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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$ (1988) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
9,005,000,000 $
1988
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
6,501,000,000 $
1988
Saudi Labor
# 3
France :
6,388,000,000 $
1988
French Labor
# 4
Germany :
5,871,000,000 $
1988
German Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
5,766,000,000 $
1988
Swiss Labor
# 6
Italy :
1,925,000,000 $
1988
Italian Labor
# 7
United Kingdom :
1,624,000,000 $
1988
British Labor
# 8
Belgium :
1,380,000,000 $
1988
Belgian Labor
# 9
Kuwait :
1,179,000,000 $
1988
Kuwaiti Labor
# 10
Netherlands :
1,163,000,000 $
1988
Dutch Labor
# 11
South Africa :
1,071,000,000 $
1988
South African Labor
# 12
Oman :
801,000,000 $
1988
Omani Labor
# 13
Israel :
749,000,000 $
1988
Israeli Labor
# 14
Bahrain :
669,000,000 $
1988
Bahraini Labor
# 15
Côte d'Ivoire :
529,000,000 $
1988
Ivoirian Labor
# 16
Libya :
497,000,000 $
1988
Libyan Labor
# 17
Sweden :
485,000,000 $
1988
Swedish Labor
# 18
Australia :
429,000,000 $
1988
Australian Labor
# 19
Korea, South :
384,000,000 $
1988
Korean Labor
# 20
New Zealand :
347,000,000 $
1988
New Zealand Labor
# 21
Japan :
290,000,000 $
1988
Japanese Labor
# 22
Austria :
251,000,000 $
1988
Austrian Labor
# 23
Norway :
227,000,000 $
1988
Norwegian Labor
# 24
Venezuela :
211,000,000 $
1988
Venezuelan Labor
# 25
Ecuador :
188,000,000 $
1988
Ecuadorian Labor
# 26
Malaysia :
182,000,000 $
1988
Malaysian Labor
# 27
Spain :
162,000,000 $
1988
Spanish Labor
# 28
Cameroon :
161,000,000 $
1988
Cameroonian Labor
# 29
Jordan :
155,000,000 $
1988
Jordanian Labor
# 30
Gabon :
153,000,000 $
1988
Gabonese Labor
# 31
Ireland :
152,000,000 $
1988
Irish Labor
# 32
Greece :
95,000,000 $
1988
Greek Labor
# 33
India :
93,000,000 $
1988
Indian Labor
# 34
Thailand :
91,000,000 $
1988
Thai Labor
# 35
Angola :
71,000,000 $
1988
Angolan Labor
# 36
Niger :
69,000,000 $
1988
Nigerien Labor
# 37
Senegal :
67,000,000 $
1988
Senegalese Labor
# 38
Haiti :
61,000,000 $
1988
Haitian Labor
# 39
Burkina Faso :
57,000,000 $
1988
Burkinabe Labor
# 40
Congo, Republic of the :
55,000,000 $
1988
Congolese Labor
# 41
Algeria :
53,000,000 $
1988
Algerian Labor
# 42
Papua New Guinea :
50,000,000 $
1988
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 43
Bahamas, The :
47,000,000 $
1988
Bahamian Labor
# 44
Peru :
46,000,000 $
1988
Peruvian Labor
# 45
Panama :
41,000,000 $
1988
Panamanian Labor
# 46
Mali :
40,000,000 $
1988
Malian Labor
# 47
Nigeria :
37,000,000 $
1988
Nigerian Labor
# 48
Chad :
35,000,000 $
1988
Chadian Labor
# 49
Mauritania :
34,000,000 $
1988
Mauritanian Labor
# 50
Central African Republic :
33,000,000 $
1988
Central African Labor
# 51
Portugal :
29,000,000 $
1988
Portuguese Labor
# 52
Rwanda :
28,000,000 $
1988
Rwandan Labor
# 53
Trinidad and Tobago :
25,000,000 $
1988
Tobagonian Labor
# 54
Mozambique :
25,000,000 $
1988
Mozambican Labor
# 55
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
1988
Zambian Labor
# 56
Jamaica :
23,000,000 $
1988
Jamaican Labor
# 57
Morocco :
21,000,000 $
1988
Moroccan Labor
# 58
Argentina :
21,000,000 $
1988
Argentine Labor
# 59
Guinea :
20,000,000 $
1988
Guinean Labor
# 60
Iceland :
17,000,000 $
1988
Icelandic Labor
# 61
Vanuatu :
16,000,000 $
1988
- Labor
# 62
Benin :
16,000,000 $
1988
Beninese Labor
# 63
Zimbabwe :
16,000,000 $
1988
Zimbabwean Labor
# 64
Chile :
14,000,000 $
1988
Chilean Labor
# 65
Togo :
14,000,000 $
1988
Togolese Labor
# 66
Colombia :
14,000,000 $
1988
Colombian Labor
# 67
Madagascar :
14,000,000 $
1988
Malagasy Labor
# 68
Netherlands Antilles :
13,000,000 $
1988
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 69
Fiji :
12,000,000 $
1988
Fijian Labor
# 70
Cyprus :
11,000,000 $
1988
Cypriot Labor
# 71
Guinea-Bissau :
10,000,000 $
1988
Guinean Labor
# 72
Finland :
10,000,000 $
1988
Finnish Labor
# 73
Philippines :
10,000,000 $
1988
Philippine Labor
# 74
Suriname :
9,000,000 $
1988
Surinamese Labor
# 75
Malta :
9,000,000 $
1988
Maltese Labor
# 76
Grenada :
8,000,000 $
1988
Grenadian Labor
# 77
Kenya :
8,000,000 $
1988
Kenyan Labor
# 78
Brazil :
7,000,000 $
1988
Brazilian Labor
# 79
Bolivia :
7,000,000 $
1988
Bolivian Labor
# 80
Belize :
6,000,000 $
1988
Belizean Labor
# 81
Maldives :
6,000,000 $
1988
Maldivian Labor
# 82
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
1988
Solomon Islander Labor
# 83
Burundi :
6,000,000 $
1988
Burundian Labor
# 84
Tunisia :
6,000,000 $
1988
Tunisian Labor
# 85
Guatemala :
6,000,000 $
1988
Guatemalan Labor
# 86
Swaziland :
5,000,000 $
1988
Swazi Labor
# 87
Saint Lucia :
4,000,000 $
1988
Saint Lucian Labor
# 88
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,000,000 $
1988
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 89
El Salvador :
4,000,000 $
1988
Salvadoran Labor
# 90
Antigua and Barbuda :
4,000,000 $
1988
Barbudan Labor
# 91
China :
4,000,000 $
1988
Chinese Labor
# 92
Barbados :
4,000,000 $
1988
Barbadian Labor
# 93
Comoros :
4,000,000 $
1988
Comoran Labor
# 94
Ghana :
3,000,000 $
1988
Ghanaian Labor
# 95
Dominica :
2,000,000 $
1988
Dominican Labor
# 96
Cape Verde :
2,000,000 $
1988
Cape Verdean Labor
# 97
Samoa :
2,000,000 $
1988
Samoan Labor
# 98
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,000,000 $
1988
Nevisian Labor
# 99
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1988
Pakistani Labor
# 100
Kiribati :
1,000,000 $
1988
- Labor
# 101
Botswana :
1,000,000 $
1988
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 102
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1988
Ethiopian Labor
# 103
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1988
Mauritian Labor
# 104
Sudan :
1,000,000 $
1988
Sudanese Labor
# 105
Tonga :
1,000,000 $
1988
Tongan Labor
Total :
50,508,000,000 $
Weighted average:
481,028,571.4 $
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$ (1988) 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=1988
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