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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$ (2004) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
39,305,000,000 $
2004
American Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
13,555,000,000 $
2004
Saudi Labor
# 3
Switzerland :
12,839,000,000 $
2004
Swiss Labor
# 4
Germany :
11,983,000,000 $
2004
German Labor
# 5
Spain :
6,977,000,000 $
2004
Spanish Labor
# 6
Luxembourg :
6,009,000,000 $
2004
Luxembourg Labor
# 7
Russia :
5,533,500,000 $
2004
Russian Labor
# 8
Netherlands :
5,032,000,000 $
2004
Dutch Labor
# 9
Malaysia :
4,991,000,000 $
2004
Malaysian Labor
# 10
France :
4,883,000,000 $
2004
French Labor
# 11
Italy :
4,745,000,000 $
2004
Italian Labor
# 12
Lebanon :
4,233,000,000 $
2004
Lebanese Labor
# 13
United Kingdom :
2,957,000,000 $
2004
British Labor
# 14
Belgium :
2,617,000,000 $
2004
Belgian Labor
# 15
Korea, South :
2,497,000,000 $
2004
Korean Labor
# 16
Kuwait :
2,403,000,000 $
2004
Kuwaiti Labor
# 17
Israel :
2,148,000,000 $
2004
Israeli Labor
# 18
China :
2,067,300,000 $
2004
Chinese Labor
# 19
Austria :
2,014,000,000 $
2004
Austrian Labor
# 20
Oman :
1,826,000,000 $
2004
Omani Labor
# 21
Czech Republic :
1,470,000,000 $
2004
Czech Labor
# 22
Japan :
1,410,000,000 $
2004
Japanese Labor
# 23
Kazakhstan :
1,354,000,000 $
2004
Kazakhstani Labor
# 24
Denmark :
1,226,200,000 $
2004
Danish Labor
# 25
Australia :
1,219,000,000 $
2004
Australian Labor
# 26
Bahrain :
1,120,000,000 $
2004
Bahraini Labor
# 27
New Zealand :
1,093,000,000 $
2004
New Zealand Labor
# 28
Portugal :
1,025,000,000 $
2004
Portuguese Labor
# 29
India :
1,008,000,000 $
2004
Indian Labor
# 30
Ireland :
997,000,000 $
2004
Irish Labor
# 31
South Africa :
937,000,000 $
2004
South African Labor
# 32
Indonesia :
913,200,000 $
2004
Indonesian Labor
# 33
Norway :
866,000,000 $
2004
Norwegian Labor
# 34
Libya :
790,000,000 $
2004
Libyan Labor
# 35
Sweden :
671,600,000 $
2004
Swedish Labor
# 36
Côte d'Ivoire :
591,000,000 $
2004
Ivoirian Labor
# 37
Greece :
497,000,000 $
2004
Greek Labor
# 38
Poland :
460,000,000 $
2004
Polish Labor
# 39
Jamaica :
424,500,000 $
2004
Jamaican Labor
# 40
Brazil :
401,000,000 $
2004
Brazilian Labor
# 41
Hong Kong :
321,000,000 $
2004
Hong Kong Labor
# 42
Angola :
296,000,000 $
2004
Angolan Labor
# 43
Jordan :
272,000,000 $
2004
Jordanian Labor
# 44
Uganda :
261,000,000 $
2004
Ugandan Labor
# 45
Cyprus :
255,000,000 $
2004
Cypriot Labor
# 46
Sri Lanka :
237,000,000 $
2004
Sri Lankan Labor
# 47
Finland :
225,000,000 $
2004
Finnish Labor
# 48
Venezuela :
214,000,000 $
2004
Venezuelan Labor
# 49
Argentina :
208,000,000 $
2004
Argentine Labor
# 50
Azerbaijan :
201,000,000 $
2004
Azerbaijani Labor
# 51
Costa Rica :
192,000,000 $
2004
Costa Rican Labor
# 52
Cambodia :
129,000,000 $
2004
Cambodian Labor
# 53
Hungary :
128,000,000 $
2004
Hungarian Labor
# 54
Armenia :
127,000,000 $
2004
Armenian Labor
# 55
Papua New Guinea :
123,000,000 $
2004
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 56
Peru :
123,000,000 $
2004
Peruvian Labor
# 57
Botswana :
120,000,000 $
2004
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 58
Bahamas, The :
119,200,000 $
2004
Bahamian Labor
# 59
Tajikistan :
119,000,000 $
2004
Tajikistani Labor
# 60
Gabon :
110,000,000 $
2004
Gabonese Labor
# 61
Yemen :
108,000,000 $
2004
Yemeni Labor
# 62
Kyrgyzstan :
82,000,000 $
2004
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 63
Belarus :
81,000,000 $
2004
Belarusian Labor
# 64
Guyana :
81,000,000 $
2004
Guyanese Labor
# 65
Slovenia :
80,000,000 $
2004
Slovenian Labor
# 66
Senegal :
77,000,000 $
2004
Senegalese Labor
# 67
Panama :
72,000,000 $
2004
Panamanian Labor
# 68
Croatia :
68,700,000 $
2004
Croatian Labor
# 69
Moldova :
67,000,000 $
2004
Moldovan Labor
# 70
Mali :
64,000,000 $
2004
Malian Labor
# 71
Nepal :
63,600,000 $
2004
Nepalese Labor
# 72
Cameroon :
63,000,000 $
2004
Cameroonian Labor
# 73
Aruba :
63,000,000 $
2004
Aruban Labor
# 74
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
62,000,000 $
2004
Herzegovinian Labor
# 75
Maldives :
61,000,000 $
2004
Maldivian Labor
# 76
Netherlands Antilles :
53,000,000 $
2004
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 77
