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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) (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Switzerland :
1,359,061.351 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Swiss Labor
# 2
Bahrain :
927,025.36 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Bahraini Labor
# 3
Saudi Arabia :
816,350.833 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Saudi Labor
# 4
Kuwait :
726,504.752 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Kuwaiti Labor
# 5
Oman :
612,256.381 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Omani Labor
# 6
Vanuatu :
408,262.785 $
per 1,000 people
1996
- Labor
# 7
Israel :
355,762.474 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Israeli Labor
# 8
Belgium :
336,516.688 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Belgian Labor
# 9
Netherlands :
274,537.604 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Dutch Labor
# 10
Bahamas, The :
204,392.32 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Bahamian Labor
# 11
New Zealand :
175,509.11 $
per 1,000 people
1996
New Zealand Labor
# 12
Norway :
147,683.177 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Norwegian Labor
# 13
Germany :
133,435.882 $
per 1,000 people
1996
German Labor
# 14
Maldives :
104,098.392 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Maldivian Labor
# 15
Gabon :
98,155.289 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Gabonese Labor
# 16
United States :
88,060.61 $
per 1,000 people
1996
American Labor
# 17
Cyprus :
81,657.342 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Cypriot Labor
# 18
France :
76,913.797 $
per 1,000 people
1996
French Labor
# 19
Netherlands Antilles :
75,927.262 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 20
Barbados :
68,457.724 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Barbadian Labor
# 21
Malaysia :
68,207.437 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Malaysian Labor
# 22
Botswana :
59,406.541 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 23
Iceland :
55,555.556 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Icelandic Labor
# 24
Libya :
55,469.338 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Libyan Labor
# 25
Fiji :
51,474.619 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Fijian Labor
# 26
Ireland :
49,208.946 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Irish Labor
# 27
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
48,935.65 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Nevisian Labor
# 28
Sweden :
48,399.864 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Swedish Labor
# 29
Australia :
47,567.036 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Australian Labor
# 30
Austria :
43,440.236 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Austrian Labor
# 31
Denmark :
39,718.738 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Danish Labor
# 32
Malta :
39,473.684 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Maltese Labor
# 33
Jamaica :
38,248.17 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Jamaican Labor
# 34
Italy :
36,579.275 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Italian Labor
# 35
Belize :
36,036.036 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Belizean Labor
# 36
Samoa :
35,294.948 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Samoan Labor
# 37
Lesotho :
35,015.763 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Basotho Labor
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
34,533.527 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Ivoirian Labor
# 39
United Kingdom :
34,341.866 $
per 1,000 people
1996
British Labor
# 40
Portugal :
34,311.288 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Portuguese Labor
# 41
Greece :
29,788.029 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Greek Labor
# 42
Solomon Islands :
29,397.145 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Solomon Islander Labor
# 43
Czech Republic :
29,374.697 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Czech Labor
# 44
Japan :
28,259.953 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Japanese Labor
# 45
Russia :
27,325.215 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Russian Labor
# 46
Kazakhstan :
27,153.87 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Kazakhstani Labor
# 47
Spain :
25,862.407 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Spanish Labor
# 48
Jordan :
23,121.147 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Jordanian Labor
# 49
Belarus :
18,897.638 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Belarusian Labor
# 50
Korea, South :
17,484.898 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Korean Labor
# 51
South Africa :
14,824.907 $
per 1,000 people
1996
South African Labor
# 52
Slovenia :
14,565.545 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Slovenian Labor
# 53
Angola :
13,812.407 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Angolan Labor
# 54
Costa Rica :
12,908.951 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Costa Rican Labor
# 55
Venezuela :
12,887.743 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Venezuelan Labor
# 56
Congo, Republic of the :
12,608.843 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Congolese Labor
# 57
Finland :
10,731.707 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Finnish Labor
# 58
Grenada :
10,101.01 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Grenadian Labor
# 59
Lithuania :
9,153.953 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Lithuanian Labor
# 60
Hungary :
9,116.265 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Hungarian Labor
# 61
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
8,803.127 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 62
Panama :
7,339.016 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Panamanian Labor
# 63
Cape Verde :
7,304.531 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Cape Verdean Labor
# 64
Senegal :
