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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$ (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Italy :
4,463,000,000 $
1987
Italian Labor
# 2
Egypt :
3,604,000,000 $
1987
Egyptian Labor
# 3
Germany :
3,582,000,000 $
1987
German Labor
# 4
Portugal :
3,372,000,000 $
1987
Portuguese Labor
# 5
India :
2,665,000,000 $
1987
Indian Labor
# 6
France :
2,473,000,000 $
1987
French Labor
# 7
Pakistan :
2,181,000,000 $
1987
Pakistani Labor
# 8
Turkey :
2,021,000,000 $
1987
Turkish Labor
# 9
Mexico :
1,985,000,000 $
1987
Mexican Labor
# 10
Morocco :
1,589,000,000 $
1987
Moroccan Labor
# 11
Spain :
1,584,000,000 $
1987
Spanish Labor
# 12
Greece :
1,407,000,000 $
1987
Greek Labor
# 13
Australia :
1,396,000,000 $
1987
Australian Labor
# 14
United Kingdom :
1,369,000,000 $
1987
British Labor
# 15
Belgium :
1,275,000,000 $
1987
Belgian Labor
# 16
Philippines :
1,020,000,000 $
1987
Philippine Labor
# 17
United States :
994,000,000 $
1987
American Labor
# 18
Jordan :
938,000,000 $
1987
Jordanian Labor
# 19
Thailand :
842,000,000 $
1987
Thai Labor
# 20
Korea, South :
830,000,000 $
1987
Korean Labor
# 21
Switzerland :
779,000,000 $
1987
Swiss Labor
# 22
Netherlands :
753,000,000 $
1987
Dutch Labor
# 23
Bangladesh :
748,000,000 $
1987
Bangladeshi Labor
# 24
Colombia :
625,000,000 $
1987
Colombian Labor
# 25
Israel :
614,000,000 $
1987
Israeli Labor
# 26
Algeria :
487,000,000 $
1987
Algerian Labor
# 27
Tunisia :
459,000,000 $
1987
Tunisian Labor
# 28
Austria :
400,000,000 $
1987
Austrian Labor
# 29
New Zealand :
379,000,000 $
1987
New Zealand Labor
# 30
Lesotho :
353,000,000 $
1987
Basotho Labor
# 31
Sri Lanka :
350,000,000 $
1987
Sri Lankan Labor
# 32
Syria :
334,000,000 $
1987
Syrian Labor
# 33
Dominican Republic :
273,000,000 $
1987
Dominican Labor
# 34
China :
234,000,000 $
1987
Chinese Labor
# 35
El Salvador :
187,000,000 $
1987
Salvadoran Labor
# 36
Burkina Faso :
173,000,000 $
1987
Burkinabe Labor
# 37
Sudan :
138,000,000 $
1987
Sudanese Labor
# 38
Norway :
135,000,000 $
1987
Norwegian Labor
# 39
Jamaica :
121,000,000 $
1987
Jamaican Labor
# 40
Senegal :
118,000,000 $
1987
Senegalese Labor
# 41
Malaysia :
113,000,000 $
1987
Malaysian Labor
# 42
Haiti :
113,000,000 $
1987
Haitian Labor
# 43
Panama :
104,000,000 $
1987
Panamanian Labor
# 44
Sweden :
98,000,000 $
1987
Swedish Labor
# 45
Mali :
88,000,000 $
1987
Malian Labor
# 46
Indonesia :
86,000,000 $
1987
Indonesian Labor
# 47
Swaziland :
79,000,000 $
1987
Swazi Labor
# 48
Finland :
78,000,000 $
1987
Finnish Labor
# 49
Kenya :
66,000,000 $
1987
Kenyan Labor
# 50
Cyprus :
64,000,000 $
1987
Cypriot Labor
# 51
Benin :
60,000,000 $
1987
Beninese Labor
# 52
Mozambique :
58,000,000 $
1987
Mozambican Labor
# 53
Botswana :
54,000,000 $
1987
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 54
Mayotte :
