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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) (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bahrain :
1,132,692.151 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bahraini Labor
# 2
Switzerland :
1,092,405.063 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Swiss Labor
# 3
Kuwait :
794,770.597 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Kuwaiti Labor
# 4
Saudi Arabia :
750,035.031 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Saudi Labor
# 5
Oman :
623,111.975 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Omani Labor
# 6
Israel :
481,326.411 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Israeli Labor
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
335,403.518 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 8
Belgium :
328,040.772 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belgian Labor
# 9
Vanuatu :
326,140.132 $
per 1,000 people
1998
- Labor
# 10
Netherlands :
179,322.207 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Labor
# 11
Bahamas, The :
174,235.669 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bahamian Labor
# 12
Norway :
168,321.3 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Norwegian Labor
# 13
New Zealand :
160,681.52 $
per 1,000 people
1998
New Zealand Labor
# 14
Malaysia :
133,148.092 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malaysian Labor
# 15
Austria :
116,755.973 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Austrian Labor
# 16
Maldives :
112,832.72 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Maldivian Labor
# 17
Germany :
111,655.515 $
per 1,000 people
1998
German Labor
# 18
United States :
99,425.783 $
per 1,000 people
1998
American Labor
# 19
Cyprus :
76,577.572 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cypriot Labor
# 20
Botswana :
75,962.222 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 21
Gabon :
73,260.134 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Gabonese Labor
# 22
France :
72,553.855 $
per 1,000 people
1998
French Labor
# 23
Czech Republic :
72,365.929 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Czech Labor
# 24
Sweden :
70,042.251 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Swedish Labor
# 25
Iceland :
65,693.431 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Icelandic Labor
# 26
Denmark :
65,270.704 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Danish Labor
# 27
Barbados :
56,695.128 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Barbadian Labor
# 28
Jamaica :
52,409.672 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Jamaican Labor
# 29
Australia :
51,627.385 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Australian Labor
# 30
Fiji :
47,837.072 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Fijian Labor
# 31
Jordan :
45,025.449 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Jordanian Labor
# 32
Ireland :
44,708.988 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Irish Labor
# 33
Italy :
41,784.577 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Italian Labor
# 34
Libya :
40,775.015 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Libyan Labor
# 35
United Kingdom :
39,030.294 $
per 1,000 people
1998
British Labor
# 36
Belize :
37,735.849 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belizean Labor
# 37
Côte d'Ivoire :
32,314.843 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ivoirian Labor
# 38
Lesotho :
31,885.667 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Basotho Labor
# 39
Spain :
31,318.367 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Spanish Labor
# 40
Kazakhstan :
31,251.451 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Kazakhstani Labor
# 41
Malta :
31,168.831 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Maltese Labor
# 42
Portugal :
29,617.929 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Portuguese Labor
# 43
Japan :
26,896.606 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Japanese Labor
# 44
Hong Kong :
26,743.28 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Hong Kong Labor
# 45
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
24,919.013 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nevisian Labor
# 46
Costa Rica :
24,813.849 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Costa Rican Labor
# 47
Finland :
20,182.418 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Finnish Labor
# 48
Grenada :
19,980.02 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Grenadian Labor
# 49
Lithuania :
17,721.519 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Lithuanian Labor
# 50
Russia :
17,372.48 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Russian Labor
# 51
Samoa :
17,265.193 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Samoan Labor
# 52
South Africa :
16,634.972 $
per 1,000 people
1998
South African Labor
# 53
Guyana :
16,235.677 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guyanese Labor
# 54
Slovenia :
15,636.033 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Slovenian Labor
# 55
Angola :
15,313.541 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Angolan Labor
# 56
Cape Verde :
11,623.582 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cape Verdean Labor
# 57
Venezuela :
11,147.653 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Venezuelan Labor
# 58
Cambodia :
11,134.089 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cambodian Labor
# 59
Belarus :
11,023.935 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belarusian Labor
# 60
Congo, Republic of the :
10,863.327 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Congolese Labor
# 61
Macedonia, Republic of :
10,537.096 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Macedonian Labor
# 62
Korea, South :
10,499.708 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Korean Labor
# 63
Kyrgyzstan :
10,423.181 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 64
Croatia :
9,111.111 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Croatian Labor
# 65
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
