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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$ (1990) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Italy :
5,075,000,000 $
1990
Italian Labor
# 2
Germany :
4,876,000,000 $
1990
German Labor
# 3
Portugal :
4,479,000,000 $
1990
Portuguese Labor
# 4
Egypt :
4,284,000,000 $
1990
Egyptian Labor
# 5
France :
4,035,000,000 $
1990
French Labor
# 6
Belgium :
3,583,000,000 $
1990
Belgian Labor
# 7
Turkey :
3,246,000,000 $
1990
Turkish Labor
# 8
Mexico :
3,098,000,000 $
1990
Mexican Labor
# 9
India :
2,384,000,000 $
1990
Indian Labor
# 10
Australia :
2,370,000,000 $
1990
Australian Labor
# 11
Spain :
2,186,000,000 $
1990
Spanish Labor
# 12
United Kingdom :
2,099,000,000 $
1990
British Labor
# 13
Morocco :
2,006,000,000 $
1990
Moroccan Labor
# 14
Pakistan :
2,006,000,000 $
1990
Pakistani Labor
# 15
Lebanon :
1,818,000,000 $
1990
Lebanese Labor
# 16
Greece :
1,817,000,000 $
1990
Greek Labor
# 17
Yemen :
1,498,000,000 $
1990
Yemeni Labor
# 18
Philippines :
1,465,000,000 $
1990
Philippine Labor
# 19
United States :
1,170,000,000 $
1990
American Labor
# 20
Korea, South :
1,037,000,000 $
1990
Korean Labor
# 21
Thailand :
973,000,000 $
1990
Thai Labor
# 22
Switzerland :
924,000,000 $
1990
Swiss Labor
# 23
Israel :
812,000,000 $
1990
Israeli Labor
# 24
Bangladesh :
779,000,000 $
1990
Bangladeshi Labor
# 25
New Zealand :
762,000,000 $
1990
New Zealand Labor
# 26
Netherlands :
709,000,000 $
1990
Dutch Labor
# 27
Austria :
635,000,000 $
1990
Austrian Labor
# 28
Brazil :
573,000,000 $
1990
Brazilian Labor
# 29
Tunisia :
551,000,000 $
1990
Tunisian Labor
# 30
Jordan :
499,000,000 $
1990
Jordanian Labor
# 31
Colombia :
495,000,000 $
1990
Colombian Labor
# 32
Lesotho :
428,000,000 $
1990
Basotho Labor
# 33
Sri Lanka :
401,000,000 $
1990
Sri Lankan Labor
# 34
Syria :
385,000,000 $
1990
Syrian Labor
# 35
El Salvador :
366,000,000 $
1990
Salvadoran Labor
# 36
Algeria :
352,000,000 $
1990
Algerian Labor
# 37
Malaysia :
325,000,000 $
1990
Malaysian Labor
# 38
Dominican Republic :
315,000,000 $
1990
Dominican Labor
# 39
Ireland :
286,000,000 $
1990
Irish Labor
# 40
Jamaica :
229,000,000 $
1990
Jamaican Labor
# 41
China :
209,700,000 $
1990
Chinese Labor
# 42
Indonesia :
166,000,000 $
1990
Indonesian Labor
# 43
Norway :
158,000,000 $
1990
Norwegian Labor
# 44
Sweden :
153,000,000 $
1990
Swedish Labor
# 45
Senegal :
142,000,000 $
1990
Senegalese Labor
# 46
Burkina Faso :
140,000,000 $
1990
Burkinabe Labor
# 47
Kenya :
139,260,000 $
1990
Kenyan Labor
# 48
South Africa :
136,000,000 $
1990
South African Labor
# 49
Guatemala :
119,000,000 $
1990
Guatemalan Labor
# 50
Swaziland :
113,000,000 $
1990
Swazi Labor
# 51
Panama :
110,000,000 $
1990
Panamanian Labor
# 52
Mali :
107,000,000 $
1990
Malian Labor
# 53
Benin :
101,000,000 $
1990
Beninese Labor
# 54
Peru :
87,000,000 $
1990
Peruvian Labor
# 55
Botswana :
86,000,000 $
1990
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 56
Mayotte :
82,000,000 $
1990
