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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$ (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
23,723,000,000 $
1996
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
15,493,000,000 $
1996
Saudi Labor
# 3
Germany :
10,930,000,000 $
1996
German Labor
# 4
Switzerland :
9,614,000,000 $
1996
Swiss Labor
# 5
France :
4,463,000,000 $
1996
French Labor
# 6
Netherlands :
4,260,000,000 $
1996
Dutch Labor
# 7
Russia :
4,037,000,000 $
1996
Russian Labor
# 8
Japan :
3,554,000,000 $
1996
Japanese Labor
# 9
Belgium :
3,418,000,000 $
1996
Belgian Labor
# 10
Italy :
2,080,000,000 $
1996
Italian Labor
# 11
Israel :
2,025,000,000 $
1996
Israeli Labor
# 12
United Kingdom :
2,004,000,000 $
1996
British Labor
# 13
Malaysia :
1,425,000,000 $
1996
Malaysian Labor
# 14
Kuwait :
1,376,000,000 $
1996
Kuwaiti Labor
# 15
Oman :
1,371,000,000 $
1996
Omani Labor
# 16
Spain :
1,021,000,000 $
1996
Spanish Labor
# 17
Australia :
871,000,000 $
1996
Australian Labor
# 18
Korea, South :
796,000,000 $
1996
Korean Labor
# 19
New Zealand :
655,000,000 $
1996
New Zealand Labor
# 20
Norway :
647,000,000 $
1996
Norwegian Labor
# 21
South Africa :
593,000,000 $
1996
South African Labor
# 22
Bahrain :
559,000,000 $
1996
Bahraini Labor
# 23
India :
538,000,000 $
1996
Indian Labor
# 24
Côte d'Ivoire :
524,000,000 $
1996
Ivoirian Labor
# 25
Sweden :
428,000,000 $
1996
Swedish Labor
# 26
Kazakhstan :
423,000,000 $
1996
Kazakhstani Labor
# 27
Brazil :
409,000,000 $
1996
Brazilian Labor
# 28
Austria :
346,000,000 $
1996
Austrian Labor
# 29
Portugal :
345,000,000 $
1996
Portuguese Labor
# 30
Greece :
319,000,000 $
1996
Greek Labor
# 31
Czech Republic :
303,000,000 $
1996
Czech Labor
# 32
Venezuela :
290,000,000 $
1996
Venezuelan Labor
# 33
Libya :
272,000,000 $
1996
Libyan Labor
# 34
Poland :
243,000,000 $
1996
Polish Labor
# 35
Denmark :
209,000,000 $
1996
Danish Labor
# 36
Argentina :
201,000,000 $
1996
Argentine Labor
# 37
Belarus :
192,000,000 $
1996
Belarusian Labor
# 38
Ireland :
179,000,000 $
1996
Irish Labor
# 39
Angola :
174,000,000 $
1996
Angolan Labor
# 40
Egypt :
142,000,000 $
1996
Egyptian Labor
# 41
Colombia :
140,000,000 $
1996
Colombian Labor
# 42
Gabon :
113,000,000 $
1996
Gabonese Labor
# 43
Jordan :
100,000,000 $
1996
Jordanian Labor
# 44
Botswana :
98,000,000 $
1996
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 45
Jamaica :
96,000,000 $
1996
Jamaican Labor
# 46
Hungary :
94,000,000 $
1996
Hungarian Labor
# 47
Cambodia :
77,000,000 $
1996
Cambodian Labor
# 48
Vanuatu :
72,000,000 $
1996
- Labor
# 49
Senegal :
68,000,000 $
1996
Senegalese Labor
# 50
Yemen :
60,000,000 $
1996
Yemeni Labor
# 51
Lesotho :
60,000,000 $
1996
Basotho Labor
# 52
Bahamas, The :
58,000,000 $
1996
Bahamian Labor
# 53
Philippines :
57,000,000 $
1996
Philippine Labor
# 54
Finland :
55,000,000 $
1996
Finnish Labor
# 55
Cyprus :
54,000,000 $
1996
Cypriot Labor
# 56
Costa Rica :
46,000,000 $
1996
Costa Rican Labor
# 57
Fiji :
40,000,000 $
1996
Fijian Labor
# 58
Congo, Republic of the :
38,000,000 $
1996
Congolese Labor
# 59
Benin :
34,000,000 $
1996
Beninese Labor
# 60
Bulgaria :
34,000,000 $
1996
Bulgarian Labor
# 61
Kyrgyzstan :
33,000,000 $
1996
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 62
Niger :
33,000,000 $
1996
Nigerien Labor
# 63
Lithuania :
33,000,000 $
1996
Lithuanian Labor
# 64
Slovenia :
29,000,000 $
1996
Slovenian Labor
# 65
Peru :
29,000,000 $
1996
Peruvian Labor
# 66
Maldives :
27,000,000 $
1996
Maldivian Labor
# 67
Mali :
23,000,000 $
1996
Malian Labor
# 68
Tunisia :
21,000,000 $
1996
Tunisian Labor
