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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$ (2004) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
21,375,000,000 $
2004
Indian Labor
# 2
China :
19,014,000,000 $
2004
Chinese Labor
# 3
Mexico :
18,143,000,000 $
2004
Mexican Labor
# 4
France :
12,662,700,000 $
2004
French Labor
# 5
Philippines :
11,471,000,000 $
2004
Philippine Labor
# 6
Spain :
7,528,000,000 $
2004
Spanish Labor
# 7
Belgium :
6,863,000,000 $
2004
Belgian Labor
# 8
Germany :
6,557,000,000 $
2004
German Labor
# 9
United Kingdom :
6,350,000,000 $
2004
British Labor
# 10
Lebanon :
5,592,000,000 $
2004
Lebanese Labor
# 11
Morocco :
4,220,800,000 $
2004
Moroccan Labor
# 12
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,129,000,000 $
2004
Serbian Labor
# 13
Pakistan :
3,945,000,000 $
2004
Pakistani Labor
# 14
Bangladesh :
3,583,800,000 $
2004
Bangladeshi Labor
# 15
Brazil :
3,576,000,000 $
2004
Brazilian Labor
# 16
Egypt :
3,341,000,000 $
2004
Egyptian Labor
# 17
Portugal :
3,226,000,000 $
2004
Portuguese Labor
# 18
Vietnam :
3,200,000,000 $
2004
Vietnamese Labor
# 19
Colombia :
3,190,000,000 $
2004
Colombian Labor
# 20
United States :
2,878,000,000 $
2004
American Labor
# 21
Australia :
2,744,000,000 $
2004
Australian Labor
# 22
Poland :
2,710,000,000 $
2004
Polish Labor
# 23
Russia :
2,668,000,000 $
2004
Russian Labor
# 24
Guatemala :
2,592,000,000 $
2004
Guatemalan Labor
# 25
El Salvador :
2,564,000,000 $
2004
Salvadoran Labor
# 26
Dominican Republic :
2,501,000,000 $
2004
Dominican Labor
# 27
Austria :
2,480,000,000 $
2004
Austrian Labor
# 28
Algeria :
2,460,000,000 $
2004
Algerian Labor
# 29
Jordan :
2,331,000,000 $
2004
Jordanian Labor
# 30
Nigeria :
2,272,700,000 $
2004
Nigerian Labor
# 31
Bulgaria :
2,244,000,000 $
2004
Bulgarian Labor
# 32
Italy :
2,172,000,000 $
2004
Italian Labor
# 33
Netherlands :
2,164,300,000 $
2004
Dutch Labor
# 34
Switzerland :
1,889,000,000 $
2004
Swiss Labor
# 35
Indonesia :
1,866,300,000 $
2004
Indonesian Labor
# 36
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,839,000,000 $
2004
Herzegovinian Labor
# 37
Ecuador :
1,838,000,000 $
2004
Ecuadorian Labor
# 38
Jamaica :
1,623,100,000 $
2004
Jamaican Labor
# 39
Thailand :
1,622,000,000 $
2004
Thai Labor
# 40
Sri Lanka :
1,589,600,000 $
2004
Sri Lankan Labor
# 41
Tunisia :
1,432,000,000 $
2004
Tunisian Labor
# 42
Sudan :
1,403,000,000 $
2004
Sudanese Labor
# 43
Yemen :
1,283,000,000 $
2004
Yemeni Labor
# 44
New Zealand :
1,280,000,000 $
2004
New Zealand Labor
# 45
Greece :
1,242,000,000 $
2004
Greek Labor
# 46
Croatia :
1,221,000,000 $
2004
Croatian Labor
# 47
Luxembourg :
1,169,000,000 $
2004
Luxembourg Labor
# 48
Albania :
1,160,000,000 $
2004
Albanian Labor
# 49
Honduras :
1,151,000,000 $
2004
Honduran Labor
# 50
Peru :
1,123,000,000 $
2004
Peruvian Labor
# 51
Denmark :
1,075,000,000 $
2004
Danish Labor
# 52
Iran :
1,032,000,000 $