Mahoran Labor
# 57
Cyprus :
79,000,000 $
1990
Cypriot Labor
# 58
Mozambique :
70,000,000 $
1990
Mozambican Labor
# 59
Honduras :
63,000,000 $
1990
Honduran Labor
# 60
Finland :
63,000,000 $
1990
Finnish Labor
# 61
Sudan :
62,000,000 $
1990
Sudanese Labor
# 62
Iceland :
62,000,000 $
1990
Icelandic Labor
# 63
Haiti :
61,000,000 $
1990
Haitian Labor
# 64
Cape Verde :
59,000,000 $
1990
Cape Verdean Labor
# 65
Malta :
58,000,000 $
1990
Maltese Labor
# 66
Ecuador :
51,000,000 $
1990
Ecuadorian Labor
# 67
Côte d'Ivoire :
44,000,000 $
1990
Ivoirian Labor
# 68
Samoa :
43,000,000 $
1990
Samoan Labor
# 69
Oman :
39,000,000 $
1990
Omani Labor
# 70
Barbados :
38,000,000 $
1990
Barbadian Labor
# 71
Paraguay :
34,000,000 $
1990
Paraguayan Labor
# 72
Togo :
27,000,000 $
1990
Togolese Labor
# 73
Tonga :
24,000,000 $
1990
Tongan Labor
# 74
Cameroon :
23,000,000 $
1990
Cameroonian Labor
# 75
Fiji :
22,000,000 $
1990
Fijian Labor
# 76
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
19,000,000 $
1990
Nevisian Labor
# 77
Grenada :
18,000,000 $
1990
Grenadian Labor
# 78
Belize :
18,000,000 $
1990
Belizean Labor
# 79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
16,000,000 $
1990
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 80
Saint Lucia :
16,000,000 $
1990
Saint Lucian Labor
# 81
Niger :
14,000,000 $
1990
Nigerien Labor
# 82
Dominica :
14,000,000 $
1990
Dominican Labor
# 83
Mauritania :
14,000,000 $
1990
Mauritanian Labor
# 84
Antigua and Barbuda :
13,000,000 $
1990
Barbudan Labor
# 85
Namibia :
13,000,000 $
1990
Namibian Labor
# 86
Costa Rica :
12,000,000 $
1990
Costa Rican Labor
# 87
Laos :
11,000,000 $
1990
Lao Labor
# 88
Comoros :
10,000,000 $
1990
Comoran Labor
# 89
Nigeria :
10,000,000 $
1990
Nigerian Labor
# 90
Gambia, The :
10,000,000 $
1990
Gambian Labor
# 91
Vanuatu :
8,000,000 $
1990
- Labor
# 92
Seychelles :
8,000,000 $
1990
Seychellois Labor
# 93
Madagascar :
8,000,000 $
1990
Malagasy Labor
# 94
Ghana :
6,000,000 $
1990
Ghanaian Labor
# 95
Burma :
6,000,000 $
1990
Burmese Labor
# 96
Ethiopia :
5,000,000 $
1990
Ethiopian Labor
# 97
Kiribati :
5,000,000 $
1990
- Labor
# 98
Bolivia :
5,000,000 $
1990
Bolivian Labor
# 99
Papua New Guinea :
5,000,000 $
1990
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 100
Netherlands Antilles :
5,000,000 $
1990
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 101
Trinidad and Tobago :
3,000,000 $
1990
Tobagonian Labor
# 102
Rwanda :
3,000,000 $
1990
Rwandan Labor
# 103
Maldives :
2,000,000 $
1990
Maldivian Labor
# 104
Guinea-Bissau :
1,000,000 $
1990
Guinean Labor
# 105
Chile :
1,000,000 $
1990
Chilean Labor
# 106
Venezuela :
1,000,000 $
1990
Venezuelan Labor
# 107
Suriname :
1,000,000 $
1990
Surinamese Labor
# 108
Zimbabwe :
1,000,000 $
1990
Zimbabwean Labor
Total :
68,583,960,000 $
Weighted average:
635,036,666.7 $
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$ (1990) 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=1990
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