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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$ (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
36,126,000,000 $
2002
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
15,854,000,000 $
2002
Saudi Labor
# 3
Germany :
9,572,000,000 $
2002
German Labor
# 4
Switzerland :
9,223,000,000 $
2002
Swiss Labor
# 5
Luxembourg :
4,011,000,000 $
2002
Luxembourg Labor
# 6
Malaysia :
3,826,000,000 $
2002
Malaysian Labor
# 7
France :
3,804,000,000 $
2002
French Labor
# 8
Italy :
3,579,000,000 $
2002
Italian Labor
# 9
Japan :
3,349,000,000 $
2002
Japanese Labor
# 10
Spain :
2,914,100,000 $
2002
Spanish Labor
# 11
Netherlands :
2,889,000,000 $
2002
Dutch Labor
# 12
Israel :
2,577,000,000 $
2002
Israeli Labor
# 13
Lebanon :
2,521,000,000 $
2002
Lebanese Labor
# 14
United Kingdom :
2,439,000,000 $
2002
British Labor
# 15
Russia :
2,226,000,000 $
2002
Russian Labor
# 16
Kuwait :
1,925,000,000 $
2002
Kuwaiti Labor
# 17
Belgium :
1,845,500,000 $
2002
Belgian Labor
# 18
Oman :
1,602,000,000 $
2002
Omani Labor
# 19
Korea, South :
1,474,000,000 $
2002
Korean Labor
# 20
China :
1,223,000,000 $
2002
Chinese Labor
# 21
India :
1,187,000,000 $
2002
Indian Labor
# 22
Australia :
1,185,000,000 $
2002
Australian Labor
# 23
Austria :
1,095,000,000 $
2002
Austrian Labor
# 24
Czech Republic :
898,000,000 $
2002
Czech Labor
# 25
Bahrain :
872,000,000 $
2002
Bahraini Labor
# 26
Denmark :
860,000,000 $
2002
Danish Labor
# 27
Portugal :
698,000,000 $
2002
Portuguese Labor
# 28
Libya :
694,000,000 $
2002
Libyan Labor
# 29
Norway :
658,000,000 $
2002
Norwegian Labor
# 30
Kazakhstan :
594,000,000 $
2002
Kazakhstani Labor
# 31
Sweden :
590,000,000 $
2002
Swedish Labor
# 32
Ireland :
587,800,000 $
2002
Irish Labor
# 33
Côte d'Ivoire :
574,000,000 $
2002
Ivoirian Labor
# 34
South Africa :
541,000,000 $
2002
South African Labor
# 35
Greece :
412,000,000 $
2002
Greek Labor
# 36
Uganda :
401,000,000 $
2002
Ugandan Labor
# 37
Venezuela :
383,000,000 $
2002
Venezuelan Labor
# 38
Brazil :
361,000,000 $
2002
Brazilian Labor
# 39
Poland :
353,000,000 $
2002
Polish Labor
# 40
Hong Kong :
299,000,000 $
2002
Hong Kong Labor
# 41
Jamaica :
278,000,000 $
2002
Jamaican Labor
# 42
New Zealand :
273,000,000 $
2002
New Zealand Labor
# 43
Azerbaijan :
235,000,000 $
2002
Azerbaijani Labor
# 44
Angola :
224,000,000 $
2002
Angolan Labor
# 45
Sri Lanka :
209,000,000 $
2002
Sri Lankan Labor
# 46
Jordan :
194,000,000 $
2002
Jordanian Labor
# 47
Colombia :
158,000,000 $
2002
Colombian Labor
# 48
Costa Rica :
148,000,000 $
2002
Costa Rican Labor
# 49
Botswana :
144,000,000 $
2002
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 50
Cambodia :
133,000,000 $
2002
Cambodian Labor
# 51
Peru :
121,000,000 $
2002
Peruvian Labor
# 52
Cyprus :
117,000,000 $
2002
Cypriot Labor
# 53
Finland :
113,000,000 $
2002
Finnish Labor
# 54
Hungary :
107,000,000 $
2002
Hungarian Labor
# 55
Argentina :
99,000,000 $
2002
Argentine Labor
# 56
Gabon :
96,000,000 $
2002
Gabonese Labor
# 57
Bahamas, The :
83,000,000 $
2002
Bahamian Labor
# 58
Guatemala :
82,000,000 $
2002
Guatemalan Labor
# 59
Belarus :
68,000,000 $
2002
Belarusian Labor
# 60
Yemen :
64,000,000 $
2002
Yemeni Labor
# 61
Papua New Guinea :
62,000,000 $
2002
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 62
Philippines :
58,000,000 $
2002
Philippine Labor
# 63
Kyrgyzstan :
57,000,000 $
2002
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 64
Moldova :
56,000,000 $
2002
Moldovan Labor
# 65
Netherlands Antilles :
55,000,000 $
2002
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 66
Cameroon :
55,000,000 $
2002
Cameroonian Labor
# 67
Guyana :
54,000,000 $
2002
Guyanese Labor
# 68
Aruba :
52,000,000 $
2002
Aruban Labor
# 69
Maldives :
51,000,000 $
2002
Maldivian Labor
# 70
Croatia :
51,000,000 $
2002
Croatian Labor
# 71
Mozambique :
50,000,000 $
2002
Mozambican Labor
# 72
Slovenia :
46,000,000 $
2002
Slovenian Labor
# 73
Panama :
45,000,000 $
2002
Panamanian Labor
# 74
Burkina Faso :
44,000,000 $
2002
Burkinabe Labor
