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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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Italy :
2,997,000,000 $
1978
Italian Labor
# 2
Egypt :
1,773,000,000 $
1978
Egyptian Labor
# 3
Spain :
1,734,000,000 $
1978
Spanish Labor
# 4
Portugal :
1,697,000,000 $
1978
Portuguese Labor
# 5
France :
1,582,000,000 $
1978
French Labor
# 6
Pakistan :
1,309,000,000 $
1978
Pakistani Labor
# 7
India :
1,165,000,000 $
1978
Indian Labor
# 8
Greece :
989,000,000 $
1978
Greek Labor
# 9
Turkey :
983,000,000 $
1978
Turkish Labor
# 10
Belgium :
956,000,000 $
1978
Belgian Labor
# 11
Morocco :
763,000,000 $
1978
Moroccan Labor
# 12
Germany :
731,000,000 $
1978
German Labor
# 13
Syria :
636,000,000 $
1978
Syrian Labor
# 14
United States :
620,000,000 $
1978
American Labor
# 15
China :
537,300,000 $
1978
Chinese Labor
# 16
Switzerland :
537,000,000 $
1978
Swiss Labor
# 17
Jordan :
521,000,000 $
1978
Jordanian Labor
# 18
Netherlands :
447,000,000 $
1978
Dutch Labor
# 19
Philippines :
446,000,000 $
1978
Philippine Labor
# 20
Australia :
416,000,000 $
1978
Australian Labor
# 21
Algeria :
393,000,000 $
1978
Algerian Labor
# 22
Tunisia :
221,000,000 $
1978
Tunisian Labor
# 23
Israel :
194,000,000 $
1978
Israeli Labor
# 24
Lesotho :
177,000,000 $
1978
Basotho Labor
# 25
New Zealand :
156,000,000 $
1978
New Zealand Labor
# 26
Austria :
154,000,000 $
1978
Austrian Labor
# 27
Dominican Republic :
132,000,000 $
1978
Dominican Labor
# 28
Japan :
130,000,000 $
1978
Japanese Labor
# 29
Panama :
121,000,000 $
1978
Panamanian Labor
# 30
Bangladesh :
115,000,000 $
1978
Bangladeshi Labor
# 31
Brazil :
113,000,000 $
1978
Brazilian Labor
# 32
Korea, South :
105,000,000 $
1978
Korean Labor
# 33
Thailand :
104,000,000 $
1978
Thai Labor
# 34
Burkina Faso :
78,000,000 $
1978
Burkinabe Labor
# 35
Colombia :
76,000,000 $
1978
Colombian Labor
# 36
Haiti :
76,000,000 $
1978
Haitian Labor
# 37
Sudan :
69,000,000 $
1978
Sudanese Labor
# 38
Jamaica :
69,000,000 $
1978
Jamaican Labor
# 39
Cyprus :
69,000,000 $
1978
Cypriot Labor
# 40
Norway :
68,000,000 $
1978
Norwegian Labor
# 41
El Salvador :
68,000,000 $
1978
Salvadoran Labor
# 42
Finland :
65,000,000 $
1978
Finnish Labor
# 43
Botswana :
57,000,000 $
1978
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 44
Benin :
56,000,000 $
1978
Beninese Labor
# 45
Senegal :
56,000,000 $
1978
Senegalese Labor
# 46
Sweden :
49,000,000 $
1978
Swedish Labor
# 47
Malaysia :
47,000,000 $
1978
Malaysian Labor
# 48
Mali :
44,000,000 $
1978
Malian Labor
# 49
South Africa :
44,000,000 $
1978
South African Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
39,000,000 $
1978
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Paraguay :
38,000,000 $
1978
Paraguayan Labor
# 52
Oman :
29,000,000 $
1978
Omani Labor
# 53
Kenya :
26,400,000 $
1978
Kenyan Labor
# 54
Argentina :
26,000,000 $
1978
Argentine Labor
# 55
Malta :
26,000,000 $
1978
Maltese Labor
# 56
Cape Verde :
24,000,000 $
1978
Cape Verdean Labor
# 57
Guatemala :
22,000,000 $
1978
Guatemalan Labor
# 58
Côte d'Ivoire :
22,000,000 $
1978
Ivoirian Labor
# 59
Swaziland :
14,000,000 $
1978
Swazi Labor
# 60
Zimbabwe :
13,000,000 $
1978
Zimbabwean Labor
# 61
Barbados :
12,000,000 $
1978
Barbadian Labor
# 62
Samoa :
12,000,000 $
1978
Samoan Labor
# 63
Togo :
9,000,000 $
1978
Togolese Labor
# 64
Papua New Guinea :
9,000,000 $
1978
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 65
Niger :
8,000,000 $
1978
Nigerien Labor
# 66
Ethiopia :
7,000,000 $
1978
Ethiopian Labor
# 67
Dominica :
6,000,000 $
1978
Dominican Labor
# 68
Tonga :
6,000,000 $
1978
Tongan Labor
# 69
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000,000 $
1978
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 70
Suriname :
5,000,000 $
1978
Surinamese Labor
# 71
Nicaragua :
4,000,000 $
1978
Nicaraguan Labor
# 72
Nigeria :
3,000,000 $
1978
Nigerian Labor
# 73
Costa Rica :
3,000,000 $
1978
Costa Rican Labor
# 74
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1978
Ecuadorian Labor
# 75
Congo, Republic of the :
2,000,000 $
1978
Congolese Labor
# 76
Rwanda :
2,000,000 $
1978
Rwandan Labor
# 77
Bolivia :
2,000,000 $
1978
Bolivian Labor
# 78
Iceland :
2,000,000 $
1978
Icelandic Labor
# 79
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
1978
Gambian Labor
# 80
Central African Republic :
1,000,000 $
1978
Central African Labor
# 81
Honduras :
1,000,000 $
1978
Honduran Labor
# 82
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,000,000 $
1978
Tobagonian Labor
# 83
Mauritania :
1,000,000 $
1978
Mauritanian Labor
Total :
24,330,700,000 $
Weighted average:
293,140,963.9 $
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.
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"Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_wor_rem_and_com_of_emp_rec_us-remittances-compensation-employees-received-us&date=1978
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