2004
Iranian Labor
# 53
Malaysia :
1,015,000,000 $
2004
Malaysian Labor
# 54
Haiti :
932,000,000 $
2004
Haitian Labor
# 55
Japan :
930,000,000 $
2004
Japanese Labor
# 56
Syria :
855,000,000 $
2004
Syrian Labor
# 57
Nepal :
822,600,000 $
2004
Nepalese Labor
# 58
Armenia :
813,065,700 $
2004
Armenian Labor
# 59
Czech Republic :
808,000,000 $
2004
Czech Labor
# 60
Turkey :
804,000,000 $
2004
Turkish Labor
# 61
Korea, South :
799,000,000 $
2004
Korean Labor
# 62
Israel :
715,000,000 $
2004
Israeli Labor
# 63
Moldova :
705,000,000 $
2004
Moldovan Labor
# 64
Finland :
666,000,000 $
2004
Finnish Labor
# 65
Sweden :
643,000,000 $
2004
Swedish Labor
# 66
Senegal :
633,000,000 $
2004
Senegalese Labor
# 67
South Africa :
523,000,000 $
2004
South African Labor
# 68
Nicaragua :
519,000,000 $
2004
Nicaraguan Labor
# 69
Slovakia :
424,000,000 $
2004
Slovak Labor
# 70
Ireland :
414,000,000 $
2004
Irish Labor
# 71
Ukraine :
411,000,000 $
2004
Ukrainian Labor
# 72
Norway :
392,000,000 $
2004
Norwegian Labor
# 73
Uganda :
384,000,000 $
2004
Ugandan Labor
# 74
Kenya :
371,400,000 $
2004
Kenyan Labor
# 75
Lesotho :
355,000,000 $
2004
Basotho Labor
# 76
Lithuania :
325,000,000 $
2004
Lithuanian Labor
# 77
Costa Rica :
319,000,000 $
2004
Costa Rican Labor
# 78
Hungary :
307,000,000 $
2004
Hungarian Labor
# 79
Georgia :
303,000,000 $
2004
Georgian Labor
# 80
Argentina :
292,000,000 $
2004
Argentine Labor
# 81
Slovenia :
266,000,000 $
2004
Slovenian Labor
# 82
Belarus :
256,000,000 $
2004
Belarusian Labor
# 83
Tajikistan :
252,000,000 $
2004
Tajikistani Labor
# 84
Cyprus :
245,000,000 $
2004
Cypriot Labor
# 85
Hong Kong :
240,000,000 $
2004
Hong Kong Labor
# 86
Paraguay :
238,000,000 $
2004
Paraguayan Labor
# 87
Latvia :
230,000,000 $
2004
Latvian Labor
# 88
Azerbaijan :
227,000,000 $
2004
Azerbaijani Labor
# 89
Mauritius :
215,000,000 $
2004
Mauritian Labor
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
213,000,000 $
2004
Macedonian Labor
# 91
Bolivia :
210,000,000 $
2004
Bolivian Labor
# 92
Mongolia :
202,000,000 $
2004
Mongolian Labor
# 93
Kyrgyzstan :
189,000,000 $
2004
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 94
Togo :
179,000,000 $
2004
Togolese Labor
# 95
Cambodia :
177,400,000 $
2004
Cambodian Labor
# 96
Estonia :
167,000,000 $
2004
Estonian Labor
# 97
Kazakhstan :
165,000,000 $
2004
Kazakhstani Labor
# 98
Côte d'Ivoire :
159,000,000 $
2004
Ivoirian Labor
# 99
Mali :
155,000,000 $
2004
Malian Labor
# 100
Guyana :
153,000,000 $
2004
Guyanese Labor
# 101
Ethiopia :
134,000,000 $
2004
Ethiopian Labor
# 102
Romania :
132,000,000 $
2004
Romanian Labor
# 103
Burma :
117,000,000 $
2004
Burmese Labor
# 104
Cape Verde :
113,000,000 $
2004
Cape Verdean Labor
# 105
Iceland :
112,000,000 $
2004
Icelandic Labor
# 106
Barbados :
109,000,000 $
2004
Barbadian Labor
# 107
Panama :
105,000,000 $
2004
Panamanian Labor
# 108
Botswana :
93,000,000 $
2004
