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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$ (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
13,919,000,000 $
1991
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,728,000,000 $
1991
Saudi Labor
# 3
Switzerland :
8,675,000,000 $
1991
Swiss Labor
# 4
France :
7,022,000,000 $
1991
French Labor
# 5
Germany :
6,948,000,000 $
1991
German Labor
# 6
Italy :
2,785,000,000 $
1991
Italian Labor
# 7
Belgium :
2,432,000,000 $
1991
Belgian Labor
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,007,000,000 $
1991
British Labor
# 9
Netherlands :
1,416,000,000 $
1991
Dutch Labor
# 10
Japan :
1,298,000,000 $
1991
Japanese Labor
# 11
Oman :
910,000,000 $
1991
Omani Labor
# 12
South Africa :
864,000,000 $
1991
South African Labor
# 13
Israel :
795,000,000 $
1991
Israeli Labor
# 14
Venezuela :
677,000,000 $
1991
Venezuelan Labor
# 15
Australia :
653,000,000 $
1991
Australian Labor
# 16
Sweden :
461,000,000 $
1991
Swedish Labor
# 17
Côte d'Ivoire :
446,000,000 $
1991
Ivoirian Labor
# 18
Kuwait :
426,000,000 $
1991
Kuwaiti Labor
# 19
Austria :
416,000,000 $
1991
Austrian Labor
# 20
Norway :
411,000,000 $
1991
Norwegian Labor
# 21
Libya :
409,000,000 $
1991
Libyan Labor
# 22
Korea, South :
390,000,000 $
1991
Korean Labor
# 23
Spain :
386,000,000 $
1991
Spanish Labor
# 24
Bahrain :
369,000,000 $
1991
Bahraini Labor
# 25
New Zealand :
350,000,000 $
1991
New Zealand Labor
# 26
Malaysia :
205,000,000 $
1991
Malaysian Labor
# 27
Ireland :
168,000,000 $
1991
Irish Labor
# 28
Angola :
125,000,000 $
1991
Angolan Labor
# 29
Yemen :
125,000,000 $
1991
Yemeni Labor
# 30
Botswana :
119,000,000 $
1991
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 31
Greece :
118,000,000 $
1991
Greek Labor
# 32
Gabon :
117,000,000 $
1991
Gabonese Labor
# 33
Colombia :
105,000,000 $
1991
Colombian Labor
# 34
Cameroon :
95,000,000 $
1991
Cameroonian Labor
# 35
Portugal :
94,000,000 $
1991
Portuguese Labor
# 36
Senegal :
89,000,000 $
1991
Senegalese Labor
# 37
Peru :
87,000,000 $
1991
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Burkina Faso :
71,000,000 $
1991
Burkinabe Labor
# 39
Niger :
65,000,000 $
1991
Nigerien Labor
# 40
Jordan :
61,000,000 $
1991
Jordanian Labor
# 41
Finland :
59,000,000 $
1991
Finnish Labor
# 42
Bahamas, The :
55,000,000 $
1991
Bahamian Labor
# 43
Nigeria :
54,000,000 $
1991
Nigerian Labor
# 44
Thailand :
53,000,000 $
1991
Thai Labor
# 45
Congo, Republic of the :
52,000,000 $
1991
Congolese Labor
# 46
India :
52,000,000 $
1991
Indian Labor
# 47
Mali :
51,000,000 $
1991
Malian Labor
# 48
Chad :
39,000,000 $
1991
Chadian Labor
# 49
Central African Republic :
35,000,000 $
1991
Central African Labor
# 50
Egypt :
33,000,000 $
1991
Egyptian Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
30,000,000 $
1991
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Mauritania :
29,000,000 $
1991
Mauritanian Labor
# 53
Jamaica :
27,000,000 $
1991
Jamaican Labor
# 54
Namibia :
26,000,000 $
1991
Namibian Labor
# 55
Iceland :
26,000,000 $
1991
Icelandic Labor
# 56
Fiji :
25,000,000 $
1991
Fijian Labor
# 57
Morocco :
22,000,000 $
1991
Moroccan Labor
# 58
Algeria :
22,000,000 $
1991
Algerian Labor
# 59
Brazil :
22,000,000 $
1991
Brazilian Labor
# 60
Benin :
21,000,000 $
1991
Beninese Labor
# 61
Papua New Guinea :
21,000,000 $
1991
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 62
Guinea :
21,000,000 $
1991
Guinean Labor
# 63
Argentina :
21,000,000 $
1991
Argentine Labor
# 64
Guinea-Bissau :
20,000,000 $
1991
Guinean Labor
# 65
Aruba :
20,000,000 $
1991
Aruban Labor
# 66
Zambia :
20,000,000 $
1991
Zambian Labor
# 67
Guatemala :
19,000,000 $
1991
Guatemalan Labor
# 68
Trinidad and Tobago :
19,000,000 $
1991
Tobagonian Labor
# 69
China :
18,000,000 $
1991
Chinese Labor
# 70
Rwanda :
18,000,000 $
1991
Rwandan Labor
# 71
Cyprus :
18,000,000 $
1991
Cypriot Labor
# 72
Maldives :
17,000,000 $
1991
Maldivian Labor
# 73
Panama :
16,000,000 $
1991
Panamanian Labor
# 74
Vanuatu :
13,000,000 $
1991
- Labor
# 75
Togo :
13,000,000 $
1991
Togolese Labor
# 76
Netherlands Antilles :
12,000,000 $
1991
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 77
Tunisia :
11,000,000 $
1991
Tunisian Labor
# 78
Suriname :
11,000,000 $
1991
Surinamese Labor
# 79
Madagascar :
10,000,000 $
1991
Malagasy Labor
# 80
Seychelles :
10,000,000 $
1991
Seychellois Labor
# 81
Zimbabwe :
10,000,000 $
1991
Zimbabwean Labor
# 82
Philippines :
9,000,000 $
1991
Philippine Labor
# 83
Bolivia :
9,000,000 $
1991
Bolivian Labor
# 84
Barbados :
8,000,000 $
1991
Barbadian Labor
# 85
Malta :
8,000,000 $
1991
Maltese Labor
# 86
Solomon Islands :
7,000,000 $
1991
Solomon Islander Labor
# 87
Chile :
7,000,000 $
1991
Chilean Labor
# 88
Belize :
6,000,000 $
1991
Belizean Labor
# 89
Comoros :
6,000,000 $
1991
Comoran Labor
# 90
Swaziland :
5,000,000 $
1991
Swazi Labor
# 91
Burundi :
5,000,000 $
1991
Burundian Labor
# 92
Ghana :
5,000,000 $
1991
Ghanaian Labor
# 93
Kenya :
4,000,000 $
1991
Kenyan Labor
# 94
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1991
Ecuadorian Labor
# 95
Samoa :
3,000,000 $
1991
Samoan Labor
# 96
Cape Verde :
3,000,000 $
1991
Cape Verdean Labor
# 97
Saint Lucia :
2,000,000 $
1991
Saint Lucian Labor
# 98
El Salvador :
2,000,000 $
1991
Salvadoran Labor
# 99
Dominica :
2,000,000 $
1991
Dominican Labor
# 100
Mauritius :
2,000,000 $
1991
Mauritian Labor
# 101
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1991
- Labor
# 102
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1991
Pakistani Labor
# 103
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
1991
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 104
Tonga :
1,000,000 $
1991
Tongan Labor
# 105
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1991
Nevisian Labor
# 106
Grenada :
1,000,000 $
1991
Grenadian Labor
Total :
71,011,000,000 $
Weighted average:
669,915,094.3 $
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$ (1991) 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=1991
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