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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) (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Luxembourg :
9,043,968.433 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Luxembourg Labor
# 2
Switzerland :
1,266,079.088 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Swiss Labor
# 3
Bahrain :
1,252,997.783 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Bahraini Labor
# 4
Kuwait :
824,439.734 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Kuwaiti Labor
# 5
Saudi Arabia :
734,347.295 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Saudi Labor
# 6
Lebanon :
651,552.846 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Lebanese Labor
# 7
Oman :
642,717.354 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Omani Labor
# 8
Israel :
392,237.443 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Israeli Labor
# 9
Netherlands Antilles :
310,820.51 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 10
Bahamas, The :
267,630.567 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Bahamian Labor
# 11
Seychelles :
179,211.47 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Seychellois Labor
# 12
Netherlands :
178,897.745 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Dutch Labor
# 13
Belgium :
178,602.536 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Belgian Labor
# 14
Maldives :
166,876.626 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Maldivian Labor
# 15
Cyprus :
164,719.133 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Cypriot Labor
# 16
Denmark :
160,022.18 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Danish Labor
# 17
Malaysia :
159,610.061 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Malaysian Labor
# 18
Tonga :
158,094.956 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Tongan Labor
# 19
Ireland :
149,498.957 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Irish Labor
# 20
Norway :
144,997.796 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Norwegian Labor
# 21
Austria :
135,458.778 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Austrian Labor
# 22
Libya :
125,744.365 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Libyan Labor
# 23
United States :
125,276.989 $
per 1,000 people
2002
American Labor
# 24
Germany :
116,012.993 $
per 1,000 people
2002
German Labor
# 25
Jamaica :
106,208.417 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Jamaican Labor
# 26
Czech Republic :
88,030.585 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Czech Labor
# 27
Botswana :
81,309.627 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 28
Iceland :
79,861.111 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Icelandic Labor
# 29
Vanuatu :
75,266.066 $
per 1,000 people
2002
- Labor
# 30
Gabon :
72,729.917 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Gabonese Labor
# 31
Guyana :
72,242.059 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Guyanese Labor
# 32
Spain :
70,535.497 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Spanish Labor
# 33
New Zealand :
69,305.171 $
per 1,000 people
2002
New Zealand Labor
# 34
Portugal :
67,320.388 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Portuguese Labor
# 35
Sweden :
66,113.85 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Swedish Labor
# 36
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
64,226.076 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Nevisian Labor
# 37
Belize :
64,102.564 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Belizean Labor
# 38
France :
63,827.003 $
per 1,000 people
2002
French Labor
# 39
Barbados :
63,547.126 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Barbadian Labor
# 40
Italy :
62,616.564 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Italian Labor
# 41
Australia :
60,332.977 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Australian Labor
# 42
Suriname :
49,923.979 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Surinamese Labor
# 43
Fiji :
48,408.393 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Fijian Labor
# 44
Hong Kong :
44,054.811 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Hong Kong Labor
# 45
United Kingdom :
41,128.544 $
per 1,000 people
2002
British Labor
# 46
Kazakhstan :
39,975.772 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Kazakhstani Labor
# 47
Jordan :
38,507.344 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Jordanian Labor
# 48
Greece :
37,496.985 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Greek Labor
# 49
Swaziland :
36,942.553 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Swazi Labor
# 50
Costa Rica :
36,124.496 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Costa Rican Labor
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
33,109.565 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ivoirian Labor
# 52
Korea, South :
30,956.547 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Korean Labor
# 53
Azerbaijan :
28,757.107 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Azerbaijani Labor
# 54
Malta :
27,781.286 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Maltese Labor
# 55
Japan :
26,277.796 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Japanese Labor
# 56
Slovenia :
23,069.208 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Slovenian Labor
# 57
Finland :
21,728.275 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Finnish Labor
# 58
Grenada :
19,323.485 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Grenadian Labor
# 59
Uganda :
15,443.926 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ugandan Labor
# 60
Angola :
15,322.756 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Angolan Labor
# 61
Russia :
15,320.059 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Russian Labor
# 62
Venezuela :
15,186.36 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Venezuelan Labor
# 63
Panama :
14,692.27 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Panamanian Labor
# 64
Moldova :
13,886.244 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Moldovan Labor
# 65
Solomon Islands :
13,573.064 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Solomon Islander Labor
# 66
South Africa :
11,936.652 $
per 1,000 people
2002
South African Labor
# 67
Lesotho :
11,668.547 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Basotho Labor
# 68
Croatia :
11,478.343 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Croatian Labor
# 69
Kyrgyzstan :
11,415.525 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 70
Macedonia, Republic of :
11,376.531 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Macedonian Labor
# 71
Papua New Guinea :
11,195.056 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 72
Sri Lanka :
10,995.949 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Sri Lankan Labor
