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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$ (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
25,594,000,000 $
1997
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
15,014,000,000 $
1997
Saudi Labor
# 3
Germany :
9,543,000,000 $
1997
German Labor
# 4
Switzerland :
7,847,000,000 $
1997
Swiss Labor
# 5
France :
3,991,000,000 $
1997
French Labor
# 6
Japan :
3,621,000,000 $
1997
Japanese Labor
# 7
Russia :
3,502,000,000 $
1997
Russian Labor
# 8
Netherlands :
3,177,000,000 $
1997
Dutch Labor
# 9
Belgium :
3,125,000,000 $
1997
Belgian Labor
# 10
United Kingdom :
2,482,000,000 $
1997
British Labor
# 11
Israel :
2,400,000,000 $
1997
Israeli Labor
# 12
Italy :
2,166,000,000 $
1997
Italian Labor
# 13
Malaysia :
2,074,000,000 $
1997
Malaysian Labor
# 14
Oman :
1,501,000,000 $
1997
Omani Labor
# 15
Kuwait :
1,375,000,000 $
1997
Kuwaiti Labor
# 16
Spain :
1,084,000,000 $
1997
Spanish Labor
# 17
Australia :
951,000,000 $
1997
Australian Labor
# 18
Korea, South :
865,000,000 $
1997
Korean Labor
# 19
Norway :
703,000,000 $
1997
Norwegian Labor
# 20
New Zealand :
683,000,000 $
1997
New Zealand Labor
# 21
South Africa :
670,000,000 $
1997
South African Labor
# 22
Bahrain :
635,000,000 $
1997
Bahraini Labor
# 23
Kazakhstan :
522,000,000 $
1997
Kazakhstani Labor
# 24
Côte d'Ivoire :
495,000,000 $
1997
Ivoirian Labor
# 25
Sweden :
410,000,000 $
1997
Swedish Labor
# 26
Brazil :
375,000,000 $
1997
Brazilian Labor
# 27
Denmark :
370,000,000 $
1997
Danish Labor
# 28
Egypt :
344,000,000 $
1997
Egyptian Labor
# 29
Austria :
343,000,000 $
1997
Austrian Labor
# 30
Greece :
342,000,000 $
1997
Greek Labor
# 31
Czech Republic :
341,000,000 $
1997
Czech Labor
# 32
Portugal :
296,000,000 $
1997
Portuguese Labor
# 33
Argentina :
232,000,000 $
1997
Argentine Labor
# 34
China :
219,000,000 $
1997
Chinese Labor
# 35
Venezuela :
211,000,000 $
1997
Venezuelan Labor
# 36
Jordan :
200,000,000 $
1997
Jordanian Labor
# 37
Libya :
192,000,000 $
1997
Libyan Labor
# 38
Poland :
181,000,000 $
1997
Polish Labor
# 39
Angola :
180,000,000 $
1997
Angolan Labor
# 40
Ireland :
170,000,000 $
1997
Irish Labor
# 41
India :
162,000,000 $
1997
Indian Labor
# 42
Belarus :
141,000,000 $
1997
Belarusian Labor
# 43
Botswana :
132,000,000 $
1997
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 44
Jamaica :
117,000,000 $
1997
Jamaican Labor
# 45
Colombia :
112,000,000 $
1997
Colombian Labor
# 46
Gabon :
104,000,000 $
1997
Gabonese Labor
# 47
Finland :
89,000,000 $
1997
Finnish Labor
# 48
Hungary :
86,000,000 $
1997
Hungarian Labor
# 49
Peru :
74,000,000 $
1997
Peruvian Labor
# 50
Senegal :
70,000,000 $
1997
Senegalese Labor
# 51
Costa Rica :
67,000,000 $
1997
Costa Rican Labor
# 52
Vanuatu :
60,000,000 $
1997
- Labor
# 53
Zambia :
59,000,000 $
1997
Zambian Labor
# 54
Lithuania :
58,000,000 $
1997
Lithuanian Labor
# 55
Lesotho :
56,000,000 $
1997
Basotho Labor
# 56
Cyprus :
51,000,000 $
1997
Cypriot Labor
# 57
Bahamas, The :
50,000,000 $
1997
Bahamian Labor
# 58
Yemen :
41,000,000 $
1997
Yemeni Labor
# 59
Croatia :
40,000,000 $
1997
Croatian Labor
# 60
Cambodia :
39,000,000 $
1997
Cambodian Labor
# 61
Tunisia :
38,000,000 $
1997
Tunisian Labor
# 62
Fiji :
36,000,000 $
1997
Fijian Labor
# 63
Congo, Republic of the :
35,000,000 $
1997
Congolese Labor
# 64
Kenya :
31,000,000 $
1997
Kenyan Labor
# 65
Slovenia :
30,000,000 $
1997
Slovenian Labor
# 66
Kyrgyzstan :
29,000,000 $
1997
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 67
Rwanda :
28,000,000 $
1997
Rwandan Labor
# 68
Maldives :
28,000,000 $
1997
Maldivian Labor
# 69
Papua New Guinea :
