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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$ (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
27,427,000,000 $
1998
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
14,934,000,000 $
1998
Saudi Labor
# 3
Germany :
9,161,000,000 $
1998
German Labor
# 4
Switzerland :
7,767,000,000 $
1998
Swiss Labor
# 5
France :
4,237,000,000 $
1998
French Labor
# 6
Japan :
3,400,000,000 $
1998
Japanese Labor
# 7
Belgium :
3,347,000,000 $
1998
Belgian Labor
# 8
Malaysia :
2,924,000,000 $
1998
Malaysian Labor
# 9
Israel :
2,874,000,000 $
1998
Israeli Labor
# 10
Netherlands :
2,815,000,000 $
1998
Dutch Labor
# 11
Russia :
2,552,000,000 $
1998
Russian Labor
# 12
Italy :
2,378,000,000 $
1998
Italian Labor
# 13
United Kingdom :
2,287,000,000 $
1998
British Labor
# 14
Kuwait :
1,611,000,000 $
1998
Kuwaiti Labor
# 15
Oman :
1,467,000,000 $
1998
Omani Labor
# 16
Spain :
1,244,000,000 $
1998
Spanish Labor
# 17
Australia :
966,000,000 $
1998
Australian Labor
# 18
Austria :
932,000,000 $
1998
Austrian Labor
# 19
Norway :
746,000,000 $
1998
Norwegian Labor
# 20
Czech Republic :
745,000,000 $
1998
Czech Labor
# 21
Bahrain :
725,000,000 $
1998
Bahraini Labor
# 22
South Africa :
697,000,000 $
1998
South African Labor
# 23
Sweden :
620,000,000 $
1998
Swedish Labor
# 24
New Zealand :
613,000,000 $
1998
New Zealand Labor
# 25
Côte d'Ivoire :
517,000,000 $
1998
Ivoirian Labor
# 26
Korea, South :
486,000,000 $
1998
Korean Labor
# 27
Kazakhstan :
471,000,000 $
1998
Kazakhstani Labor
# 28
Brazil :
444,000,000 $
1998
Brazilian Labor
# 29
Denmark :
346,000,000 $
1998
Danish Labor
# 30
China :
319,000,000 $
1998
Chinese Labor
# 31
Portugal :
300,000,000 $
1998
Portuguese Labor
# 32
Venezuela :
261,000,000 $
1998
Venezuelan Labor
# 33
Argentina :
247,000,000 $
1998
Argentine Labor
# 34
Libya :
208,000,000 $
1998
Libyan Labor
# 35
Jordan :
207,000,000 $
1998
Jordanian Labor
# 36
Angola :
202,000,000 $
1998
Angolan Labor
# 37
Poland :
176,000,000 $
1998
Polish Labor
# 38
Hong Kong :
175,000,000 $
1998
Hong Kong Labor
# 39
Ireland :
166,000,000 $
1998
Irish Labor
# 40
Colombia :
151,000,000 $
1998
Colombian Labor
# 41
Cambodia :
136,000,000 $
1998
Cambodian Labor
# 42
Jamaica :
134,000,000 $
1998
Jamaican Labor
# 43
Botswana :
130,000,000 $
1998
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 44
Belarus :
111,000,000 $
1998
Belarusian Labor
# 45
Egypt :
108,000,000 $
1998
Egyptian Labor
# 46
Finland :
104,000,000 $
1998
Finnish Labor
# 47
Costa Rica :
93,000,000 $
1998
Costa Rican Labor
# 48
Gabon :
89,000,000 $
1998
Gabonese Labor
# 49
Peru :
78,000,000 $
1998
Peruvian Labor
# 50
Hungary :
75,000,000 $
1998
Hungarian Labor
# 51
Senegal :
67,000,000 $
1998
Senegalese Labor
# 52
Lithuania :
63,000,000 $
1998
Lithuanian Labor
# 53
Netherlands Antilles :
60,000,000 $
1998
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 54
Vanuatu :
60,000,000 $
1998
- Labor
# 55
Lesotho :
56,000,000 $
1998
Basotho Labor
# 56
Cyprus :
52,000,000 $
1998
Cypriot Labor
# 57
Bahamas, The :
51,000,000 $
1998
Bahamian Labor
# 58
Kyrgyzstan :
50,000,000 $
1998
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 59
India :
44,000,000 $
1998
Indian Labor
# 60
Yemen :
43,000,000 $
1998
Yemeni Labor
# 61
Croatia :
41,000,000 $
1998
Croatian Labor
# 62
Zambia :
39,000,000 $
1998
Zambian Labor
# 63
Fiji :
38,000,000 $
1998
Fijian Labor
# 64
Congo, Republic of the :
35,000,000 $
1998
Congolese Labor
# 65
Kenya :
35,000,000 $
1998
Kenyan Labor
# 66
Guatemala :
33,000,000 $
1998
Guatemalan Labor
# 67
Morocco :
32,000,000 $
1998
Moroccan Labor
