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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$ (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
11,124,000,000 $
1999
Indian Labor
# 2
France :
9,301,000,000 $
1999
French Labor
# 3
Philippines :
6,918,000,000 $
1999
Philippine Labor
# 4
Mexico :
6,649,000,000 $
1999
Mexican Labor
# 5
China :
4,796,100,000 $
1999
Chinese Labor
# 6
Turkey :
4,529,000,000 $
1999
Turkish Labor
# 7
Belgium :
4,467,000,000 $
1999
Belgian Labor
# 8
Germany :
4,329,000,000 $
1999
German Labor
# 9
Spain :
4,313,000,000 $
1999
Spanish Labor
# 10
Portugal :
3,569,000,000 $
1999
Portuguese Labor
# 11
United Kingdom :
3,400,000,000 $
1999
British Labor
# 12
Egypt :
3,235,000,000 $
1999
Egyptian Labor
# 13
United States :
2,748,000,000 $
1999
American Labor
# 14
Greece :
2,284,000,000 $
1999
Greek Labor
# 15
Australia :
2,029,000,000 $
1999
Australian Labor
# 16
Italy :
1,999,000,000 $
1999
Italian Labor
# 17
Netherlands :
1,978,000,000 $
1999
Dutch Labor
# 18
Morocco :
1,938,000,000 $
1999
Moroccan Labor
# 19
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,888,000,000 $
1999
Herzegovinian Labor
# 20
Brazil :
1,862,000,000 $
1999
Brazilian Labor
# 21
Bangladesh :
1,807,000,000 $
1999
Bangladeshi Labor
# 22
Jordan :
1,752,000,000 $
1999
Jordanian Labor
# 23
Dominican Republic :
1,631,000,000 $
1999
Dominican Labor
# 24
Austria :
1,526,000,000 $
1999
Austrian Labor
# 25
Thailand :
1,460,000,000 $
1999
Thai Labor
# 26
Lebanon :
1,402,000,000 $
1999
Lebanese Labor
# 27
El Salvador :
1,387,000,000 $
1999
Salvadoran Labor
# 28
Colombia :
1,312,000,000 $
1999
Colombian Labor
# 29
Nigeria :
1,301,000,000 $
1999
Nigerian Labor
# 30
Russia :
1,292,000,000 $
1999
Russian Labor
# 31
Yemen :
1,223,000,000 $
1999
Yemeni Labor
# 32
Switzerland :
1,222,000,000 $
1999
Swiss Labor
# 33
Indonesia :
1,109,000,000 $
1999
Indonesian Labor
# 34
Japan :
1,109,000,000 $
1999
Japanese Labor
# 35
Ecuador :
1,090,000,000 $
1999
Ecuadorian Labor
# 36
Sri Lanka :
1,072,000,000 $
1999
Sri Lankan Labor
# 37
Malaysia :
1,042,000,000 $
1999
Malaysian Labor
# 38
Pakistan :
996,000,000 $
1999
Pakistani Labor
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
948,000,000 $
1999
Serbian Labor
# 40
Poland :
825,000,000 $
1999
Polish Labor
# 41
Denmark :
803,000,000 $
1999
Danish Labor
# 42
Jamaica :
790,000,000 $
1999
Jamaican Labor
# 43
Algeria :
790,000,000 $
1999
Algerian Labor
# 44
Tunisia :
761,000,000 $
1999
Tunisian Labor
# 45
Peru :
670,000,000 $
1999
Peruvian Labor
# 46
Korea, South :
666,000,000 $
1999
Korean Labor
# 47
Sudan :
665,000,000 $
1999
Sudanese Labor
# 48
Croatia :
557,000,000 $
1999
Croatian Labor
# 49
Iran :
508,000,000 $
1999
Iranian Labor
# 50
New Zealand :
483,000,000 $
1999
New Zealand Labor
# 51
Sweden :
472,000,000 $
1999
Swedish Labor
# 52
Guatemala :
466,000,000 $
1999
Guatemalan Labor
# 53
Finland :
444,000,000 $
1999
Finnish Labor
# 54
Kenya :
431,640,000 $
1999
Kenyan Labor
# 55
Israel :
424,000,000 $
1999
Israeli Labor
# 56
Haiti :
422,000,000 $
1999
Haitian Labor
# 57
Albania :
407,000,000 $
1999
Albanian Labor
# 58
Georgia :
361,000,000 $
1999
Georgian Labor
# 59
Honduras :
328,000,000 $
1999
Honduran Labor
# 60
South Africa :
327,000,000 $
1999
South African Labor
# 61
Czech Republic :
318,000,000 $
1999
Czech Labor
# 62
Nicaragua :
300,000,000 $
1999
Nicaraguan Labor
# 63
Ireland :
295,000,000 $
1999
Irish Labor
# 64
Lesotho :
276,000,000 $
1999
Basotho Labor
# 65
Paraguay :
268,000,000 $
1999
Paraguayan Labor
# 66
Norway :
262,000,000 $
1999
Norwegian Labor
# 67
Uganda :
233,000,000 $
1999
Ugandan Labor
# 68
Slovenia :
226,000,000 $
1999
Slovenian Labor
# 69
Hungary :
213,000,000 $
1999
Hungarian Labor
# 70
Syria :
198,000,000 $
1999
Syrian Labor
# 71
Belarus :
193,000,000 $
1999
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Senegal :
186,000,000 $
1999
Senegalese Labor
# 73
Mauritius :
178,000,000 $
1999
Mauritian Labor
# 74
Côte d'Ivoire :
138,000,000 $
1999
Ivoirian Labor
# 75
Burma :
136,000,000 $
1999
Burmese Labor
# 76
Hong Kong :
130,000,000 $
1999
Hong Kong Labor
# 77
Costa Rica :
126,000,000 $
1999
Costa Rican Labor
# 78
Moldova :
