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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$ (1992) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
16,156,000,000 $
1992
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,379,000,000 $
1992
Saudi Labor
# 3
Switzerland :
8,851,000,000 $
1992
Swiss Labor
# 4
Germany :
8,507,000,000 $
1992
German Labor
# 5
France :
8,152,000,000 $
1992
French Labor
# 6
Belgium :
2,897,000,000 $
1992
Belgian Labor
# 7
Italy :
2,686,000,000 $
1992
Italian Labor
# 8
Netherlands :
2,109,000,000 $
1992
Dutch Labor
# 9
United Kingdom :
1,978,000,000 $
1992
British Labor
# 10
Japan :
1,371,000,000 $
1992
Japanese Labor
# 11
Oman :
1,220,000,000 $
1992
Omani Labor
# 12
Israel :
1,117,000,000 $
1992
Israeli Labor
# 13
Venezuela :
858,000,000 $
1992
Venezuelan Labor
# 14
Kuwait :
829,000,000 $
1992
Kuwaiti Labor
# 15
South Africa :
809,000,000 $
1992
South African Labor
# 16
Australia :
565,000,000 $
1992
Australian Labor
# 17
Spain :
562,000,000 $
1992
Spanish Labor
# 18
Korea, South :
481,000,000 $
1992
Korean Labor
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
457,000,000 $
1992
Ivoirian Labor
# 20
Norway :
446,000,000 $
1992
Norwegian Labor
# 21
Libya :
394,000,000 $
1992
Libyan Labor
# 22
Sweden :
350,000,000 $
1992
Swedish Labor
# 23
Bahrain :
336,000,000 $
1992
Bahraini Labor
# 24
New Zealand :
311,000,000 $
1992
New Zealand Labor
# 25
Egypt :
233,000,000 $
1992
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Malaysia :
227,000,000 $
1992
Malaysian Labor
# 27
Austria :
206,000,000 $
1992
Austrian Labor
# 28
Ireland :
177,000,000 $
1992
Irish Labor
# 29
Greece :
173,000,000 $
1992
Greek Labor
# 30
Denmark :
160,000,000 $
1992
Danish Labor
# 31
Gabon :
146,000,000 $
1992
Gabonese Labor
# 32
Argentina :
143,000,000 $
1992
Argentine Labor
# 33
Botswana :
140,000,000 $
1992
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 34
Cameroon :
135,000,000 $
1992
Cameroonian Labor
# 35
Angola :
122,000,000 $
1992
Angolan Labor
# 36
Portugal :
109,000,000 $
1992
Portuguese Labor
# 37
Senegal :
96,000,000 $
1992
Senegalese Labor
# 38
Yemen :
94,000,000 $
1992
Yemeni Labor
# 39
Jordan :
86,000,000 $
1992
Jordanian Labor
# 40
Colombia :
79,000,000 $
1992
Colombian Labor
# 41
Peru :
73,000,000 $
1992
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Burkina Faso :
70,000,000 $
1992
Burkinabe Labor
# 43
Mali :
69,000,000 $
1992
Malian Labor
# 44
India :
68,000,000 $
1992
Indian Labor
# 45
Niger :
65,000,000 $
1992
Nigerien Labor
# 46
Congo, Republic of the :
53,000,000 $
1992
Congolese Labor
# 47
Chad :
47,000,000 $
1992
Chadian Labor
# 48
Bahamas, The :
39,000,000 $
1992
Bahamian Labor
# 49
Nigeria :
35,000,000 $
1992
Nigerian Labor
# 50
Central African Republic :
35,000,000 $
1992
Central African Labor
# 51
Brazil :
34,000,000 $
1992
Brazilian Labor
# 52
Finland :
34,000,000 $
1992
Finnish Labor
# 53
Mauritania :
30,000,000 $
1992
Mauritanian Labor
# 54
Jamaica :
29,000,000 $
1992
Jamaican Labor
# 55
Morocco :
29,000,000 $
1992
Moroccan Labor
# 56
Mozambique :
27,000,000 $
1992
Mozambican Labor
