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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) (1985) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bahrain :
1,881,517.596 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Bahraini Labor
# 2
Oman :
621,985.01 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Omani Labor
# 3
Kuwait :
609,813.084 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Kuwaiti Labor
# 4
Saudi Arabia :
403,634.026 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Saudi Labor
# 5
Switzerland :
387,789.799 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Swiss Labor
# 6
Libya :
226,900.523 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Libyan Labor
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
198,000.198 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 8
Bahamas, The :
145,657.063 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Bahamian Labor
# 9
Gabon :
127,849.727 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Gabonese Labor
# 10
Vanuatu :
113,611.404 $
per 1,000 people
1985
- Labor
# 11
Israel :
96,858.02 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Israeli Labor
# 12
Jordan :
89,258.699 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Jordanian Labor
# 13
Belgium :
79,022.114 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Belgian Labor
# 14
France :
75,638.934 $
per 1,000 people
1985
French Labor
# 15
Liberia :
46,979.884 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Liberian Labor
# 16
Germany :
46,307.498 $
per 1,000 people
1985
German Labor
# 17
Trinidad and Tobago :
45,829.748 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Tobagonian Labor
# 18
Netherlands :
45,404.361 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Dutch Labor
# 19
Grenada :
44,444.444 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Grenadian Labor
# 20
New Zealand :
38,820.113 $
per 1,000 people
1985
New Zealand Labor
# 21
Belize :
36,101.083 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Belizean Labor
# 22
Sweden :
34,730.539 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Swedish Labor
# 23
Norway :
34,673.73 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Norwegian Labor
# 24
Côte d'Ivoire :
27,326.541 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Ivoirian Labor
# 25
United States :
26,605.134 $
per 1,000 people
1985
American Labor
# 26
Austria :
25,148.908 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Austrian Labor
# 27
Jamaica :
25,096.275 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Jamaican Labor
# 28
Suriname :
23,480.854 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Surinamese Labor
# 29
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
23,392.907 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Nevisian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
23,061.287 $
per 1,000 people
1985
South African Labor
# 31
Iceland :
20,746.888 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Icelandic Labor
# 32
Australia :
19,799.467 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Australian Labor
# 33
Ireland :
17,514.124 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Irish Labor
# 34
Congo, Republic of the :
16,082.075 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Congolese Labor
# 35
Saint Lucia :
16,025.641 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Saint Lucian Labor
# 36
Fiji :
15,521.114 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Fijian Labor
# 37
Kiribati :
15,384.615 $
per 1,000 people
1985
- Labor
# 38
Swaziland :
15,174.507 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Swazi Labor
# 39
Malta :
14,534.884 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Maltese Labor
# 40
Panama :
14,249.408 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Panamanian Labor
# 41
Cameroon :
13,808.025 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Cameroonian Labor
# 42
Mauritania :
13,241.482 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Mauritanian Labor
# 43
Comoros :
13,090.684 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Comoran Labor
# 44
Botswana :
12,940.901 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 45
Ecuador :
12,529.129 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Ecuadorian Labor
# 46
Venezuela :
12,428.408 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Venezuelan Labor
# 47
Cyprus :
11,080.332 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Cypriot Labor
# 48
Solomon Islands :
11,036.797 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Solomon Islander Labor
# 49
Maldives :
10,893.543 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Maldivian Labor
# 50
Tonga :
10,829.778 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Tongan Labor
# 51
Italy :
10,708.038 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Italian Labor
# 52
Papua New Guinea :
9,302.132 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 53
Angola :
8,516.158 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Angolan Labor
# 54
Haiti :
7,668.399 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Haitian Labor
# 55
Senegal :
6,840.89 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Senegalese Labor
# 56
Niger :
6,763.583 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Nigerien Labor
# 57
Algeria :
5,928.315 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Algerian Labor
# 58
Central African Republic :
5,602.682 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Central African Labor
# 59
Burkina Faso :
5,551.215 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Burkinabe Labor
# 60
Greece :
4,529.897 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Greek Labor
# 61
Guinea-Bissau :
4,489.071 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Guinean Labor
# 62
Barbados :
3,956.604 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Barbadian Labor
# 63
Mali :
3,681.321 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Malian Labor
# 64
Nigeria :
3,652.044 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Nigerian Labor
# 65
Spain :
3,410.748 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Spanish Labor
# 66
Zambia :
3,356.639 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Zambian Labor
# 67
Colombia :
3,104.794 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Colombian Labor
# 68
Korea, South :
2,842.719 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Korean Labor
# 69
Rwanda :
2,639.914 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Rwandan Labor
# 70
Benin :
2,503.766 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Beninese Labor
# 71
Finland :
2,447.98 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Finnish Labor
# 72
Japan :
2,401.577 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Japanese Labor
# 73
Tunisia :
2,341.481 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Tunisian Labor
# 74
Chad :
2,109.351 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Chadian Labor
# 75
Togo :
2,086.66 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Togolese Labor
# 76
Mozambique :
1,891.286 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Mozambican Labor
# 77
Burundi :
1,842.379 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Burundian Labor
# 78
Zimbabwe :
1,687.74 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Zimbabwean Labor
# 79
Portugal :
1,498.292 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Portuguese Labor
# 80
Thailand :
1,363.323 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Thai Labor
# 81
Madagascar :
1,340.103 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Malagasy Labor
# 82
Peru :
1,229.774 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Peruvian Labor
# 83
Chile :
1,074.188 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Chilean Labor
# 84
Mauritius :
984.252 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Mauritian Labor
# 85
Morocco :
964.226 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Moroccan Labor
# 86
Malaysia :
829.23 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Malaysian Labor
# 87
Ghana :
820.937 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Ghanaian Labor
# 88
Guatemala :
756.758 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Guatemalan Labor
# 89
El Salvador :
629.053 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Salvadoran Labor
# 90
Argentina :
593.955 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Argentine Labor
# 91
Sudan :
513.217 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Sudanese Labor
# 92
Bolivia :
503 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Bolivian Labor
# 93
Costa Rica :
370.825 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Costa Rican Labor
# 94
Kenya :
304.979 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Kenyan Labor
# 95
Paraguay :
277.104 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Paraguayan Labor
# 96
Brazil :
44.097 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Brazilian Labor
# 97
India :
40.515 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Indian Labor
# 98
Ethiopia :
23.068 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Ethiopian Labor
# 99
Pakistan :
21.098 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Pakistani Labor
# 100
Philippines :
18.428 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Philippine Labor
# 101
China :
2.854 $
per 1,000 people
1985
Chinese Labor
Weighted average:
59,682.3 $
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) (1985) 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=1985
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