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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
Select another time period:
Most recent
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
India :
23,725,000,000 $
2005 ...
#2
China :
22,492,000,000 $
2005 ...
#3
Mexico :
21,772,000,000 $
2005 ...
#4
Philippines :
13,566,000,000 $
2005 ...
#5
France :
12,742,000,000 $
2005 ...
#6
Spain :
7,927,000,000 $
2005 ...
#7
Belgium :
7,155,000,000 $
2005 ...
#8
United Kingdom :
6,722,000,000 $
2005 ...
#9
Germany :
6,542,000,000 $
2005 ...
#10
Egypt :
5,017,000,000 $
2005 ...
#11
Lebanon :
4,924,000,000 $
2005 ...
#12
Romania :
4,733,000,000 $
2005 ...
#13
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,650,000,000 $
2005 ...
#14
Morocco :
4,589,000,000 $
2005 ...
#15
Pakistan :
4,280,000,000 $
2005 ...
#16
Bangladesh :
4,251,000,000 $
2005 ...
#17
Vietnam :
4,000,000,000 $
2005 ...
#18
Poland :
3,549,000,000 $
2005 ...
#19
Brazil :
3,540,000,000 $
2005 ...
#20
Colombia :
3,346,000,000 $
2005 ...
#21
Nigeria :
3,329,000,000 $
2005 ...
#22
Russia :
3,117,000,000 $
2005 ...
#23
Guatemala :
3,033,000,000 $
2005 ...
#24
Portugal :
3,017,000,000 $
2005 ...
#25
Austria :
2,941,000,000 $
2005 ...
#26
United States :
2,924,000,000 $
2005 ...
#27
Australia :
2,858,000,000 $
2005 ...
#28
El Salvador :
2,842,000,000 $
2005 ...
#29
Dominican Republic :
2,717,000,000 $
2005 ...
#30
Jordan :
2,500,000,000 $
2005 ...
#31
Italy :
2,398,000,000 $
2005 ...
#32
Netherlands :
2,227,000,000 $
2005 ...
#33
Bulgaria :
2,130,000,000 $
2005 ...
#34
Sri Lanka :
2,088,000,000 $
2005 ...
#35
Ecuador :
2,038,000,000 $
2005 ...
#36
Algeria :
1,950,000,000 $
2005 ...
#37
Switzerland :
1,910,000,000 $
2005 ...
#38
Indonesia :
1,883,000,000 $
2005 ...
#39
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,844,000,000 $
2005 ...
#40
Honduras :
1,796,000,000 $
2005 ...
#41
Jamaica :
1,783,000,000 $
2005 ...
#42
Peru :
1,440,000,000 $
2005 ...
#43
Tunisia :
1,393,000,000 $
2005 ...
#44
Albania :
1,290,000,000 $
2005 ...
#45
Yemen :
1,283,000,000 $
2005 ...
#46
Malaysia :
1,281,000,000 $
2005 ...
#47
Croatia :
1,222,000,000 $
2005 ...
#48
Greece :
1,220,000,000 $
2005 ...
#49
Nepal :
1,211,000,000 $
2005 ...
#50
Luxembourg :
1,202,000,000 $
2005 ...
#51
Thailand :
1,187,000,000 $
2005 ...
#52
Japan :
1,080,000,000 $
2005 ...
#53
Denmark :
1,075,000,000 $
2005 ...
#54
Iran :
1,032,000,000 $
2005 ...
#55
Czech Republic :
1,017,000,000 $
2005 ...
#56
Sudan :
1,016,000,000 $
2005 ...
#57
Haiti :
985,000,000 $
2005 ...
#58
Armenia :
940,000,000 $
2005 ...
#59
Moldova :
920,000,000 $
2005 ...
#60
Israel :
851,000,000 $
2005 ...
#61
Turkey :
851,000,000 $
2005 ...
#62
Syria :
823,000,000 $
2005 ...
#63
Korea, South :
808,000,000 $
2005 ...
#64
New Zealand :
739,000,000 $
2005 ...
#65
Finland :
695,000,000 $
2005 ...
#66
Azerbaijan :
693,000,000 $
2005 ...
#67
South Africa :
658,000,000 $
2005 ...
#68
Ireland :
651,000,000 $
2005 ...
#69
Senegal :
633,000,000 $
2005 ...
#70
Sweden :
630,000,000 $
2005 ...
#71
Nicaragua :
600,000,000 $
2005 ...
#72
Ukraine :
595,000,000 $
2005 ...
#73
Lithuania :
534,000,000 $
2005 ...
#74
Kenya :
524,000,000 $
2005 ...
#75
Uganda :
476,000,000 $
2005 ...
#76
Tajikistan :
466,000,000 $
2005 ...
#77
Norway :
429,000,000 $
2005 ...
#78
Slovakia :
424,000,000 $
2005 ...
#79
Costa Rica :
421,000,000 $
2005 ...
#80
Argentina :
413,000,000 $
2005 ...
#81
Latvia :
381,000,000 $
2005 ...
#82
Belarus :
370,000,000 $
2005 ...
#83
Georgia :
346,000,000 $
2005 ...
#84
Bolivia :
338,000,000 $
2005 ...
#85
Lesotho :
327,000,000 $
2005 ...
#86
Kyrgyzstan :
322,000,000 $
2005 ...
#87
Hungary :
300,000,000 $
2005 ...
#88
Paraguay :
268,000,000 $
2005 ...
#89
Estonia :
265,000,000 $
2005 ...
#90
Slovenia :
264,000,000 $
2005 ...
#91
Hong Kong :
240,000,000 $
2005 ...
#92
Macedonia, Republic of :
226,000,000 $
2005 ...
#93
Mauritius :
215,000,000 $
2005 ...
#94
Mongolia :
202,000,000 $
2005 ...
#95
Guyana :
201,000,000 $
2005 ...
#96
Cambodia :
200,000,000 $
2005 ...
#97
Cyprus :
190,000,000 $
2005 ...
#98
Kazakhstan :
178,000,000 $
2005 ...
#99
Ethiopia :
174,000,000 $
2005 ...
#100
Côte d'Ivoire :
160,000,000 $
2005 ...
#101
Mali :
155,000,000 $
2005 ...
#102
Togo :
148,000,000 $
2005 ...
#103
Venezuela :
148,000,000 $
2005 ...
#104
Barbados :
140,000,000 $
2005 ...
#105
Cape Verde :
137,000,000 $
2005 ...
#106
Panama :
126,000,000 $
2005 ...
#107
Botswana :
125,000,000 $
2005 ...
#108
Burma :
117,000,000 $
2005 ...
#109
Mayotte :
104,000,000 $
1993 ...
#110
Ghana :
99,000,000 $
2005 ...
#111
Iceland :
88,000,000 $
2005 ...
#112
Trinidad and Tobago :
87,000,000 $
2005 ...
#113
Swaziland :
81,000,000 $
2005 ...
#114
Uruguay :
78,000,000 $
2005 ...
#115
Tonga :
66,000,000 $
2005 ...
#116
Benin :
63,000,000 $
2005 ...
#117
Niger :
60,000,000 $
2005 ...
#118
Gambia, The :
58,000,000 $
2005 ...
#119
Mozambique :
57,000,000 $
2005 ...
#120
Burkina Faso :
50,000,000 $
2005 ...
#121
Belize :
46,000,000 $
2005 ...
#122
Zimbabwe :
44,000,000 $
1994 ...
#123
Guinea :
42,000,000 $
2005 ...
#124
Oman :
39,000,000 $
2005 ...
#125
Malta :
31,000,000 $
2005 ...
#126
Guinea-Bissau :