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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) (1980) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bahrain :
951,016.868 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Bahraini Labor
# 2
Kuwait :
503,272.727 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Kuwaiti Labor
# 3
Saudi Arabia :
426,264.117 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Saudi Labor
# 4
Switzerland :
370,153.505 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Swiss Labor
# 5
Libya :
345,711.355 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Libyan Labor
# 6
Oman :
334,332.401 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Omani Labor
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
236,092.157 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 8
Gabon :
206,806.817 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Gabonese Labor
# 9
Bahamas, The :
199,896.244 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Bahamian Labor
# 10
Belgium :
129,988.829 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Belgian Labor
# 11
Côte d'Ivoire :
94,202.213 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Ivoirian Labor
# 12
France :
94,097.996 $
per 1,000 people
1980
French Labor
# 13
Germany :
78,975.263 $
per 1,000 people
1980
German Labor
# 14
Jordan :
70,609.812 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Jordanian Labor
# 15
Netherlands :
68,551.237 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Dutch Labor
# 16
Kiribati :
51,635.112 $
per 1,000 people
1980
- Labor
# 17
Suriname :
50,527.592 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Surinamese Labor
# 18
New Zealand :
48,506.264 $
per 1,000 people
1980
New Zealand Labor
# 19
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
45,045.045 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Nevisian Labor
# 20
Austria :
44,220.839 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Austrian Labor
# 21
South Africa :
36,879.896 $
per 1,000 people
1980
South African Labor
# 22
Grenada :
33,296.337 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Grenadian Labor
# 23
Trinidad and Tobago :
28,656.897 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Tobagonian Labor
# 24
Venezuela :
27,698.225 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Venezuelan Labor
# 25
Norway :
26,888.291 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Norwegian Labor
# 26
Iceland :
26,315.789 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Icelandic Labor
# 27
Botswana :
24,785.392 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 28
Malta :
21,978.022 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Maltese Labor
# 29
Congo, Republic of the :
21,631.959 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Congolese Labor
# 30
Australia :
20,691.533 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Australian Labor
# 31
Mauritania :
20,513.407 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Mauritanian Labor
# 32
Panama :
18,980.608 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Panamanian Labor
# 33
Zimbabwe :
18,467.592 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Zimbabwean Labor
# 34
Cyprus :
17,560.976 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Cypriot Labor
# 35
Liberia :
17,128.246 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Liberian Labor
# 36
Jamaica :
16,408.814 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Jamaican Labor
# 37
Swaziland :
15,929.204 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Swazi Labor
# 38
Fiji :
15,781.085 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Fijian Labor
# 39
Senegal :
15,270.122 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Senegalese Labor
# 40
Zambia :
13,532.624 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Zambian Labor
# 41
Cameroon :
11,652.174 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Cameroonian Labor
# 42
Sweden :
9,987.966 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Swedish Labor
# 43
Haiti :
9,902.915 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Haitian Labor
# 44
Algeria :
8,771.37 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Algerian Labor
# 45
Papua New Guinea :
8,639.631 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 46
Central African Republic :
8,588.276 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Central African Labor
# 47
Niger :
8,540.842 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Nigerien Labor
# 48
Ecuador :
8,415.595 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Ecuadorian Labor
# 49
Israel :
7,993.811 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Israeli Labor
# 50
Burkina Faso :
7,894.566 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Burkinabe Labor
# 51
Italy :
7,584.081 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Italian Labor
# 52
Nigeria :
7,359.487 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Nigerian Labor
# 53
United States :
6,513.368 $
per 1,000 people
1980
American Labor
# 54
Chile :
6,264.447 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Chilean Labor
# 55
Greece :
6,118.428 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Greek Labor
# 56
Comoros :
5,967.477 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Comoran Labor
# 57
Rwanda :
4,233.222 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Rwandan Labor
# 58
Barbados :
4,015.355 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Barbadian Labor
# 59
Morocco :
3,973.246 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Moroccan Labor
# 60
Tunisia :
3,446.115 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Tunisian Labor
# 61
Madagascar :
3,419.523 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Malagasy Labor
# 62
Portugal :
3,379.07 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Portuguese Labor
# 63
Togo :
3,232.388 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Togolese Labor
# 64
Finland :
3,138.075 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Finnish Labor
# 65
Mali :
2,724.132 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Malian Labor
# 66
Sudan :
2,653.981 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Sudanese Labor
# 67
Mozambique :
2,075.03 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Mozambican Labor
# 68
Mauritius :
2,070.393 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Mauritian Labor
# 69
El Salvador :
1,962.525 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Salvadoran Labor
# 70
Japan :
1,883.852 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Japanese Labor
# 71
Guatemala :
1,568.827 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Guatemalan Labor
# 72
Malaysia :
1,380.469 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Malaysian Labor
# 73
Colombia :
1,375.388 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Colombian Labor
# 74
Argentina :
1,281.435 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Argentine Labor
# 75
Brazil :
1,249.846 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Brazilian Labor
# 76
Chad :
863.803 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Chadian Labor
# 77
Kenya :
798.403 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Kenyan Labor
# 78
Ghana :
796.307 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Ghanaian Labor
# 79
Thailand :
755.382 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Thai Labor
# 80
Nicaragua :
652.175 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Nicaraguan Labor
# 81
Paraguay :
642.32 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Paraguayan Labor
# 82
Sierra Leone :
618.126 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 83
Benin :
539.202 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Beninese Labor
# 84
Bolivia :
373.474 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Bolivian Labor
# 85
Uganda :
318.028 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Ugandan Labor
# 86
Spain :
294.228 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Spanish Labor
# 87
Philippines :
249.544 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Philippine Labor
# 88
Mexico :
162.794 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Mexican Labor
# 89
Somalia :
154.159 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Somali Labor
# 90
Korea, South :
131.151 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Korean Labor
# 91
India :
42.192 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Indian Labor
# 92
Ethiopia :
26.513 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Ethiopian Labor
# 93
Pakistan :
12.087 $
per 1,000 people
1980
Pakistani Labor
Weighted average:
53,494.5 $
per 1,000 people
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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