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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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
36,545,000,000 $
2003
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
14,783,000,000 $
2003
Saudi Labor
# 3
Switzerland :
11,411,000,000 $
2003
Swiss Labor
# 4
Germany :
11,172,000,000 $
2003
German Labor
# 5
Luxembourg :
5,077,000,000 $
2003
Luxembourg Labor
# 6
France :
4,391,000,000 $
2003
French Labor
# 7
Italy :
4,369,000,000 $
2003
Italian Labor
# 8
Netherlands :
4,238,000,000 $
2003
Dutch Labor
# 9
Lebanon :
4,081,000,000 $
2003
Lebanese Labor
# 10
Spain :
4,012,100,000 $
2003
Spanish Labor
# 11
Malaysia :
3,464,000,000 $
2003
Malaysian Labor
# 12
Russia :
3,233,000,000 $
2003
Russian Labor
# 13
United Kingdom :
2,624,000,000 $
2003
British Labor
# 14
Israel :
2,372,000,000 $
2003
Israeli Labor
# 15
Belgium :
2,329,300,000 $
2003
Belgian Labor
# 16
Kuwait :
2,144,000,000 $
2003
Kuwaiti Labor
# 17
Korea, South :
1,852,000,000 $
2003
Korean Labor
# 18
Japan :
1,774,000,000 $
2003
Japanese Labor
# 19
Oman :
1,672,000,000 $
2003
Omani Labor
# 20
China :
1,645,000,000 $
2003
Chinese Labor
# 21
Australia :
1,520,000,000 $
2003
Australian Labor
# 22
Austria :
1,466,000,000 $
2003
Austrian Labor
# 23
Czech Republic :
1,103,000,000 $
2003
Czech Labor
# 24
Bahrain :
1,082,000,000 $
2003
Bahraini Labor
# 25
Denmark :
1,029,000,000 $
2003
Danish Labor
# 26
India :
1,008,000,000 $
2003
Indian Labor
# 27
Portugal :
841,000,000 $
2003
Portuguese Labor
# 28
New Zealand :
839,000,000 $
2003
New Zealand Labor
# 29
Kazakhstan :
802,000,000 $
2003
Kazakhstani Labor
# 30
Ireland :
788,000,000 $
2003
Irish Labor
# 31
Norway :
743,000,000 $
2003
Norwegian Labor
# 32
South Africa :
706,000,000 $
2003
South African Labor
# 33
Libya :
676,000,000 $
2003
Libyan Labor
# 34
Côte d'Ivoire :
628,000,000 $
2003
Ivoirian Labor
# 35
Sweden :
600,000,000 $
2003
Swedish Labor
# 36
Greece :
380,000,000 $
2003
Greek Labor
# 37
Jamaica :
341,000,000 $
2003
Jamaican Labor
# 38
Brazil :
333,000,000 $
2003
Brazilian Labor
# 39
Poland :
325,000,000 $
2003
Polish Labor
# 40
Hong Kong :
317,000,000 $
2003
Hong Kong Labor
# 41
Uganda :
259,000,000 $
2003
Ugandan Labor
# 42
Sri Lanka :
230,000,000 $
2003
Sri Lankan Labor
# 43
Angola :
230,000,000 $
2003
Angolan Labor
# 44
Jordan :
227,000,000 $
2003
Jordanian Labor
# 45
Venezuela :
209,000,000 $
2003
Venezuelan Labor
# 46
Botswana :
205,000,000 $
2003
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 47
Cyprus :
202,000,000 $
2003
Cypriot Labor
# 48
Costa Rica :
192,000,000 $
2003
Costa Rican Labor
# 49
Azerbaijan :
170,000,000 $
2003
Azerbaijani Labor
# 50
Argentina :
160,000,000 $
2003
Argentine Labor
# 51
Finland :
149,000,000 $
2003
Finnish Labor
# 52
Swaziland :
129,800,000 $
2003
Swazi Labor
# 53
Peru :
121,000,000 $
2003
Peruvian Labor
# 54
Gabon :
115,000,000 $
2003
Gabonese Labor
# 55
Hungary :
114,000,000 $
2003
Hungarian Labor
# 56
Cambodia :
109,000,000 $
2003
Cambodian Labor
# 57
Bahamas, The :
99,000,000 $
2003
Bahamian Labor
# 58
Papua New Guinea :
97,000,000 $
2003
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 59
Guatemala :
86,000,000 $
2003
Guatemalan Labor
# 60
Egypt :
79,000,000 $
2003
Egyptian Labor
# 61
Moldova :
68,000,000 $
2003
Moldovan Labor
# 62
Croatia :
67,000,000 $
2003
Croatian Labor
# 63
Slovenia :
66,000,000 $
2003
Slovenian Labor
# 64
Aruba :
66,000,000 $
2003
Aruban Labor
# 65
Colombia :
65,000,000 $
2003
Colombian Labor
# 66
Belarus :
65,000,000 $
2003
Belarusian Labor
# 67
Tajikistan :
64,000,000 $
2003
Tajikistani Labor
# 68
Cameroon :
63,000,000 $
2003
Cameroonian Labor
# 69
Yemen :
60,000,000 $
2003
Yemeni Labor
# 70
Netherlands Antilles :
58,000,000 $
2003
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 71
Mali :
58,000,000 $
2003
Malian Labor
# 72
Senegal :
57,000,000 $
2003
Senegalese Labor
# 73
Panama :
56,600,000 $
2003
Panamanian Labor
# 74
Kyrgyzstan :
55,000,000 $
2003
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 75
Maldives :
55,000,000 $
2003
Maldivian Labor
# 76
Mongolia :
54,300,000 $
2003
Mongolian Labor
