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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) (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Switzerland :
1,275,735.294 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Swiss Labor
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
811,707.317 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Saudi Labor
# 3
Bahrain :
722,765.548 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Bahraini Labor
# 4
Oman :
476,515.634 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Omani Labor
# 5
Kuwait :
312,545.855 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Kuwaiti Labor
# 6
Belgium :
243,090.609 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Belgian Labor
# 7
Bahamas, The :
211,937.883 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Bahamian Labor
# 8
Israel :
160,638.513 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Israeli Labor
# 9
Seychelles :
141,334.766 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Seychellois Labor
# 10
France :
123,241.63 $
per 1,000 people
1991
French Labor
# 11
Gabon :
118,320.217 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Gabonese Labor
# 12
Iceland :
100,775.194 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Icelandic Labor
# 13
New Zealand :
100,140.196 $
per 1,000 people
1991
New Zealand Labor
# 14
Norway :
96,440.388 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Norwegian Labor
# 15
Netherlands :
93,961.513 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Dutch Labor
# 16
Libya :
92,305.012 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Libyan Labor
# 17
Germany :
86,834.804 $
per 1,000 people
1991
German Labor
# 18
Vanuatu :
84,548.446 $
per 1,000 people
1991
- Labor
# 19
Botswana :
81,105.654 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 20
Maldives :
76,358.851 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Maldivian Labor
# 21
Netherlands Antilles :
62,839.727 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 22
United States :
55,019.942 $
per 1,000 people
1991
American Labor
# 23
Sweden :
53,496.414 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Swedish Labor
# 24
Austria :
53,340.863 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Austrian Labor
# 25
Italy :
49,067.411 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Italian Labor
# 26
Ireland :
47,650.112 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Irish Labor
# 27
Australia :
37,780.606 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Australian Labor
# 28
United Kingdom :
34,757.749 $
per 1,000 people
1991
British Labor
# 29
Fiji :
34,259.387 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Fijian Labor
# 30
Côte d'Ivoire :
34,091.76 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Ivoirian Labor
# 31
Venezuela :
33,519.83 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Venezuelan Labor
# 32
Barbados :
30,990.455 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Barbadian Labor
# 33
Belize :
30,927.835 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Belizean Labor
# 34
Cyprus :
30,247.017 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cypriot Labor
# 35
Dominica :
27,777.778 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Dominican Labor
# 36
Suriname :
27,191.983 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Surinamese Labor
# 37
Kiribati :
27,087.425 $
per 1,000 people
1991
- Labor
# 38
South Africa :
24,044.676 $
per 1,000 people
1991
South African Labor
# 39
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
23,923.445 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Nevisian Labor
# 40
Malta :
22,026.856 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Maltese Labor
# 41
Solomon Islands :
21,474.896 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Solomon Islander Labor
# 42
Congo, Republic of the :
20,278.787 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Congolese Labor
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
19,097.381 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Guinean Labor
# 44
Samoa :
18,460.857 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Samoan Labor
# 45
Namibia :
17,907.594 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Namibian Labor
# 46
Jordan :
17,207.334 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Jordanian Labor
# 47
Trinidad and Tobago :
15,531.923 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tobagonian Labor
# 48
Saint Lucia :
14,705.882 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Saint Lucian Labor
# 49
Mauritania :
13,947.907 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Mauritanian Labor
# 50
Comoros :
13,428.316 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Comoran Labor
# 51
Finland :
11,767.052 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Finnish Labor
# 52
Angola :
11,518.699 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Angolan Labor
# 53
Greece :
11,500.975 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Greek Labor
# 54
Central African Republic :
11,374.845 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Central African Labor
# 55
Jamaica :
11,221.749 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Jamaican Labor
# 56
Malaysia :
11,187.526 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Malaysian Labor
# 57
Senegal :
10,848.446 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Senegalese Labor
# 58
Grenada :
10,590.416 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Grenadian Labor
# 59
Tonga :
10,534.966 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tongan Labor
# 60
Japan :
10,474.415 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Japanese Labor
# 61
Spain :
9,912.928 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Spanish Labor
# 62
Yemen :
9,873.875 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Yemeni Labor
# 63
Portugal :
9,461.5 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Portuguese Labor
# 64
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
9,073.504 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 65
Korea, South :
9,013.59 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Korean Labor
# 66
Cape Verde :
8,246.108 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cape Verdean Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
8,084.135 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Cameroon :
7,928.407 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cameroonian Labor
# 69
Niger :
7,436.281 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Nigerien Labor
# 70
Panama :
6,502.083 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Panamanian Labor
# 71
Swaziland :
6,293.702 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Swazi Labor
# 72
Chad :
6,250.402 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Chadian Labor
# 73
Mali :
5,589.559 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Malian Labor
# 74
Papua New Guinea :
4,976.102 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 75
Peru :
3,922.44 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Peruvian Labor
# 76
Benin :
3,911.392 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Beninese Labor
# 77
Guinea :
3,347.171 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Guinean Labor
# 78
Togo :
3,195.841 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Togolese Labor
# 79
Colombia :
2,953.918 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Colombian Labor
# 80
Rwanda :
2,632.203 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Rwandan Labor
# 81
Zambia :
2,320.623 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Zambian Labor
# 82
Mozambique :
2,180.239 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Mozambican Labor
# 83
Guatemala :
2,088.055 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Guatemalan Labor
# 84
Mauritius :
1,875.019 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Mauritian Labor
# 85
Tunisia :
1,322.401 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tunisian Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
1,318.78 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Thailand :
956.462 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Thai Labor
# 88
Zimbabwe :
921.036 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Zimbabwean Labor
# 89
Morocco :
893.074 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Moroccan Labor
# 90
Burundi :
862.832 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Burundian Labor
# 91
Algeria :
848.732 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Algerian Labor
# 92
Madagascar :
806.591 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Malagasy Labor
# 93
Argentina :
635.626 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Argentine Labor
# 94
Egypt :
580.872 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Egyptian Labor
# 95
Nigeria :
555.287 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Nigerian Labor
# 96
Chile :
521.652 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Chilean Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
384.071 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Ghana :
314.074 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Ghanaian Labor
# 99
Ecuador :
285.548 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Ecuadorian Labor
# 100
Kenya :
165.29 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Kenyan Labor
# 101
Brazil :
144.873 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Brazilian Labor
# 102
Philippines :
143.915 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Philippine Labor
# 103
India :
60.009 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Indian Labor
# 104
China :
15.642 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Chinese Labor
# 105
Pakistan :
9.029 $
per 1,000 people
1991
Pakistani Labor
Weighted average:
62,687.8 $
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) (1991) 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=1991
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