# 75
Swaziland :
40,200,000 $
2002
Swazi Labor
# 76
Fiji :
40,000,000 $
2002
Fijian Labor
# 77
Senegal :
39,000,000 $
2002
Senegalese Labor
# 78
Bolivia :
38,000,000 $
2002
Bolivian Labor
# 79
Morocco :
36,000,000 $
2002
Moroccan Labor
# 80
Congo, Republic of the :
35,000,000 $
2002
Congolese Labor
# 81
Syria :
35,000,000 $
2002
Syrian Labor
# 82
Nepal :
34,000,000 $
2002
Nepalese Labor
# 83
Rwanda :
32,000,000 $
2002
Rwandan Labor
# 84
Lithuania :
31,000,000 $
2002
Lithuanian Labor
# 85
Mali :
30,000,000 $
2002
Malian Labor
# 86
Tanzania :
27,300,000 $
2002
Tanzanian Labor
# 87
Georgia :
26,000,000 $
2002
Georgian Labor
# 88
Armenia :
24,000,000 $
2002
Armenian Labor
# 89
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
2002
Zambian Labor
# 90
Burma :
23,300,000 $
2002
Burmese Labor
# 91
Iceland :
23,000,000 $
2002
Icelandic Labor
# 92
Dominican Republic :
23,000,000 $
2002
Dominican Labor
# 93
Macedonia, Republic of :
23,000,000 $
2002
Macedonian Labor
# 94
Haiti :
22,000,000 $
2002
Haitian Labor
# 95
Suriname :
22,000,000 $
2002
Surinamese Labor
# 96
El Salvador :
22,000,000 $
2002
Salvadoran Labor
# 97
Lesotho :
21,000,000 $
2002
Basotho Labor
# 98
Tunisia :
20,000,000 $
2002
Tunisian Labor
# 99
Guinea :
18,000,000 $
2002
Guinean Labor
# 100
Belize :
17,000,000 $
2002
Belizean Labor
# 101
Barbados :
17,000,000 $
2002
Barbadian Labor
# 102
Ethiopia :
17,000,000 $
2002
Ethiopian Labor
# 103
Togo :
17,000,000 $
2002
Togolese Labor
# 104
Tonga :
16,000,000 $
2002
Tongan Labor
# 105
Chile :
16,000,000 $
2002
Chilean Labor
# 106
Ukraine :
15,000,000 $
2002
Ukrainian Labor
# 107
Vanuatu :
15,000,000 $
2002
- Labor
# 108
Seychelles :
15,000,000 $
2002
Seychellois Labor
# 109
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
14,000,000 $
2002
Herzegovinian Labor
# 110
Mongolia :
14,000,000 $
2002
Mongolian Labor
# 111
Egypt :
14,000,000 $
2002
Egyptian Labor
# 112
Bulgaria :
14,000,000 $
2002
Bulgarian Labor
# 113
Tajikistan :
13,000,000 $
2002
Tajikistani Labor
# 114
Slovakia :
11,000,000 $
2002
Slovak Labor
# 115
Malta :
11,000,000 $
2002
Maltese Labor
# 116
Mauritius :
10,000,000 $
2002
Mauritian Labor
# 117
Namibia :
8,000,000 $
2002
Namibian Labor
# 118
Latvia :
7,000,000 $
2002
Latvian Labor
# 119
Ecuador :
7,000,000 $
2002
Ecuadorian Labor
# 120
Romania :
7,000,000 $
2002
Romanian Labor
# 121
Benin :
6,600,000 $
2002
Beninese Labor
# 122
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
2002
Solomon Islander Labor
# 123
Niger :
6,000,000 $
2002
Nigerien Labor
# 124
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
2002
Ghanaian Labor
# 125
Kenya :
6,000,000 $
2002
Kenyan Labor
# 126
Bangladesh :
6,000,000 $
2002
Bangladeshi Labor
# 127
Guinea-Bissau :
5,000,000 $
2002
Guinean Labor
# 128
Estonia :
5,000,000 $
2002
Estonian Labor
# 129
Sudan :
4,000,000 $
2002
Sudanese Labor
# 130
Sierra Leone :
3,000,000 $
2002
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 131
Burundi :
3,000,000 $
2002
Burundian Labor
# 132
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,000,000 $
2002
Nevisian Labor
# 133
Madagascar :
3,000,000 $
2002
Malagasy Labor
# 134
Pakistan :
2,000,000 $
2002
Pakistani Labor
# 135
Cape Verde :
2,000,000 $
2002
Cape Verdean Labor
# 136
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
2002
Grenadian Labor
# 137
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
2002
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 138
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
2002
Saint Lucian Labor
# 139
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
2002
Sao Tomean Labor
# 140
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
2002
Honduran Labor
# 141
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
2002
Malawian Labor
# 142
Nigeria :
900,000 $
2002
Nigerian Labor
# 143
Laos :
500,000 $
2002
Lao Labor
# 144
Dominica :
100,000 $
2002
Dominican Labor
Total :
130,963,300,000 $
Weighted average:
909,467,361.1 $
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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