49,000,000 $
1987
Mahoran Labor
# 55
Malta :
46,000,000 $
1987
Maltese Labor
# 56
South Africa :
45,000,000 $
1987
South African Labor
# 57
Côte d'Ivoire :
43,000,000 $
1987
Ivoirian Labor
# 58
Brazil :
42,000,000 $
1987
Brazilian Labor
# 59
Oman :
39,000,000 $
1987
Omani Labor
# 60
Samoa :
37,000,000 $
1987
Samoan Labor
# 61
Cape Verde :
36,000,000 $
1987
Cape Verdean Labor
# 62
Honduras :
34,000,000 $
1987
Honduran Labor
# 63
Argentina :
34,000,000 $
1987
Argentine Labor
# 64
Barbados :
28,000,000 $
1987
Barbadian Labor
# 65
Fiji :
27,000,000 $
1987
Fijian Labor
# 66
Paraguay :
23,000,000 $
1987
Paraguayan Labor
# 67
Grenada :
22,000,000 $
1987
Grenadian Labor
# 68
Tonga :
22,000,000 $
1987
Tongan Labor
# 69
Togo :
20,000,000 $
1987
Togolese Labor
# 70
Saint Lucia :
20,000,000 $
1987
Saint Lucian Labor
# 71
Belize :
19,000,000 $
1987
Belizean Labor
# 72
Niger :
16,000,000 $
1987
Nigerien Labor
# 73
Gambia, The :
16,000,000 $
1987
Gambian Labor
# 74
Iceland :
15,000,000 $
1987
Icelandic Labor
# 75
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
15,000,000 $
1987
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 76
Papua New Guinea :
13,000,000 $
1987
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 77
Cameroon :
13,000,000 $
1987
Cameroonian Labor
# 78
Antigua and Barbuda :
12,000,000 $
1987
Barbudan Labor
# 79
Dominica :
12,000,000 $
1987
Dominican Labor
# 80
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
11,000,000 $
1987
Nevisian Labor
# 81
Bolivia :
9,000,000 $
1987
Bolivian Labor
# 82
Ethiopia :
9,000,000 $
1987
Ethiopian Labor
# 83
Vanuatu :
8,000,000 $
1987
- Labor
# 84
Costa Rica :
8,000,000 $
1987
Costa Rican Labor
# 85
Mauritania :
7,000,000 $
1987
Mauritanian Labor
# 86
Comoros :
7,000,000 $
1987
Comoran Labor
# 87
Burma :
6,000,000 $
1987
Burmese Labor
# 88
Kiribati :
5,000,000 $
1987
- Labor
# 89
Madagascar :
5,000,000 $
1987
Malagasy Labor
# 90
Rwanda :
4,000,000 $
1987
Rwandan Labor
# 91
Laos :
4,000,000 $
1987
Lao Labor
# 92
Netherlands Antilles :
3,000,000 $
1987
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 93
Ecuador :
3,000,000 $
1987
Ecuadorian Labor
# 94
Nigeria :
3,000,000 $
1987
Nigerian Labor
# 95
Suriname :
2,000,000 $
1987
Surinamese Labor
# 96
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,000,000 $
1987
Tobagonian Labor
# 97
Ghana :
1,000,000 $
1987
Ghanaian Labor
# 98
Venezuela :
1,000,000 $
1987
Venezuelan Labor
# 99
Maldives :
1,000,000 $
1987
Maldivian Labor
# 100
Chad :
1,000,000 $
1987
Chadian Labor
# 101
Chile :
1,000,000 $
1987
Chilean Labor
# 102
Zimbabwe :
1,000,000 $
1987
Zimbabwean Labor
Total :
49,111,000,000 $
Weighted average:
481,480,392.2 $
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$ (1987) 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=1987
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