26,000,000 $
1997
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 70
Syria :
25,000,000 $
1997
Syrian Labor
# 71
Mozambique :
23,000,000 $
1997
Mozambican Labor
# 72
Nepal :
22,000,000 $
1997
Nepalese Labor
# 73
Chile :
21,000,000 $
1997
Chilean Labor
# 74
Panama :
21,000,000 $
1997
Panamanian Labor
# 75
Guatemala :
21,000,000 $
1997
Guatemalan Labor
# 76
Mali :
21,000,000 $
1997
Malian Labor
# 77
Netherlands Antilles :
20,000,000 $
1997
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 78
Niger :
20,000,000 $
1997
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Moldova :
20,000,000 $
1997
Moldovan Labor
# 80
Morocco :
20,000,000 $
1997
Moroccan Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
19,000,000 $
1997
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Benin :
17,000,000 $
1997
Beninese Labor
# 83
Iceland :
17,000,000 $
1997
Icelandic Labor
# 84
Namibia :
17,000,000 $
1997
Namibian Labor
# 85
Sri Lanka :
17,000,000 $
1997
Sri Lankan Labor
# 86
Bulgaria :
16,000,000 $
1997
Bulgarian Labor
# 87
Madagascar :
15,000,000 $
1997
Malagasy Labor
# 88
Barbados :
14,000,000 $
1997
Barbadian Labor
# 89
Guinea :
14,000,000 $
1997
Guinean Labor
# 90
Slovakia :
14,000,000 $
1997
Slovak Labor
# 91
Malta :
13,000,000 $
1997
Maltese Labor
# 92
Guyana :
12,000,000 $
1997
Guyanese Labor
# 93
Mauritania :
12,000,000 $
1997
Mauritanian Labor
# 94
Georgia :
12,000,000 $
1997
Georgian Labor
# 95
Bolivia :
12,000,000 $
1997
Bolivian Labor
# 96
Aruba :
11,000,000 $
1997
Aruban Labor
# 97
Honduras :
10,000,000 $
1997
Honduran Labor
# 98
Togo :
10,000,000 $
1997
Togolese Labor
# 99
Belize :
10,000,000 $
1997
Belizean Labor
# 100
Dominican Republic :
8,000,000 $
1997
Dominican Labor
# 101
Laos :
7,000,000 $
1997
Lao Labor
# 102
Armenia :
5,000,000 $
1997
Armenian Labor
# 103
Latvia :
5,000,000 $
1997
Latvian Labor
# 104
Ethiopia :
5,000,000 $
1997
Ethiopian Labor
# 105
Ghana :
5,000,000 $
1997
Ghanaian Labor
# 106
Estonia :
5,000,000 $
1997
Estonian Labor
# 107
Cape Verde :
5,000,000 $
1997
Cape Verdean Labor
# 108
Ecuador :
4,000,000 $
1997
Ecuadorian Labor
# 109
Solomon Islands :
4,000,000 $
1997
Solomon Islander Labor
# 110
Nigeria :
4,000,000 $
1997
Nigerian Labor
# 111
Ukraine :
4,000,000 $
1997
Ukrainian Labor
# 112
Turkmenistan :
4,000,000 $
1997
Turkmen Labor
# 113
Samoa :
3,000,000 $
1997
Samoan Labor
# 114
Suriname :
3,000,000 $
1997
Surinamese Labor
# 115
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,000,000 $
1997
Nevisian Labor
# 116
Swaziland :
2,000,000 $
1997
Swazi Labor
# 117
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
1997
Grenadian Labor
# 118
Pakistan :
2,000,000 $
1997
Pakistani Labor
# 119
Burundi :
2,000,000 $
1997
Burundian Labor
# 120
Bangladesh :
2,000,000 $
1997
Bangladeshi Labor
# 121
Tanzania :
1,000,000 $
1997
Tanzanian Labor
# 122
El Salvador :
1,000,000 $
1997
Salvadoran Labor
# 123
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
1997
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 124
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
1997
Malawian Labor
# 125
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1997
Mauritian Labor
# 126
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1997
Saint Lucian Labor
# 127
Sudan :
1,000,000 $
1997
Sudanese Labor
# 128
Macedonia, Republic of :
1,000,000 $
1997
Macedonian Labor
# 129
Romania :
1,000,000 $
1997
Romanian Labor
Total :
100,904,000,000 $
Weighted average:
782,201,550.4 $
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$ (1997) 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=1997
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