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 109
Swaziland :
89,000,000 $
2004
Swazi Labor
# 110
Trinidad and Tobago :
87,000,000 $
2004
Tobagonian Labor
# 111
Ghana :
82,000,000 $
2004
Ghanaian Labor
# 112
Uruguay :
70,000,000 $
2004
Uruguayan Labor
# 113
Tonga :
66,000,000 $
2004
Tongan Labor
# 114
Benin :
63,000,000 $
2004
Beninese Labor
# 115
Gambia, The :
62,000,000 $
2004
Gambian Labor
# 116
Niger :
60,000,000 $
2004
Nigerien Labor
# 117
Mozambique :
58,000,000 $
2004
Mozambican Labor
# 118
Burkina Faso :
50,000,000 $
2004
Burkinabe Labor
# 119
Guinea :
42,000,000 $
2004
Guinean Labor
# 120
Oman :
39,000,000 $
2004
Omani Labor
# 121
Belize :
34,000,000 $
2004
Belizean Labor
# 122
Malta :
33,000,000 $
2004
Maltese Labor
# 123
Guinea-Bissau :
28,000,000 $
2004
Guinean Labor
# 124
Sierra Leone :
24,700,000 $
2004
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 125
Grenada :
24,000,000 $
2004
Grenadian Labor
# 126
Fiji :
24,000,000 $
2004
Fijian Labor
# 127
Venezuela :
20,000,000 $
2004
Venezuelan Labor
# 128
Namibia :
16,000,000 $
2004
Namibian Labor
# 129
Papua New Guinea :
16,000,000 $
2004
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 130
Congo, Republic of the :
15,000,000 $
2004
Congolese Labor
# 131
Chile :
13,000,000 $
2004
Chilean Labor
# 132
Aruba :
13,000,000 $
2004
Aruban Labor
# 133
Comoros :
12,000,000 $
2004
Comoran Labor
# 134
Cameroon :
11,000,000 $
2004
Cameroonian Labor
# 135
Tanzania :
10,900,000 $
2004
Tanzanian Labor
# 136
Rwanda :
10,000,000 $
2004
Rwandan Labor
# 137
Libya :
10,000,000 $
2004
Libyan Labor
# 138
Vanuatu :
10,000,000 $
2004
- Labor
# 139
Suriname :
9,000,000 $
2004
Surinamese Labor
# 140
Antigua and Barbuda :
9,000,000 $
2004
Barbudan Labor
# 141
Seychelles :
7,000,000 $
2004
Seychellois Labor
# 142
Kiribati :
7,000,000 $
2004
- Labor
# 143
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000,000 $
2004
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 144
Gabon :
6,000,000 $
2004
Gabonese Labor
# 145
Madagascar :
5,000,000 $
2004
Malagasy Labor
# 146
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000,000 $
2004
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 147
Dominica :
4,000,000 $
2004
Dominican Labor
# 148
Maldives :
3,000,000 $
2004
Maldivian Labor
# 149
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,000,000 $
2004
Nevisian Labor
# 150
Saint Lucia :
2,000,000 $
2004
Saint Lucian Labor
# 151
Solomon Islands :
2,000,000 $
2004
Solomon Islander Labor
# 152
Mauritania :
2,000,000 $
2004
Mauritanian Labor
# 153
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000,000 $
2004
Sao Tomean Labor
# 154
Malawi :
1,000,000 $
2004
Malawian Labor
# 155
Laos :
1,000,000 $
2004
Lao Labor
# 156
Samoa :
1,000,000 $
2004
Samoan Labor
Total :
232,286,365,700 $
Weighted average:
1,489,015,164.7 $
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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