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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$ (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Italy :
3,699,000,000 $
1979
Italian Labor
# 2
Portugal :
2,486,000,000 $
1979
Portuguese Labor
# 3
Egypt :
2,214,000,000 $
1979
Egyptian Labor
# 4
France :
1,921,000,000 $
1979
French Labor
# 5
Spain :
1,896,000,000 $
1979
Spanish Labor
# 6
Turkey :
1,694,000,000 $
1979
Turkish Labor
# 7
Pakistan :
1,502,000,000 $
1979
Pakistani Labor
# 8
India :
1,437,000,000 $
1979
Indian Labor
# 9
Greece :
1,181,000,000 $
1979
Greek Labor
# 10
Belgium :
1,042,000,000 $
1979
Belgian Labor
# 11
Morocco :
948,000,000 $
1979
Moroccan Labor
# 12
Syria :
901,000,000 $
1979
Syrian Labor
# 13
Germany :
849,000,000 $
1979
German Labor
# 14
Jordan :
601,000,000 $
1979
Jordanian Labor
# 15
Switzerland :
592,000,000 $
1979
Swiss Labor
# 16
China :
590,400,000 $
1979
Chinese Labor
# 17
Philippines :
556,000,000 $
1979
Philippine Labor
# 18
Netherlands :
551,000,000 $
1979
Dutch Labor
# 19
Australia :
496,000,000 $
1979
Australian Labor
# 20
United States :
480,000,000 $
1979
American Labor
# 21
Algeria :
417,000,000 $
1979
Algerian Labor
# 22
Israel :
335,000,000 $
1979
Israeli Labor
# 23
Tunisia :
283,000,000 $
1979
Tunisian Labor
# 24
Lesotho :
212,000,000 $
1979
Basotho Labor
# 25
New Zealand :
207,000,000 $
1979
New Zealand Labor
# 26
Austria :
198,000,000 $
1979
Austrian Labor
# 27
Thailand :
189,000,000 $
1979
Thai Labor
# 28
Mexico :
177,000,000 $
1979
Mexican Labor
# 29
Bangladesh :
171,000,000 $
1979
Bangladeshi Labor
# 30
Dominican Republic :
161,000,000 $
1979
Dominican Labor
# 31
Japan :
160,000,000 $
1979
Japanese Labor
# 32
Panama :
136,000,000 $
1979
Panamanian Labor
# 33
Sudan :
128,000,000 $
1979
Sudanese Labor
# 34
Burkina Faso :
110,000,000 $
1979
Burkinabe Labor
# 35
Korea, South :
101,000,000 $
1979
Korean Labor
# 36
Colombia :
101,000,000 $
1979
Colombian Labor
# 37
El Salvador :
100,000,000 $
1979
Salvadoran Labor
# 38
Finland :
91,000,000 $
1979
Finnish Labor
# 39
Jamaica :
90,000,000 $
1979
Jamaican Labor
# 40
Haiti :
85,000,000 $
1979
Haitian Labor
# 41
Cyprus :
76,000,000 $
1979
Cypriot Labor
# 42
Norway :
73,000,000 $
1979
Norwegian Labor
# 43
Brazil :
73,000,000 $
1979
Brazilian Labor
# 44
Benin :
73,000,000 $
1979
Beninese Labor
# 45
Sri Lanka :
60,000,000 $
1979
Sri Lankan Labor
# 46
Botswana :
58,000,000 $
1979
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 47
Senegal :
56,000,000 $
1979
Senegalese Labor
# 48
Mali :
54,000,000 $
1979
Malian Labor
# 49
South Africa :
51,000,000 $
1979
South African Labor
# 50
Sweden :
47,000,000 $
1979
Swedish Labor
# 51
Malaysia :
44,000,000 $
1979
Malaysian Labor
# 52
Argentina :
42,000,000 $
1979
Argentine Labor
# 53
Somalia :
37,000,000 $
1979
Somali Labor
# 54
Paraguay :
36,000,000 $
1979
Paraguayan Labor
# 55
Oman :
33,000,000 $
1979
Omani Labor
# 56
Malta :
29,000,000 $
1979
Maltese Labor
# 57
Côte d'Ivoire :
28,000,000 $
1979
Ivoirian Labor
# 58
Guatemala :
24,000,000 $
1979
Guatemalan Labor
# 59
Cape Verde :
24,000,000 $
1979
Cape Verdean Labor
# 60
Kenya :
19,140,000 $
1979
Kenyan Labor
# 61
Zimbabwe :
19,000,000 $
1979
Zimbabwean Labor
# 62
Swaziland :
17,000,000 $
1979
Swazi Labor
# 63
Barbados :
14,000,000 $
1979
Barbadian Labor
# 64
Samoa :
13,000,000 $
1979
Samoan Labor
# 65
Papua New Guinea :
9,000,000 $
1979
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 66
Dominica :
9,000,000 $
1979
Dominican Labor
# 67
Ethiopia :
9,000,000 $
1979
Ethiopian Labor
# 68
Niger :
9,000,000 $
1979
Nigerien Labor
# 69
Nigeria :
8,000,000 $
1979
Nigerian Labor
# 70
Togo :
8,000,000 $
1979
Togolese Labor
# 71
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000,000 $
1979
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 72
Tonga :
6,000,000 $
1979
Tongan Labor
# 73
Nicaragua :
5,000,000 $
1979
Nicaraguan Labor
# 74
Rwanda :
5,000,000 $
1979
Rwandan Labor
# 75
Suriname :
5,000,000 $
1979
Surinamese Labor
# 76
Uruguay :
4,000,000 $
1979
Uruguayan Labor
# 77
Fiji :
4,000,000 $
1979
Fijian Labor
# 78
Congo, Republic of the :
3,000,000 $
1979
Congolese Labor
# 79
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1979
Ecuadorian Labor
# 80
Cameroon :
3,000,000 $
1979
Cameroonian Labor
# 81
Costa Rica :
3,000,000 $
1979
Costa Rican Labor
# 82
Honduras :
2,000,000 $
1979
Honduran Labor
# 83
Iceland :
2,000,000 $
1979
Icelandic Labor
# 84
Mauritania :
2,000,000 $
1979
Mauritanian Labor
# 85
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1979
- Labor
# 86
Gambia, The :
1,000,000 $
1979
Gambian Labor
# 87
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
1979
Sao Tomean Labor
# 88
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,000,000 $
1979
Tobagonian Labor
# 89
Ghana :
1,000,000 $
1979
Ghanaian Labor
# 90
Bolivia :
1,000,000 $
1979
Bolivian Labor
Total :
30,200,540,000 $
Weighted average:
335,561,555.6 $
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$ (1979) 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=1979
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