8,712.775 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 66
Solomon Islands :
7,576.025 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Solomon Islander Labor
# 67
Panama :
7,402.394 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Panamanian Labor
# 68
Hungary :
7,305.264 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Hungarian Labor
# 69
Argentina :
6,841.734 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Argentine Labor
# 70
Senegal :
6,806.987 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Senegalese Labor
# 71
Saint Lucia :
6,581.026 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Saint Lucian Labor
# 72
Moldova :
5,640.18 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Moldovan Labor
# 73
Namibia :
5,537.117 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Namibian Labor
# 74
Suriname :
4,693.569 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Surinamese Labor
# 75
Poland :
4,551.786 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Polish Labor
# 76
Benin :
4,422.639 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Beninese Labor
# 77
Mauritania :
4,005.642 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritanian Labor
# 78
Zambia :
3,800.37 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Zambian Labor
# 79
Azerbaijan :
3,791.23 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Azerbaijani Labor
# 80
Colombia :
3,745.025 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Colombian Labor
# 81
Latvia :
3,319.502 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Latvian Labor
# 82
Tunisia :
3,214.297 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Tunisian Labor
# 83
Papua New Guinea :
3,165.492 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 84
Peru :
3,106.07 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Peruvian Labor
# 85
Guatemala :
3,094.309 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guatemalan Labor
# 86
Guinea :
2,915.499 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guinean Labor
# 87
Mali :
2,907.333 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malian Labor
# 88
Brazil :
2,630.149 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Brazilian Labor
# 89
Yemen :
2,549.943 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Yemeni Labor
# 90
Georgia :
2,278.181 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Georgian Labor
# 91
Dominican Republic :
2,248.079 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Dominican Labor
# 92
Estonia :
2,164.19 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Estonian Labor
# 93
Swaziland :
2,019.125 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Swazi Labor
# 94
Niger :
1,909.608 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerien Labor
# 95
Bolivia :
1,879.803 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bolivian Labor
# 96
Syria :
1,816.143 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Syrian Labor
# 97
Mozambique :
1,808.346 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mozambican Labor
# 98
Slovakia :
1,669.555 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Slovak Labor
# 99
Egypt :
1,667.326 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Egyptian Labor
# 100
Laos :
1,392.946 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Lao Labor
# 101
Mongolia :
1,273.286 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mongolian Labor
# 102
Eritrea :
1,207.422 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Eritrean Labor
# 103
Togo :
1,197.322 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Togolese Labor
# 104
Kenya :
1,193.271 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Kenyan Labor
# 105
Morocco :
1,155.68 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Moroccan Labor
# 106
Chile :
1,064.635 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Chilean Labor
# 107
Nepal :
1,028.762 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nepalese Labor
# 108
Armenia :
961.852 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Armenian Labor
# 109
Sri Lanka :
958.773 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sri Lankan Labor
# 110
Mauritius :
861.756 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritian Labor
# 111
Madagascar :
851.59 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malagasy Labor
# 112
Rwanda :
438.296 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Rwandan Labor
# 113
Ecuador :
418.279 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ecuadorian Labor
# 114
Bulgaria :
363.328 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bulgarian Labor
# 115
Burundi :
317.041 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Burundian Labor
# 116
Ghana :
315.645 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ghanaian Labor
# 117
Romania :
266.631 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Romanian Labor
# 118
China :
256.857 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Chinese Labor
# 119
El Salvador :
165.698 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Salvadoran Labor
# 120
Honduras :
163.813 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Honduran Labor
# 121
Sudan :
158.733 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sudanese Labor
# 122
Tanzania :
124.017 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Tanzanian Labor
# 123
Malawi :
91.768 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malawian Labor
# 124
Ethiopia :
65.289 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ethiopian Labor
# 125
Ukraine :
59.828 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ukrainian Labor
# 126
India :
44.798 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Indian Labor
# 127
Nigeria :
42.248 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerian Labor
# 128
Pakistan :
37.999 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Pakistani Labor
# 129
Bangladesh :
24.212 $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bangladeshi Labor
Weighted average:
68,585.8 $
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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