Colombia :
50,000,000 $
2004
Colombian Labor
# 78
Congo, Republic of the :
50,000,000 $
2004
Congolese Labor
# 79
Bolivia :
50,000,000 $
2004
Bolivian Labor
# 80
Mongolia :
49,100,000 $
2004
Mongolian Labor
# 81
Guinea :
48,000,000 $
2004
Guinean Labor
# 82
Iceland :
47,000,000 $
2004
Icelandic Labor
# 83
Burkina Faso :
44,000,000 $
2004
Burkinabe Labor
# 84
Morocco :
42,000,000 $
2004
Moroccan Labor
# 85
Syria :
42,000,000 $
2004
Syrian Labor
# 86
Fiji :
40,000,000 $
2004
Fijian Labor
# 87
Haiti :
39,000,000 $
2004
Haitian Labor
# 88
Guatemala :
35,000,000 $
2004
Guatemalan Labor
# 89
Kenya :
34,000,000 $
2004
Kenyan Labor
# 90
Tanzania :
34,000,000 $
2004
Tanzanian Labor
# 91
Togo :
34,000,000 $
2004
Togolese Labor
# 92
El Salvador :
33,000,000 $
2004
Salvadoran Labor
# 93
Rwanda :
30,600,000 $
2004
Rwandan Labor
# 94
Lesotho :
29,000,000 $
2004
Basotho Labor
# 95
Lithuania :
28,000,000 $
2004
Lithuanian Labor
# 96
Estonia :
26,000,000 $
2004
Estonian Labor
# 97
Georgia :
25,000,000 $
2004
Georgian Labor
# 98
Niger :
25,000,000 $
2004
Nigerien Labor
# 99
Burma :
24,500,000 $
2004
Burmese Labor
# 100
Dominican Republic :
24,000,000 $
2004
Dominican Labor
# 101
Zambia :
24,000,000 $
2004
Zambian Labor
# 102
Malta :
21,000,000 $
2004
Maltese Labor
# 103
Nigeria :
20,900,000 $
2004
Nigerian Labor
# 104
Ukraine :
20,000,000 $
2004
Ukrainian Labor
# 105
Mozambique :
20,000,000 $
2004
Mozambican Labor
# 106
Belize :
19,000,000 $
2004
Belizean Labor
# 107
Barbados :
19,000,000 $
2004
Barbadian Labor
# 108
Tunisia :
18,500,000 $
2004
Tunisian Labor
# 109
Vanuatu :
18,000,000 $
2004
- Labor
# 110
Namibia :
17,000,000 $
2004
Namibian Labor
# 111
Philippines :
17,000,000 $
2004
Philippine Labor
# 112
Tonga :
16,000,000 $
2004
Tongan Labor
# 113
Slovakia :
16,000,000 $
2004
Slovak Labor
# 114
Macedonia, Republic of :
16,000,000 $
2004
Macedonian Labor
# 115
Suriname :
14,000,000 $
2004
Surinamese Labor
# 116
Latvia :
14,000,000 $
2004
Latvian Labor
# 117
Egypt :
13,000,000 $
2004
Egyptian Labor
# 118
Samoa :
11,000,000 $
2004
Samoan Labor
# 119
Bulgaria :
11,000,000 $
2004
Bulgarian Labor
# 120
Mauritius :
11,000,000 $
2004
Mauritian Labor
# 121
Pakistan :
10,000,000 $
2004
Pakistani Labor
# 122
Ethiopia :
9,400,000 $
2004
Ethiopian Labor
# 123
Seychelles :
8,000,000 $
2004
Seychellois Labor
# 124
Romania :
8,000,000 $
2004
Romanian Labor
# 125
Bangladesh :
7,700,000 $
2004
Bangladeshi Labor
# 126
Benin :
7,000,000 $
2004
Beninese Labor
# 127
Ecuador :
6,500,000 $
2004
Ecuadorian Labor
# 128
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 $
2004
Solomon Islander Labor
# 129
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
2004
Ghanaian Labor
# 130
Swaziland :
6,000,000 $
2004
Swazi Labor
# 131
Guinea-Bissau :
5,000,000 $
2004
Guinean Labor
# 132
Albania :
5,000,000 $
2004
Albanian Labor
# 133
Chile :
4,000,000 $
2004
Chilean Labor
# 134
Madagascar :
3,000,000 $
2004
Malagasy Labor
# 135
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,000,000 $
2004
Nevisian Labor
# 136
Grenada :
2,000,000 $
2004
Grenadian Labor
# 137
Sudan :
2,000,000 $
2004
Sudanese Labor
# 138
Uruguay :
2,000,000 $
2004
Uruguayan Labor
# 139
Sierra Leone :
2,000,000 $
2004
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 140
Burundi :
1,000,000 $
2004
Burundian Labor
# 141
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
2004
Sao Tomean Labor
# 142
Cape Verde :
1,000,000 $
2004
Cape Verdean Labor
# 143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,000,000 $
2004
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 144
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
2004
Malawian Labor
# 145
Saint Lucia :
1,000,000 $
2004
Saint Lucian Labor
# 146
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
2004
Honduran Labor
# 147
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
2004
Gambian Labor
# 148
Laos :
500,000 $
2004
Lao Labor
# 149
Dominica :
100,000 $
2004
Dominican Labor
Total :
163,345,600,000 $
Weighted average:
1,096,279,194.6 $
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$ (2004) 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=2004
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