7,267.342 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Senegalese Labor
# 65
Suriname :
7,176.003 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Surinamese Labor
# 66
Kyrgyzstan :
7,086.107 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 67
Saint Lucia :
6,799.853 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Saint Lucian Labor
# 68
Cambodia :
6,602.607 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Cambodian Labor
# 69
Namibia :
6,458.382 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Namibian Labor
# 70
Poland :
6,292.403 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Polish Labor
# 71
Argentina :
5,699.565 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Argentine Labor
# 72
Guyana :
5,446.304 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Guyanese Labor
# 73
Armenia :
5,349.214 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Armenian Labor
# 74
Benin :
5,313.77 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Beninese Labor
# 75
Mauritania :
5,079.571 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Mauritanian Labor
# 76
Swaziland :
4,305.779 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Swazi Labor
# 77
Bulgaria :
4,068.933 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Bulgarian Labor
# 78
Yemen :
3,798.541 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Yemeni Labor
# 79
Croatia :
3,786.192 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Croatian Labor
# 80
Papua New Guinea :
3,743.135 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 81
Colombia :
3,594.835 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Colombian Labor
# 82
Niger :
3,213.875 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Nigerien Labor
# 83
Brazil :
2,496.655 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Brazilian Labor
# 84
Guinea-Bissau :
2,451.111 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Guinean Labor
# 85
Slovakia :
2,419.148 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Slovak Labor
# 86
Tunisia :
2,310.409 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Tunisian Labor
# 87
Egypt :
2,276.399 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Egyptian Labor
# 88
Mali :
2,206.481 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Malian Labor
# 89
Laos :
2,080.047 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Lao Labor
# 90
Azerbaijan :
1,932.243 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Azerbaijani Labor
# 91
Bolivia :
1,699.875 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Bolivian Labor
# 92
Turkmenistan :
1,639.313 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Turkmen Labor
# 93
Togo :
1,501.144 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Togolese Labor
# 94
Guinea :
1,459.828 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Guinean Labor
# 95
Estonia :
1,412.429 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Estonian Labor
# 96
Honduras :
1,383.272 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Honduran Labor
# 97
Moldova :
1,380.209 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Moldovan Labor
# 98
Syria :
1,320.032 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Syrian Labor
# 99
Guatemala :
1,274.872 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Guatemalan Labor
# 100
Peru :
1,195.447 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Peruvian Labor
# 101
Dominican Republic :
1,103.054 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Dominican Labor
# 102
Mozambique :
980.356 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Mozambican Labor
# 103
Chile :
957.792 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Chilean Labor
# 104
Madagascar :
904.585 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Malagasy Labor
# 105
Mauritius :
881.837 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Mauritian Labor
# 106
Sri Lanka :
872.6 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Sri Lankan Labor
# 107
Philippines :
815.788 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Philippine Labor
# 108
Nepal :
809.861 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Nepalese Labor
# 109
Burundi :
804.562 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Burundian Labor
# 110
Latvia :
802.89 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Latvian Labor
# 111
Ecuador :
776.383 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Ecuadorian Labor
# 112
Morocco :
707.277 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Moroccan Labor
# 113
India :
567.057 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Indian Labor
# 114
Rwanda :
528.744 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Rwandan Labor
# 115
Macedonia, Republic of :
506.726 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Macedonian Labor
# 116
Ghana :
275.333 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Ghanaian Labor
# 117
El Salvador :
172.709 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Salvadoran Labor
# 118
Kenya :
143.152 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Kenyan Labor
# 119
Malawi :
96.879 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Malawian Labor
# 120
Romania :
88.464 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Romanian Labor
# 121
Sudan :
33.268 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Sudanese Labor
# 122
Tanzania :
32.557 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Tanzanian Labor
# 123
Pakistan :
31.895 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Pakistani Labor
# 124
Ukraine :
19.586 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Ukrainian Labor
# 125
Nigeria :
17.844 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Nigerian Labor
# 126
Ethiopia :
17.172 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Ethiopian Labor
# 127
Bangladesh :
8.407 $
per 1,000 people
1996
Bangladeshi Labor
Weighted average:
67,000.7 $
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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