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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) (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bahrain :
1,017,045.911 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Bahraini Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
524,461.809 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Saudi Labor
# 3
Libya :
480,245.775 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Libyan Labor
# 4
Kuwait :
474,699.351 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Kuwaiti Labor
# 5
Oman :
400,000.319 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Omani Labor
# 6
Switzerland :
366,225.999 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Swiss Labor
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
154,112.228 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 8
Bahamas, The :
144,378.775 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Bahamian Labor
# 9
Belgium :
120,483.151 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Belgian Labor
# 10
Gabon :
117,015.927 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Gabonese Labor
# 11
France :
86,172.53 $
per 1,000 people
1981
French Labor
# 12
Jordan :
69,246.977 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Jordanian Labor
# 13
Netherlands :
62,048.15 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Dutch Labor
# 14
Germany :
61,108.419 $
per 1,000 people
1981
German Labor
# 15
New Zealand :
61,049.285 $
per 1,000 people
1981
New Zealand Labor
# 16
Côte d'Ivoire :
57,580.337 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Ivoirian Labor
# 17
Grenada :
56,179.775 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Grenadian Labor
# 18
Trinidad and Tobago :
47,224.472 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Tobagonian Labor
# 19
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
44,692.737 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Nevisian Labor
# 20
Suriname :
41,733.672 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Surinamese Labor
# 21
Austria :
37,805.684 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Austrian Labor
# 22
South Africa :
37,162.025 $
per 1,000 people
1981
South African Labor
# 23
Kiribati :
33,697.832 $
per 1,000 people
1981
- Labor
# 24
Norway :
32,439.024 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Norwegian Labor
# 25
Botswana :
26,725.278 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 26
Venezuela :
24,598.239 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Venezuelan Labor
# 27
Australia :
24,452.335 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Australian Labor
# 28
Iceland :
21,645.022 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Icelandic Labor
# 29
United States :
20,569.496 $
per 1,000 people
1981
American Labor
# 30
Malta :
19,222.531 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Maltese Labor
# 31
Fiji :
18,486.139 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Fijian Labor
# 32
Swaziland :
17,155.219 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Swazi Labor
# 33
Liberia :
17,050.475 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Liberian Labor
# 34
Jamaica :
16,186.468 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Jamaican Labor
# 35
Zimbabwe :
16,073.54 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Zimbabwean Labor
# 36
Panama :
16,043.88 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Panamanian Labor
# 37
Cyprus :
13,490.075 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Cypriot Labor
# 38
Mauritania :
13,347.36 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Mauritanian Labor
# 39
Senegal :
12,414.181 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Senegalese Labor
# 40
Papua New Guinea :
12,346.043 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 41
Congo, Republic of the :
11,823.584 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Congolese Labor
# 42
Cameroon :
11,217.08 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Cameroonian Labor
# 43
Haiti :
11,115.629 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Haitian Labor
# 44
Zambia :
11,018.712 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Zambian Labor
# 45
Sweden :
9,735.577 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Swedish Labor
# 46
Israel :
9,605.662 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Israeli Labor
# 47
Chile :
8,198.246 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Chilean Labor
# 48
Ecuador :
8,065.016 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Ecuadorian Labor
# 49
Italy :
7,893.526 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Italian Labor
# 50
Algeria :
7,715.073 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Algerian Labor
# 51
Niger :
7,500.216 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Nigerien Labor
# 52
Burkina Faso :
6,689.08 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Burkinabe Labor
# 53
Greece :
6,681.057 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Greek Labor
# 54
Central African Republic :
6,680.928 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Central African Labor
# 55
Nigeria :
6,620.868 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Nigerian Labor
# 56
Barbados :
4,004.645 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Barbadian Labor
# 57
Rwanda :
3,921.875 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Rwandan Labor
# 58
Tunisia :
3,356.122 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Tunisian Labor
# 59
Morocco :
2,971.484 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Moroccan Labor
# 60
Sudan :
2,954.703 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Sudanese Labor
# 61
Comoros :
2,906.749 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Comoran Labor
# 62
Togo :
2,776.145 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Togolese Labor
# 63
Finland :
2,500 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Finnish Labor
# 64
Madagascar :
2,466.814 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Malagasy Labor
# 65
Mozambique :
2,350.58 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Mozambican Labor
# 66
Mali :
2,099.89 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Malian Labor
# 67
Japan :
2,039.984 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Japanese Labor
# 68
Colombia :
1,828.392 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Colombian Labor
# 69
Portugal :
1,522.688 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Portuguese Labor
# 70
Nicaragua :
1,266.183 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Nicaraguan Labor
# 71
Brazil :
1,237.15 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Brazilian Labor
# 72
Korea, South :
1,213.749 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Korean Labor
# 73
Malaysia :
1,204.501 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Malaysian Labor
# 74
Mauritius :
1,021.312 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Mauritian Labor
# 75
Guatemala :
973.991 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Guatemalan Labor
# 76
Argentina :
946.632 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Argentine Labor
# 77
Ghana :
858.439 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Ghanaian Labor
# 78
Kenya :
768.55 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Kenyan Labor
# 79
Thailand :
761.94 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Thai Labor
# 80
Paraguay :
623.302 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Paraguayan Labor
# 81
Sierra Leone :
606.756 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 82
Benin :
521.848 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Beninese Labor
# 83
Somalia :
450.426 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Somali Labor
# 84
El Salvador :
431.23 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Salvadoran Labor
# 85
Costa Rica :
414.357 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Costa Rican Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
365.332 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Spain :
317.957 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Spanish Labor
# 88
Mexico :
274.593 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Mexican Labor
# 89
Philippines :
223.091 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Philippine Labor
# 90
Chad :
211.326 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Chadian Labor
# 91
Uganda :
77.078 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Ugandan Labor
# 92
Ethiopia :
25.792 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Ethiopian Labor
# 93
India :
21.343 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Indian Labor
# 94
Pakistan :
11.751 $
per 1,000 people
1981
Pakistani Labor
Weighted average:
53,188.4 $
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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"Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) (1981) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_wor_rem_and_com_of_emp_pai_us_percap-employees-paid-us-per-capita&date=1981
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