# 57
Iceland :
25,000,000 $
1992
Icelandic Labor
# 58
Cyprus :
24,000,000 $
1992
Cypriot Labor
# 59
Fiji :
22,000,000 $
1992
Fijian Labor
# 60
Vanuatu :
22,000,000 $
1992
- Labor
# 61
Guinea :
22,000,000 $
1992
Guinean Labor
# 62
Papua New Guinea :
21,000,000 $
1992
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 63
Benin :
21,000,000 $
1992
Beninese Labor
# 64
Trinidad and Tobago :
21,000,000 $
1992
Tobagonian Labor
# 65
Guatemala :
20,000,000 $
1992
Guatemalan Labor
# 66
Panama :
20,000,000 $
1992
Panamanian Labor
# 67
Maldives :
19,000,000 $
1992
Maldivian Labor
# 68
Netherlands Antilles :
18,000,000 $
1992
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 69
Namibia :
17,000,000 $
1992
Namibian Labor
# 70
Djibouti :
16,000,000 $
1992
Djiboutian Labor
# 71
Togo :
16,000,000 $
1992
Togolese Labor
# 72
China :
15,000,000 $
1992
Chinese Labor
# 73
Guinea-Bissau :
15,000,000 $
1992
Guinean Labor
# 74
Suriname :
15,000,000 $
1992
Surinamese Labor
# 75
Cambodia :
14,000,000 $
1992
Cambodian Labor
# 76
Seychelles :
13,000,000 $
1992
Seychellois Labor
# 77
Tunisia :
12,000,000 $
1992
Tunisian Labor
# 78
Zimbabwe :
11,000,000 $
1992
Zimbabwean Labor
# 79
Comoros :
11,000,000 $
1992
Comoran Labor
# 80
Madagascar :
9,000,000 $
1992
Malagasy Labor
# 81
Bolivia :
9,000,000 $
1992
Bolivian Labor
# 82
Swaziland :
8,000,000 $
1992
Swazi Labor
# 83
Philippines :
8,000,000 $
1992
Philippine Labor
# 84
Burundi :
8,000,000 $
1992
Burundian Labor
# 85
Chile :
7,000,000 $
1992
Chilean Labor
# 86
Barbados :
7,000,000 $
1992
Barbadian Labor
# 87
Kenya :
7,000,000 $
1992
Kenyan Labor
# 88
Aruba :
7,000,000 $
1992
Aruban Labor
# 89
Belize :
6,000,000 $
1992
Belizean Labor
# 90
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
1992
Solomon Islander Labor
# 91
Cape Verde :
5,000,000 $
1992
Cape Verdean Labor
# 92
Malta :
5,000,000 $
1992
Maltese Labor
# 93
Guyana :
5,000,000 $
1992
Guyanese Labor
# 94
Samoa :
4,000,000 $
1992
Samoan Labor
# 95
Ghana :
4,000,000 $
1992
Ghanaian Labor
# 96
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1992
Ecuadorian Labor
# 97
Slovenia :
2,000,000 $
1992
Slovenian Labor
# 98
Rwanda :
2,000,000 $
1992
Rwandan Labor
# 99
Dominica :
2,000,000 $
1992
Dominican Labor
# 100
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1992
- Labor
# 101
Grenada :
1,000,000 $
1992
Grenadian Labor
# 102
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1992
Nevisian Labor
# 103
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1992
Ethiopian Labor
# 104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
1992
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 105
Pakistan :
1,000,000 $
1992
Pakistani Labor
# 106
Tonga :
1,000,000 $
1992
Tongan Labor
# 107
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1992
Mauritian Labor
# 108
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1992
Saint Lucian Labor
Total :
78,418,000,000 $
Weighted average:
726,092,592.6 $
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$ (1992) 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=1992
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