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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$ (1989) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
10,220,000,000 $
1989
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
8,531,000,000 $
1989
Saudi Labor
# 3
Switzerland :
6,109,000,000 $
1989
Swiss Labor
# 4
France :
5,569,000,000 $
1989
French Labor
# 5
Germany :
5,483,000,000 $
1989
German Labor
# 6
Italy :
2,701,000,000 $
1989
Italian Labor
# 7
United Kingdom :
1,738,000,000 $
1989
British Labor
# 8
Belgium :
1,509,000,000 $
1989
Belgian Labor
# 9
Kuwait :
1,283,000,000 $
1989
Kuwaiti Labor
# 10
Netherlands :
1,194,000,000 $
1989
Dutch Labor
# 11
South Africa :
1,093,000,000 $
1989
South African Labor
# 12
Oman :
830,000,000 $
1989
Omani Labor
# 13
Israel :
731,000,000 $
1989
Israeli Labor
# 14
Bahrain :
694,000,000 $
1989
Bahraini Labor
# 15
Sweden :
555,000,000 $
1989
Swedish Labor
# 16
Australia :
555,000,000 $
1989
Australian Labor
# 17
Libya :
472,000,000 $
1989
Libyan Labor
# 18
Côte d'Ivoire :
413,000,000 $
1989
Ivoirian Labor
# 19
Venezuela :
368,000,000 $
1989
Venezuelan Labor
# 20
New Zealand :
353,000,000 $
1989
New Zealand Labor
# 21
Korea, South :
347,000,000 $
1989
Korean Labor
# 22
Austria :
302,000,000 $
1989
Austrian Labor
# 23
Japan :
290,000,000 $
1989
Japanese Labor
# 24
Norway :
251,000,000 $
1989
Norwegian Labor
# 25
Spain :
247,000,000 $
1989
Spanish Labor
# 26
Malaysia :
184,000,000 $
1989
Malaysian Labor
# 27
Ecuador :
175,000,000 $
1989
Ecuadorian Labor
# 28
Gabon :
129,000,000 $
1989
Gabonese Labor
# 29
Ireland :
127,000,000 $
1989
Irish Labor
# 30
Thailand :
122,000,000 $
1989
Thai Labor
# 31
Greece :
118,000,000 $
1989
Greek Labor
# 32
Cameroon :
114,000,000 $
1989
Cameroonian Labor
# 33
Angola :
104,000,000 $
1989
Angolan Labor
# 34
India :
99,000,000 $
1989
Indian Labor
# 35
Jordan :
91,000,000 $
1989
Jordanian Labor
# 36
Senegal :
66,000,000 $
1989
Senegalese Labor
# 37
Haiti :
63,000,000 $
1989
Haitian Labor
# 38
Peru :
59,000,000 $
1989
Peruvian Labor
# 39
Niger :
56,000,000 $
1989
Nigerien Labor
# 40
Burkina Faso :
56,000,000 $
1989
Burkinabe Labor
# 41
Papua New Guinea :
50,000,000 $
1989
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 42
Mali :
42,000,000 $
1989
Malian Labor
# 43
Bahamas, The :
40,000,000 $
1989
Bahamian Labor
# 44
Congo, Republic of the :
40,000,000 $
1989
Congolese Labor
# 45
Algeria :
38,000,000 $
1989
Algerian Labor
# 46
Panama :
36,000,000 $
1989
Panamanian Labor
# 47
Botswana :
36,000,000 $
1989
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 48
Egypt :
33,000,000 $
1989
Egyptian Labor
# 49
Mauritania :
32,000,000 $
1989
Mauritanian Labor
# 50
Central African Republic :
31,000,000 $
1989
Central African Labor
# 51
Chad :
31,000,000 $
1989
Chadian Labor
# 52
Nigeria :
29,000,000 $
1989
Nigerian Labor
# 53
Mozambique :
28,000,000 $
1989
Mozambican Labor
# 54
Portugal :
28,000,000 $
1989
Portuguese Labor
# 55
Zambia :
26,000,000 $
1989
Zambian Labor
# 56
Malta :
