986
Zambian Labor
# 43
Papua New Guinea :
39,000,000 $
1986
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 44
Congo, Republic of the :
39,000,000 $
1986
Congolese Labor
# 45
Mali :
38,000,000 $
1986
Malian Labor
# 46
Portugal :
38,000,000 $
1986
Portuguese Labor
# 47
Peru :
33,000,000 $
1986
Peruvian Labor
# 48
Bahamas, The :
32,000,000 $
1986
Bahamian Labor
# 49
Colombia :
31,000,000 $
1986
Colombian Labor
# 50
Mauritania :
29,000,000 $
1986
Mauritanian Labor
# 51
Trinidad and Tobago :
29,000,000 $
1986
Tobagonian Labor
# 52
Panama :
27,000,000 $
1986
Panamanian Labor
# 53
Sudan :
24,000,000 $
1986
Sudanese Labor
# 54
Central African Republic :
24,000,000 $
1986
Central African Labor
# 55
Rwanda :
24,000,000 $
1986
Rwandan Labor
# 56
Mozambique :
23,000,000 $
1986
Mozambican Labor
# 57
Botswana :
22,000,000 $
1986
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 58
Malaysia :
21,000,000 $
1986
Malaysian Labor
# 59
Zimbabwe :
20,000,000 $
1986
Zimbabwean Labor
# 60
Argentina :
20,000,000 $
1986
Argentine Labor
# 61
Morocco :
19,000,000 $
1986
Moroccan Labor
# 62
Chad :
18,000,000 $
1986
Chadian Labor
# 63
Madagascar :
16,000,000 $
1986
Malagasy Labor
# 64
Vanuatu :
14,000,000 $
1986
- Labor
# 65
Fiji :
14,000,000 $
1986
Fijian Labor
# 66
Swaziland :
13,000,000 $
1986
Swazi Labor
# 67
Netherlands Antilles :
13,000,000 $
1986
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 68
Guinea :
12,000,000 $
1986
Guinean Labor
# 69
Chile :
12,000,000 $
1986
Chilean Labor
# 70
Guinea-Bissau :
12,000,000 $
1986
Guinean Labor
# 71
Togo :
11,000,000 $
1986
Togolese Labor
# 72
Antigua and Barbuda :
11,000,000 $
1986
Barbudan Labor
# 73
Brazil :
10,000,000 $
1986
Brazilian Labor
# 74
Tunisia :
9,000,000 $
1986
Tunisian Labor
# 75
Kenya :
7,000,000 $
1986
Kenyan Labor
# 76
Iceland :
7,000,000 $
1986
Icelandic Labor
# 77
Burundi :
7,000,000 $
1986
Burundian Labor
# 78
Cyprus :
7,000,000 $
1986
Cypriot Labor
# 79
Grenada :
7,000,000 $
1986
Grenadian Labor
# 80
Comoros :
7,000,000 $
1986
Comoran Labor
# 81
Suriname :
7,000,000 $
1986
Surinamese Labor
# 82
Guatemala :
6,000,000 $
1986
Guatemalan Labor
# 83
Malta :
6,000,000 $
1986
Maltese Labor
# 84
Finland :
6,000,000 $
1986
Finnish Labor
# 85
Philippines :
6,000,000 $
1986
Philippine Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
5,000,000 $
1986
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Belize :
5,000,000 $
1986
Belizean Labor
# 88
Saint Lucia :
4,000,000 $
1986
Saint Lucian Labor
# 89
Solomon Islands :
4,000,000 $
1986
Solomon Islander Labor
# 90
Dominica :
4,000,000 $
1986
Dominican Labor
# 91
Ghana :
4,000,000 $
1986
Ghanaian Labor
# 92
Benin :
3,000,000 $
1986
Beninese Labor
# 93
Maldives :
3,000,000 $
1986
Maldivian Labor
# 94
China :
3,000,000 $
1986
Chinese Labor
# 95
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,000,000 $
1986
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 96
Tonga :
3,000,000 $
1986
Tongan Labor
# 97
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,000,000 $
1986
Nevisian Labor
# 98
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
1986
Sao Tomean Labor
# 99
El Salvador :
1,000,000 $
1986
Salvadoran Labor
# 100
Costa Rica :
1,000,000 $
1986
Costa Rican Labor
# 101
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1986
Ethiopian Labor
# 102
Kiribati :
1,000,000 $
1986
- Labor
# 103
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1986
Mauritian Labor
# 104
Cape Verde :
1,000,000 $
1986
Cape Verdean Labor
# 105
Barbados :
1,000,000 $
1986
Barbadian Labor
# 106
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1986
Pakistani Labor
Total :
39,196,000,000 $
Weighted average:
369,773,584.9 $
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$ (1986) 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=1986
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