# 73
Hungary :
10,532.937 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Hungarian Labor
# 74
Cambodia :
10,023.748 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Cambodian Labor
# 75
Congo, Republic of the :
9,569.598 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Congolese Labor
# 76
Poland :
9,233.103 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Polish Labor
# 77
Lithuania :
8,936.051 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Lithuanian Labor
# 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
8,534.316 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 79
Mauritius :
8,263.124 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Mauritian Labor
# 80
Armenia :
7,869 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Armenian Labor
# 81
Guatemala :
7,001.934 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Guatemalan Labor
# 82
Belarus :
6,851.385 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Belarusian Labor
# 83
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6,850.066 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Sao Tomean Labor
# 84
Saint Lucia :
6,284.052 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Saint Lucian Labor
# 85
Mongolia :
5,717.765 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Mongolian Labor
# 86
Georgia :
5,634.836 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Georgian Labor
# 87
Peru :
4,521.226 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Peruvian Labor
# 88
Bolivia :
4,387.314 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Bolivian Labor
# 89
Cape Verde :
4,233.951 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Cape Verdean Labor
# 90
Namibia :
4,081.472 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Namibian Labor
# 91
Rwanda :
3,714.925 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Rwandan Labor
# 92
Estonia :
3,680.148 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Estonian Labor
# 93
Colombia :
3,672.769 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Colombian Labor
# 94
Burkina Faso :
3,659.859 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Burkinabe Labor
# 95
Senegal :
3,592.384 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Senegalese Labor
# 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3,570.693 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Herzegovinian Labor
# 97
Cameroon :
3,558.806 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Cameroonian Labor
# 98
Guinea-Bissau :
3,450.563 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Guinean Labor
# 99
El Salvador :
3,372.488 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Salvadoran Labor
# 100
Yemen :
3,351.773 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Yemeni Labor
# 101
Latvia :
2,994.012 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Latvian Labor
# 102
Togo :
2,991.099 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Togolese Labor
# 103
Haiti :
2,692.935 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Haitian Labor
# 104
Mozambique :
2,677.167 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Mozambican Labor
# 105
Argentina :
2,630.028 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Argentine Labor
# 106
Dominican Republic :
2,545.702 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Dominican Labor
# 107
Mali :
2,427.603 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Malian Labor
# 108
Zambia :
2,161.808 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Zambian Labor
# 109
Guinea :
2,114.264 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Guinean Labor
# 110
Tajikistan :
2,057.674 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Tajikistani Labor
# 111
Slovakia :
2,044.952 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Slovak Labor
# 112
Tunisia :
2,044.593 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Tunisian Labor
# 113
Brazil :
2,017.945 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Brazilian Labor
# 114
Syria :
1,979.281 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Syrian Labor
# 115
Bulgaria :
1,779.133 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Bulgarian Labor
# 116
Dominica :
1,406.885 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Dominican Labor
# 117
Nepal :
1,332.537 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Nepalese Labor
# 118
Morocco :
1,233.516 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Moroccan Labor
# 119
India :
1,131.941 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Indian Labor
# 120
Chile :
1,014.219 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Chilean Labor
# 121
China :
955.17 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Chinese Labor
# 122
Benin :
860.836 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Beninese Labor
# 123
Tanzania :
766.529 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Tanzanian Labor
# 124
Philippines :
736.927 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Philippine Labor
# 125
Sierra Leone :
613.193 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 126
Ecuador :
552.57 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ecuadorian Labor
# 127
Burma :
476.481 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Burmese Labor
# 128
Niger :
475.566 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Nigerien Labor
# 129
Burundi :
440.003 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Burundian Labor
# 130
Romania :
321.055 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Romanian Labor
# 131
Ukraine :
311.187 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ukrainian Labor
# 132
Ghana :
289.039 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ghanaian Labor
# 133
Ethiopia :
252.909 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Ethiopian Labor
# 134
Egypt :
200.249 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Egyptian Labor
# 135
Kenya :
187.267 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Kenyan Labor
# 136
Madagascar :
174.99 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Malagasy Labor
# 137
Honduras :
148.415 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Honduran Labor
# 138
Sudan :
116.914 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Sudanese Labor
# 139
Laos :
92.551 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Lao Labor
# 140
Malawi :
82.85 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Malawian Labor
# 141
Bangladesh :
44.766 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Bangladeshi Labor
# 142
Pakistan :
13.802 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Pakistani Labor
# 143
Nigeria :
6.853 $
per 1,000 people
2002
Nigerian Labor
Weighted average:
138,027.9 $
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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