# 77
Guyana :
51,000,000 $
2003
Guyanese Labor
# 78
Guinea :
46,000,000 $
2003
Guinean Labor
# 79
Bolivia :
46,000,000 $
2003
Bolivian Labor
# 80
Morocco :
44,000,000 $
2003
Moroccan Labor
# 81
Burkina Faso :
44,000,000 $
2003
Burkinabe Labor
# 82
Lithuania :
42,000,000 $
2003
Lithuanian Labor
# 83
Fiji :
40,000,000 $
2003
Fijian Labor
# 84
Syria :
40,000,000 $
2003
Syrian Labor
# 85
Congo, Republic of the :
40,000,000 $
2003
Congolese Labor
# 86
Haiti :
31,000,000 $
2003
Haitian Labor
# 87
Georgia :
30,000,000 $
2003
Georgian Labor
# 88
Rwanda :
29,700,000 $
2003
Rwandan Labor
# 89
Mozambique :
29,000,000 $
2003
Mozambican Labor
# 90
Ukraine :
29,000,000 $
2003
Ukrainian Labor
# 91
Suriname :
28,000,000 $
2003
Surinamese Labor
# 92
Togo :
28,000,000 $
2003
Togolese Labor
# 93
Armenia :
27,000,000 $
2003
Armenian Labor
# 94
Lesotho :
27,000,000 $
2003
Basotho Labor
# 95
Tanzania :
27,000,000 $
2003
Tanzanian Labor
# 96
Nepal :
26,200,000 $
2003
Nepalese Labor
# 97
Iceland :
26,000,000 $
2003
Icelandic Labor
# 98
El Salvador :
25,000,000 $
2003
Salvadoran Labor
# 99
Tunisia :
24,000,000 $
2003
Tunisian Labor
# 100
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
2003
Zambian Labor
# 101
Dominican Republic :
23,000,000 $
2003
Dominican Labor
# 102
Burma :
22,800,000 $
2003
Burmese Labor
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
21,000,000 $
2003
Herzegovinian Labor
# 104
Belize :
20,000,000 $
2003
Belizean Labor
# 105
Barbados :
19,000,000 $
2003
Barbadian Labor
# 106
Estonia :
18,000,000 $
2003
Estonian Labor
# 107
Philippines :
18,000,000 $
2003
Philippine Labor
# 108
Vanuatu :
17,000,000 $
2003
- Labor
# 109
Ethiopia :
17,000,000 $
2003
Ethiopian Labor
# 110
Chile :
16,000,000 $
2003
Chilean Labor
# 111
Tonga :
16,000,000 $
2003
Tongan Labor
# 112
Slovakia :
16,000,000 $
2003
Slovak Labor
# 113
Macedonia, Republic of :
16,000,000 $
2003
Macedonian Labor
# 114
Namibia :
15,000,000 $
2003
Namibian Labor
# 115
Bulgaria :
13,000,000 $
2003
Bulgarian Labor
# 116
Malta :
12,000,000 $
2003
Maltese Labor
# 117
Nigeria :
11,600,000 $
2003
Nigerian Labor
# 118
Madagascar :
11,000,000 $
2003
Malagasy Labor
# 119
Mauritius :
10,000,000 $
2003
Mauritian Labor
# 120
Niger :
9,000,000 $
2003
Nigerien Labor
# 121
Romania :
8,000,000 $
2003
Romanian Labor
# 122
Latvia :
8,000,000 $
2003
Latvian Labor
# 123
Seychelles :
7,300,000 $
2003
Seychellois Labor
# 124
Bangladesh :
7,000,000 $
2003
Bangladeshi Labor
# 125
Ecuador :
7,000,000 $
2003
Ecuadorian Labor
# 126
Kenya :
7,000,000 $
2003
Kenyan Labor
# 127
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
2003
Solomon Islander Labor
# 128
Guinea-Bissau :
6,000,000 $
2003
Guinean Labor
# 129
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
2003
Ghanaian Labor
# 130
Pakistan :
5,000,000 $
2003
Pakistani Labor
# 131
Benin :
5,000,000 $
2003
Beninese Labor
# 132
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
4,000,000 $
2003
Nevisian Labor
# 133
Albania :
4,000,000 $
2003
Albanian Labor
# 134
Burundi :
4,000,000 $
2003
Burundian Labor
# 135
Sierra Leone :
3,000,000 $
2003
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 136
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
2003
Grenadian Labor
# 137
Uruguay :
1,400,000 $
2003
Uruguayan Labor
# 138
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
2003
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 139
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
2003
Gambian Labor
# 140
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
2003
Sao Tomean Labor
# 141
Sudan :
1,000,000 $
2003
Sudanese Labor
# 142
Cape Verde :
1,000,000 $
2003
Cape Verdean Labor
# 143
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
2003
Saint Lucian Labor
# 144
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
2003
Malawian Labor
# 145
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
2003
Honduran Labor
# 146
Laos :
500,000 $
2003
Lao Labor
# 147
Dominica :
100,000 $
2003
Dominican Labor
Total :
144,100,700,000 $
Weighted average:
980,276,870.7 $
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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