# 68
Mali :
32,000,000 $
1998
Malian Labor
# 69
Mozambique :
31,000,000 $
1998
Mozambican Labor
# 70
Slovenia :
31,000,000 $
1998
Slovenian Labor
# 71
Maldives :
31,000,000 $
1998
Maldivian Labor
# 72
Azerbaijan :
30,000,000 $
1998
Azerbaijani Labor
# 73
Benin :
30,000,000 $
1998
Beninese Labor
# 74
Tunisia :
30,000,000 $
1998
Tunisian Labor
# 75
Syria :
29,000,000 $
1998
Syrian Labor
# 76
Moldova :
24,000,000 $
1998
Moldovan Labor
# 77
Nepal :
24,000,000 $
1998
Nepalese Labor
# 78
Guinea :
23,000,000 $
1998
Guinean Labor
# 79
Macedonia, Republic of :
21,000,000 $
1998
Macedonian Labor
# 80
Panama :
21,000,000 $
1998
Panamanian Labor
# 81
Niger :
21,000,000 $
1998
Nigerien Labor
# 82
Dominican Republic :
19,000,000 $
1998
Dominican Labor
# 83
Iceland :
18,000,000 $
1998
Icelandic Labor
# 84
Sri Lanka :
18,000,000 $
1998
Sri Lankan Labor
# 85
Aruba :
17,000,000 $
1998
Aruban Labor
# 86
Papua New Guinea :
16,000,000 $
1998
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 87
Chile :
16,000,000 $
1998
Chilean Labor
# 88
Bolivia :
15,000,000 $
1998
Bolivian Labor
# 89
Barbados :
15,000,000 $
1998
Barbadian Labor
# 90
Madagascar :
13,000,000 $
1998
Malagasy Labor
# 91
Guyana :
12,000,000 $
1998
Guyanese Labor
# 92
Malta :
12,000,000 $
1998
Maltese Labor
# 93
Georgia :
11,000,000 $
1998
Georgian Labor
# 94
Mauritania :
10,000,000 $
1998
Mauritanian Labor
# 95
Namibia :
10,000,000 $
1998
Namibian Labor
# 96
Belize :
9,000,000 $
1998
Belizean Labor
# 97
Slovakia :
9,000,000 $
1998
Slovak Labor
# 98
Latvia :
8,000,000 $
1998
Latvian Labor
# 99
Laos :
7,000,000 $
1998
Lao Labor
# 100
Romania :
6,000,000 $
1998
Romanian Labor
# 101
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
1998
Ghanaian Labor
# 102
Togo :
6,000,000 $
1998
Togolese Labor
# 103
Cape Verde :
5,000,000 $
1998
Cape Verdean Labor
# 104
Nigeria :
5,000,000 $
1998
Nigerian Labor
# 105
Sudan :
5,000,000 $
1998
Sudanese Labor
# 106
Ecuador :
5,000,000 $
1998
Ecuadorian Labor
# 107
Pakistan :
5,000,000 $
1998
Pakistani Labor
# 108
Eritrea :
4,000,000 $
1998
Eritrean Labor
# 109
Ethiopia :
4,000,000 $
1998
Ethiopian Labor
# 110
Tanzania :
4,000,000 $
1998
Tanzanian Labor
# 111
Bulgaria :
3,000,000 $
1998
Bulgarian Labor
# 112
Solomon Islands :
3,000,000 $
1998
Solomon Islander Labor
# 113
Rwanda :
3,000,000 $
1998
Rwandan Labor
# 114
Bangladesh :
3,000,000 $
1998
Bangladeshi Labor
# 115
Samoa :
3,000,000 $
1998
Samoan Labor
# 116
Estonia :
3,000,000 $
1998
Estonian Labor
# 117
Mongolia :
3,000,000 $
1998
Mongolian Labor
# 118
Armenia :
3,000,000 $
1998
Armenian Labor
# 119
Ukraine :
3,000,000 $
1998
Ukrainian Labor
# 120
Suriname :
2,000,000 $
1998
Surinamese Labor
# 121
Swaziland :
2,000,000 $
1998
Swazi Labor
# 122
Burundi :
2,000,000 $
1998
Burundian Labor
# 123
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
1998
Grenadian Labor
# 124
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
1998
Honduran Labor
# 125
El Salvador :
1,000,000 $
1998
Salvadoran Labor
# 126
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1998
Nevisian Labor
# 127
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
1998
Malawian Labor
# 128
Mauritius :
1,000,000 $
1998
Mauritian Labor
# 129
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
1998
Saint Lucian Labor
# 130
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
1998
Saint Vincentian Labor
Total :
103,712,000,000 $
Weighted average:
797,784,615.4 $
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$ (1998) 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=1998
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