24,000,000 $
1989
Maltese Labor
# 57
Jamaica :
24,000,000 $
1989
Jamaican Labor
# 58
Rwanda :
23,000,000 $
1989
Rwandan Labor
# 59
Fiji :
21,000,000 $
1989
Fijian Labor
# 60
Argentina :
21,000,000 $
1989
Argentine Labor
# 61
Trinidad and Tobago :
19,000,000 $
1989
Tobagonian Labor
# 62
Chile :
18,000,000 $
1989
Chilean Labor
# 63
Guinea :
18,000,000 $
1989
Guinean Labor
# 64
Colombia :
17,000,000 $
1989
Colombian Labor
# 65
Iceland :
17,000,000 $
1989
Icelandic Labor
# 66
Zimbabwe :
16,000,000 $
1989
Zimbabwean Labor
# 67
Guinea-Bissau :
16,000,000 $
1989
Guinean Labor
# 68
Vanuatu :
16,000,000 $
1989
- Labor
# 69
Benin :
15,000,000 $
1989
Beninese Labor
# 70
Morocco :
14,000,000 $
1989
Moroccan Labor
# 71
Netherlands Antilles :
14,000,000 $
1989
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 72
Madagascar :
13,000,000 $
1989
Malagasy Labor
# 73
Togo :
13,000,000 $
1989
Togolese Labor
# 74
Cyprus :
10,000,000 $
1989
Cypriot Labor
# 75
Tunisia :
9,000,000 $
1989
Tunisian Labor
# 76
Guatemala :
9,000,000 $
1989
Guatemalan Labor
# 77
Seychelles :
9,000,000 $
1989
Seychellois Labor
# 78
Antigua and Barbuda :
9,000,000 $
1989
Barbudan Labor
# 79
Brazil :
9,000,000 $
1989
Brazilian Labor
# 80
Bolivia :
8,000,000 $
1989
Bolivian Labor
# 81
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000,000 $
1989
Nevisian Labor
# 82
Suriname :
7,000,000 $
1989
Surinamese Labor
# 83
Barbados :
7,000,000 $
1989
Barbadian Labor
# 84
Belize :
6,000,000 $
1989
Belizean Labor
# 85
Maldives :
6,000,000 $
1989
Maldivian Labor
# 86
Finland :
6,000,000 $
1989
Finnish Labor
# 87
Comoros :
5,000,000 $
1989
Comoran Labor
# 88
Burundi :
5,000,000 $
1989
Burundian Labor
# 89
Solomon Islands :
5,000,000 $
1989
Solomon Islander Labor
# 90
Ghana :
4,000,000 $
1989
Ghanaian Labor
# 91
Sudan :
4,000,000 $
1989
Sudanese Labor
# 92
Swaziland :
4,000,000 $
1989
Swazi Labor
# 93
Philippines :
4,000,000 $
1989
Philippine Labor
# 94
El Salvador :
4,000,000 $
1989
Salvadoran Labor
# 95
Samoa :
3,000,000 $
1989
Samoan Labor
# 96
China :
3,000,000 $
1989
Chinese Labor
# 97
Saint Lucia :
3,000,000 $
1989
Saint Lucian Labor
# 98
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,000,000 $
1989
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 99
Kenya :
3,000,000 $
1989
Kenyan Labor
# 100
Tonga :
2,000,000 $
1989
Tongan Labor
# 101
Cape Verde :
2,000,000 $
1989
Cape Verdean Labor
# 102
Dominica :
2,000,000 $
1989
Dominican Labor
# 103
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1989
Mauritian Labor
# 104
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1989
Pakistani Labor
# 105
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1989
Ethiopian Labor
# 106
Grenada :
1,000,000 $
1989
Grenadian Labor
# 107
Kiribati :
1,000,000 $
1989
- Labor
Total :
54,404,000,000 $
Weighted average:
508,448,598.1 $
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$ (1989) 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=1989
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