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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$ (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Italy :
3,532,000,000 $
1981
Italian Labor
# 2
Portugal :
2,876,000,000 $
1981
Portuguese Labor
# 3
Turkey :
2,490,000,000 $
1981
Turkish Labor
# 4
India :
2,301,000,000 $
1981
Indian Labor
# 5
Egypt :
2,181,000,000 $
1981
Egyptian Labor
# 6
Germany :
2,118,000,000 $
1981
German Labor
# 7
Pakistan :
2,067,000,000 $
1981
Pakistani Labor
# 8
Spain :
1,816,000,000 $
1981
Spanish Labor
# 9
France :
1,278,000,000 $
1981
French Labor
# 10
Mexico :
1,220,000,000 $
1981
Mexican Labor
# 11
Greece :
1,169,000,000 $
1981
Greek Labor
# 12
Jordan :
1,033,000,000 $
1981
Jordanian Labor
# 13
Morocco :
1,014,000,000 $
1981
Moroccan Labor
# 14
Belgium :
949,000,000 $
1981
Belgian Labor
# 15
Philippines :
800,000,000 $
1981
Philippine Labor
# 16
Australia :
741,000,000 $
1981
Australian Labor
# 17
Netherlands :
556,000,000 $
1981
Dutch Labor
# 18
Israel :
532,000,000 $
1981
Israeli Labor
# 19
Thailand :
478,000,000 $
1981
Thai Labor
# 20
Algeria :
447,000,000 $
1981
Algerian Labor
# 21
Switzerland :
443,000,000 $
1981
Swiss Labor
# 22
Syria :
436,000,000 $
1981
Syrian Labor
# 23
China :
417,600,000 $
1981
Chinese Labor
# 24
Sudan :
384,000,000 $
1981
Sudanese Labor
# 25
Bangladesh :
381,000,000 $
1981
Bangladeshi Labor
# 26
Tunisia :
360,000,000 $
1981
Tunisian Labor
# 27
Korea, South :
294,000,000 $
1981
Korean Labor
# 28
Lesotho :
291,000,000 $
1981
Basotho Labor
# 29
United States :
270,000,000 $
1981
American Labor
# 30
New Zealand :
260,000,000 $
1981
New Zealand Labor
# 31
Sri Lanka :
230,000,000 $
1981
Sri Lankan Labor
# 32
Austria :
224,000,000 $
1981
Austrian Labor
# 33
Japan :
190,000,000 $
1981
Japanese Labor
# 34
Dominican Republic :
183,000,000 $
1981
Dominican Labor
# 35
Colombia :
160,000,000 $
1981
Colombian Labor
# 36
Burkina Faso :
153,000,000 $
1981
Burkinabe Labor
# 37
Haiti :
127,000,000 $
1981
Haitian Labor
# 38
Norway :
125,000,000 $
1981
Norwegian Labor
# 39
Brazil :
124,000,000 $
1981
Brazilian Labor
# 40
Jamaica :
107,000,000 $
1981
Jamaican Labor
# 41
Finland :
96,000,000 $
1981
Finnish Labor
# 42
South Africa :
87,000,000 $
1981
South African Labor
# 43
Cyprus :
83,000,000 $
1981
Cypriot Labor
# 44
Kenya :
78,540,000 $
1981
Kenyan Labor
# 45
Botswana :
75,000,000 $
1981
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 46
El Salvador :
72,000,000 $
1981
Salvadoran Labor
# 47
Sweden :
68,000,000 $
1981
Swedish Labor
# 48
Senegal :
68,000,000 $
1981
Senegalese Labor
# 49
Mozambique :
65,000,000 $
1981
Mozambican Labor
# 50
Paraguay :
63,000,000 $
1981
Paraguayan Labor
# 51
Panama :
62,000,000 $
1981
Panamanian Labor
# 52
Benin :
62,000,000 $
1981
Beninese Labor
# 53
Mali :
48,000,000 $
1981
Malian Labor
# 54
Argentina :
42,000,000 $
1981
Argentine Labor
# 55
Malaysia :
42,000,000 $
1981
Malaysian Labor
# 56
Oman :
41,000,000 $
1981
Omani Labor
# 57
Swaziland :
40,000,000 $
1981
Swazi Labor
# 58
Cape Verde :
32,000,000 $
1981
Cape Verdean Labor
# 59
Côte d'Ivoire :
31,000,000 $
1981
Ivoirian Labor
# 60
Cameroon :
29,000,000 $
1981
Cameroonian Labor
# 61
Zimbabwe :
28,000,000 $
1981
Zimbabwean Labor
# 62
Malta :
28,000,000 $
1981
Maltese Labor
# 63
Guatemala :
25,000,000 $
1981
Guatemalan Labor
# 64
Samoa :
19,000,000 $
1981
Samoan Labor
# 65
Nigeria :
16,000,000 $
1981
Nigerian Labor
# 66
Barbados :
11,000,000 $
1981
Barbadian Labor
# 67
Ethiopia :
10,000,000 $
1981
Ethiopian Labor
# 68
Niger :
9,000,000 $
1981
Nigerien Labor
# 69
Dominica :
9,000,000 $
1981
Dominican Labor
# 70
Fiji :
9,000,000 $
1981
Fijian Labor
# 71
Togo :
8,000,000 $
1981
Togolese Labor
# 72
Somalia :
7,000,000 $
1981
Somali Labor
# 73
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000,000 $
1981
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 74
Suriname :
6,000,000 $
1981
Surinamese Labor
# 75
Tonga :
6,000,000 $
1981
Tongan Labor
# 76
Papua New Guinea :
5,000,000 $
1981
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 77
Bolivia :
5,000,000 $
1981
Bolivian Labor
# 78
Rwanda :
4,000,000 $
1981
Rwandan Labor
# 79
Trinidad and Tobago :
4,000,000 $
1981
Tobagonian Labor
# 80
Gambia, The :
4,000,000 $
1981
Gambian Labor
# 81
Mauritania :
4,000,000 $
1981
Mauritanian Labor
# 82
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1981
Ecuadorian Labor
# 83
Iceland :
3,000,000 $
1981
Icelandic Labor
# 84
Honduras :
2,000,000 $
1981
Honduran Labor
# 85
Costa Rica :
2,000,000 $
1981
Costa Rican Labor
# 86
Kiribati :
2,000,000 $
1981
- Labor
# 87
Ghana :
1,000,000 $
1981
Ghanaian Labor
# 88
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
1981
Sao Tomean Labor
# 89
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,000,000 $
1981
Nevisian Labor
# 90
Comoros :
1,000,000 $
1981
Comoran Labor
Total :
36,182,140,000 $
Weighted average:
402,023,777.8 $
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$ (1981) 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=1981
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