# 69
Panama :
20,000,000 $
1996
Panamanian Labor
# 70
Syria :
20,000,000 $
1996
Syrian Labor
# 71
Morocco :
19,000,000 $
1996
Moroccan Labor
# 72
Nepal :
18,000,000 $
1996
Nepalese Labor
# 73
Barbados :
18,000,000 $
1996
Barbadian Labor
# 74
Papua New Guinea :
18,000,000 $
1996
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 75
Armenia :
17,000,000 $
1996
Armenian Labor
# 76
Croatia :
17,000,000 $
1996
Croatian Labor
# 77
Mozambique :
16,000,000 $
1996
Mozambican Labor
# 78
Sri Lanka :
16,000,000 $
1996
Sri Lankan Labor
# 79
Azerbaijan :
15,000,000 $
1996
Azerbaijani Labor
# 80
Malta :
15,000,000 $
1996
Maltese Labor
# 81
Iceland :
15,000,000 $
1996
Icelandic Labor
# 82
Netherlands Antilles :
14,000,000 $
1996
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 83
Chile :
14,000,000 $
1996
Chilean Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
13,000,000 $
1996
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Madagascar :
13,000,000 $
1996
Malagasy Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
13,000,000 $
1996
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Slovakia :
13,000,000 $
1996
Slovak Labor
# 88
Mauritania :
12,000,000 $
1996
Mauritanian Labor
# 89
Namibia :
11,000,000 $
1996
Namibian Labor
# 90
Solomon Islands :
11,000,000 $
1996
Solomon Islander Labor
# 91
Guinea :
11,000,000 $
1996
Guinean Labor
# 92
Laos :
10,000,000 $
1996
Lao Labor
# 93
Ecuador :
9,000,000 $
1996
Ecuadorian Labor
# 94
Dominican Republic :
9,000,000 $
1996
Dominican Labor
# 95
Aruba :
8,000,000 $
1996
Aruban Labor
# 96
Honduras :
8,000,000 $
1996
Honduran Labor
# 97
Belize :
8,000,000 $
1996
Belizean Labor
# 98
Togo :
7,000,000 $
1996
Togolese Labor
# 99
Turkmenistan :
7,000,000 $
1996
Turkmen Labor
# 100
Samoa :
6,000,000 $
1996
Samoan Labor
# 101
Moldova :
6,000,000 $
1996
Moldovan Labor
# 102
Burundi :
5,000,000 $
1996
Burundian Labor
# 103
Ghana :
5,000,000 $
1996
Ghanaian Labor
# 104
Swaziland :
4,000,000 $
1996
Swazi Labor
# 105
Guyana :
4,000,000 $
1996
Guyanese Labor
# 106
Pakistan :
4,000,000 $
1996
Pakistani Labor
# 107
Kenya :
4,000,000 $
1996
Kenyan Labor
# 108
Guinea-Bissau :
3,000,000 $
1996
Guinean Labor
# 109
Rwanda :
3,000,000 $
1996
Rwandan Labor
# 110
Cape Verde :
3,000,000 $
1996
Cape Verdean Labor
# 111
Suriname :
3,000,000 $
1996
Surinamese Labor
# 112
Latvia :
2,000,000 $
1996
Latvian Labor
# 113
Romania :
2,000,000 $
1996
Romanian Labor
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,000,000 $
1996
Nevisian Labor
# 115
Nigeria :
2,000,000 $
1996
Nigerian Labor
# 116
Estonia :
2,000,000 $
1996
Estonian Labor
# 117
Ukraine :
1,000,000 $
1996
Ukrainian Labor
# 118
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
1996
Malawian Labor
# 119
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
1996
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 120
Bangladesh :
1,000,000 $
1996
Bangladeshi Labor
# 121
Tanzania :
1,000,000 $
1996
Tanzanian Labor
# 122
Sudan :
1,000,000 $
1996
Sudanese Labor
# 123
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1996
Saint Lucian Labor
# 124
Grenada :
1,000,000 $
1996
Grenadian Labor
# 125
El Salvador :
1,000,000 $
1996
Salvadoran Labor
# 126
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1996
Mauritian Labor
# 127
Ethiopia :
1,000,000 $
1996
Ethiopian Labor
# 128
Macedonia, Republic of :
1,000,000 $
1996
Macedonian Labor
Total :
102,561,000,000 $
Weighted average:
801,257,812.5 $
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$ (1996) 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=1996
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