NationMaster - Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid

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 $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

Date

Lebanon:

192.898 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Luxembourg:

180.95 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Liberia:

129.523 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1987 ...

Bahrain:

94.7 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Oman:

75.194 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2004 ...

Tonga:

74.818 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Guyana:

69.893 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Tajikistan:

62.715 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

Vanuatu:

52.861 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#10

Kyrgyzstan:

49.984 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#11

Saudi Arabia:

46.22 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#12

Malaysia:

43.575 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#13

Uganda:

42.868 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#14

Jamaica:

41.153 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#15

Côte d'Ivoire:

36.221 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#16

Djibouti:

36.165 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1995 ...

#17

Switzerland:

35.964 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#18

Kuwait:

32.78 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#19

Central African Republic:

31.653 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1994 ...

#20

Netherlands Antilles:

30.714 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1985 ...

#21

Armenia:

29.779 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#22

Kazakhstan:

29.235 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#23

Jordan:

27.455 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#24

Papua New Guinea:

27.3 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#25

Samoa:

27.233 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#26

Aruba:

27.208 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2002 ...

#27

Mongolia:

26.111 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#28

Kiribati:

25.164 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1994 ...

#29

Libya:

23.583 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#30

Moldova:

23.312 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#31

Cambodia:

23.273 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#32

Azerbaijan:

21.335 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#33

Solomon Islands:

20.134 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#34

Israel:

19.03 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#35

Belize:

18.101 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#36

Bahamas, The:

17.993 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2003 ...

#37

Comoros:

17.249 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1995 ...

#38

Czech Republic:

17.167 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#39

Guinea-Bissau:

16.605 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#40

Cyprus:

16.539 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2004 ...

#41

Rwanda:

16.253 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#42

Togo:

15.435 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#43

Antigua and Barbuda:

15.323 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1990 ...

#44

Fiji:

14.658 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#45

Guinea:

14.593 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#46

Seychelles:

14.417 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#47

São Tomé and Príncipe:

14.17 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#48

Haiti:

13.823 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#49

Gabon:

13.655 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#50

Barbados:

12.943 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#51

Chad:

12.714 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1994 ...

#52

Mali:

12.063 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#53

Botswana:

11.922 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#54

Lesotho:

11.721 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#55

Sri Lanka:

10.946 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#56

Costa Rica:

10.439 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#57

Russia:

10.018 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#58

Senegal:

9.346 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#59

Netherlands:

9.096 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#60

Congo, Republic of the:

8.84 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#61

Nepal:

8.795 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#62

New Zealand:

8.564 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#63

Burkina Faso:

8.509 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#64

Austria:

8.308 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#65

Mauritania:

8.18 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1998 ...

#66

Belgium:

7.437 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#67

Niger:

7.342 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#68

Yemen:

7.235 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#69

Bolivia:

7.071 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#70

Spain:

6.876 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#71

Suriname:

6.708 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#72

Angola:

6.553 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#73

Portugal:

6.279 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#74

Panama:

5.884 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#75

Ireland:

5.589 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#76

Cape Verde:

5.086 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#77

Malta:

5.027 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#78

Denmark:

4.74 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#79

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

4.651 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#80

Georgia:

4.535 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#81

Germany:

4.479 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#82

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

4.415 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#83

South Africa:

4.404 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#84

Korea, South:

4.236 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#85

Grenada:

4.219 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#86

Iceland:

4.11 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#87

Indonesia:

4.101 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#88

Somalia:

4.088 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1983 ...

#89

Swaziland:

4.029 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#90

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

4.021 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#91

Estonia:

3.816 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#92

Cameroon:

3.733 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#93

Greece:

3.592 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#94

Tanzania:

3.385 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#95

United States:

3.308 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#96

Zambia:

3.301 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#97

Italy:

3.299 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#98

Norway:

3.225 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#99

Belarus:

3.179 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#100

Mozambique:

3.164 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#101

Kenya:

2.99 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#102

Macedonia, Republic of:

2.775 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#103

Namibia:

2.775 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#104

Slovenia:

2.765 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#105

Trinidad and Tobago:

2.627 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1995 ...

#106

France:

2.289 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#107

Gambia, The:

2.168 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#108

Peru:

2.066 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#109

Poland:

1.972 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#110

Hong Kong:

1.885 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#111

Australia:

1.854 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#112

Lithuania:

1.834 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#113

Mauritius:

1.749 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#114

Sweden:

1.708 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#115

Sierra Leone:

1.677 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#116

Turkmenistan:

1.665 $ per $1,000 of GDP

1997 ...

#117

Benin:

1.633 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#118

Croatia:

1.61 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#119

Madagascar:

1.587 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#120

Eritrea:

1.578 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2000 ...

#121

Argentina:

1.523 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#122

Syria:

1.52 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#123

Venezuela:

1.505 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#124

Ethiopia:

1.432 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005 ...

#125

Hungary:

1.419 $ per $1,000 of GDP

2005