112,000,000 $
1999
Moldovan Labor
# 79
Cambodia :
106,000,000 $
1999
Cambodian Labor
# 80
Romania :
96,000,000 $
1999
Romanian Labor
# 81
Bolivia :
96,000,000 $
1999
Bolivian Labor
# 82
Armenia :
95,000,000 $
1999
Armenian Labor
# 83
Barbados :
87,000,000 $
1999
Barbadian Labor
# 84
Mali :
86,000,000 $
1999
Malian Labor
# 85
Iceland :
85,000,000 $
1999
Icelandic Labor
# 86
Nepal :
83,000,000 $
1999
Nepalese Labor
# 87
Burkina Faso :
80,000,000 $
1999
Burkinabe Labor
# 88
Cape Verde :
79,000,000 $
1999
Cape Verdean Labor
# 89
Benin :
77,000,000 $
1999
Beninese Labor
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
77,000,000 $
1999
Macedonian Labor
# 91
Swaziland :
70,000,000 $
1999
Swazi Labor
# 92
Argentina :
64,000,000 $
1999
Argentine Labor
# 93
Kazakhstan :
64,000,000 $
1999
Kazakhstani Labor
# 94
Azerbaijan :
54,000,000 $
1999
Azerbaijani Labor
# 95
Trinidad and Tobago :
54,000,000 $
1999
Tobagonian Labor
# 96
Cyprus :
50,000,000 $
1999
Cypriot Labor
# 97
Latvia :
49,000,000 $
1999
Latvian Labor
# 98
Panama :
48,000,000 $
1999
Panamanian Labor
# 99
Samoa :
45,000,000 $
1999
Samoan Labor
# 100
Bulgaria :
43,000,000 $
1999
Bulgarian Labor
# 101
Oman :
39,000,000 $
1999
Omani Labor
# 102
Mozambique :
38,000,000 $
1999
Mozambican Labor
# 103
Ethiopia :
34,000,000 $
1999
Ethiopian Labor
# 104
Botswana :
34,000,000 $
1999
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 105
Ghana :
31,000,000 $
1999
Ghanaian Labor
# 106
Niger :
27,000,000 $
1999
Nigerien Labor
# 107
Vanuatu :
26,000,000 $
1999
- Labor
# 108
Fiji :
24,000,000 $
1999
Fijian Labor
# 109
Togo :
23,000,000 $
1999
Togolese Labor
# 110
Netherlands Antilles :
22,000,000 $
1999
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
22,000,000 $
1999
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Grenada :
21,000,000 $
1999
Grenadian Labor
# 113
Belize :
21,000,000 $
1999
Belizean Labor
# 114
Malta :
21,000,000 $
1999
Maltese Labor
# 115
Slovakia :
20,000,000 $
1999
Slovak Labor
# 116
Guyana :
20,000,000 $
1999
Guyanese Labor
# 117
Kyrgyzstan :
18,000,000 $
1999
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 118
Ukraine :
18,000,000 $
1999
Ukrainian Labor
# 119
Venezuela :
17,000,000 $
1999
Venezuelan Labor
# 120
Madagascar :
12,000,000 $
1999
Malagasy Labor
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000,000 $
1999
Congolese Labor
# 122
Comoros :
12,000,000 $
1999
Comoran Labor
# 123
Antigua and Barbuda :
12,000,000 $
1999
Barbudan Labor
# 124
Cameroon :
11,000,000 $
1999
Cameroonian Labor
# 125
Namibia :
10,000,000 $
1999
Namibian Labor
# 126
Papua New Guinea :
8,000,000 $
1999
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 127
Aruba :
8,000,000 $
1999
Aruban Labor
# 128
Mongolia :
7,000,000 $
1999
Mongolian Labor
# 129
Kiribati :
7,000,000 $
1999
- Labor
# 130
Tanzania :
7,000,000 $
1999
Tanzanian Labor
# 131
Gambia, The :
7,000,000 $
1999
Gambian Labor
# 132
Guinea :
6,000,000 $
1999
Guinean Labor
# 133
Rwanda :
5,000,000 $
1999
Rwandan Labor
# 134
Eritrea :
4,000,000 $
1999
Eritrean Labor
# 135
Gabon :
4,000,000 $
1999
Gabonese Labor
# 136
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
4,000,000 $
1999
Nevisian Labor
# 137
Saint Lucia :
3,000,000 $
1999
Saint Lucian Labor
# 138
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,000,000 $
1999
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 139
Lithuania :
3,000,000 $
1999
Lithuanian Labor
# 140
Dominica :
3,000,000 $
1999
Dominican Labor
# 141
Estonia :
2,000,000 $
1999
Estonian Labor
# 142
Solomon Islands :
2,000,000 $
1999
Solomon Islander Labor
# 143
Suriname :
2,000,000 $
1999
Surinamese Labor
# 144
Mauritania :
2,000,000 $
1999
Mauritanian Labor
# 145
Maldives :
2,000,000 $
1999
Maldivian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
2,000,000 $
1999
Guinean Labor
# 147
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
1999
Malawian Labor
# 148
Laos :
1,000,000 $
1999
Lao Labor
# 149
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
1999
Sao Tomean Labor
Total :
125,652,740,000 $
Weighted average:
843,306,979.9 $
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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