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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Luxembourg :
2,631.869 $
per capita
2005
# 2
Lebanon :
1,376.643 $
per capita
2005
# 3
Belgium :
682.817 $
per capita
2005
# 4
Jamaica :
671.69 $
per capita
2005
# 5
Tonga :
645.092 $
per capita
2005
# 6
Mayotte :
626.506 $
per capita
1993
# 7
Serbia and Montenegro :
576.619 $
per capita
2005
# 8
Barbados :
519.373 $
per capita
2005
# 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
471.964 $
per capita
2005
# 10
Jordan :
456.788 $
per capita
2005
# 11
El Salvador :
413.024 $
per capita
2005
# 12
Albania :
412.183 $
per capita
2005
# 13
Austria :
357.208 $
per capita
2005
# 14
Armenia :
311.639 $
per capita
2005
# 15
Dominican Republic :
305.456 $
per capita
2005
# 16
Iceland :
296.546 $
per capita
2005
# 17
Portugal :
285.986 $
per capita
2005
# 18
Bulgaria :
275.194 $
per capita
2005
# 19
Croatia :
275.018 $
per capita
2005
# 20
Cape Verde :
270.32 $
per capita
2005
# 21
Guyana :
267.565 $
per capita
2005
# 22
Switzerland :
256.821 $
per capita
2005
# 23
Cyprus :
250.726 $
per capita
2005
# 24
Honduras :
249.281 $
per capita
2005
# 25
Guatemala :
240.732 $
per capita
2005
# 26
Romania :
218.772 $
per capita
2005
# 27
Moldova :
218.748 $
per capita
2005
# 28
Mexico :
211.196 $
per capita
2005
# 29
France :
209.321 $
per capita
2005
# 30
Grenada :
206.573 $
per capita
2005
# 31
Denmark :
198.487 $
per capita
2005
# 32
Estonia :
196.865 $
per capita
2005
# 33
Spain :
182.658 $
per capita
2005
# 34
Lesotho :
182.196 $
per capita
2005
# 35
New Zealand :
180.292 $
per capita
2005
# 36
Mauritius :
172.933 $
per capita
2005
# 37
Latvia :
165.616 $
per capita
2005
# 38
Philippines :
163.339 $
per capita
2005
# 39
Belize :
157.642 $
per capita
2005
# 40
Ireland :
156.524 $
per capita
2005
# 41
Lithuania :
156.401 $
per capita
2005
# 42
Ecuador :
154.062 $
per capita
2005
# 43
Morocco :
152.114 $
per capita
2005
# 44
Australia :
140.587 $
per capita
2005
# 45
Tunisia :
138.897 $
per capita
2005
# 46
Netherlands :
136.46 $
per capita
2005
# 47
Finland :
132.479 $
per capita
2005
# 48
Slovenia :
131.967 $
per capita
2005
# 49
Seychelles :
130.186 $
per capita
2005
# 50
Israel :
122.913 $
per capita
2005
# 51
Aruba :
119.641 $
per capita
2005
# 52
Nicaragua :
116.52 $
per capita
2005
# 53
Haiti :
115.505 $
per capita
2005
# 54
United Kingdom :
111.612 $
per capita
2005
# 55
Macedonia, Republic of :
111.108 $
per capita
2005
# 56
Greece :
109.87 $
per capita
2005
# 57
Antigua and Barbuda :
108.714 $
per capita
2005
# 58
Sri Lanka :
106.393 $
per capita
2005
# 59
Czech Republic :
99.374 $
per capita
2005
# 60
Costa Rica :
97.291 $
per capita
2005
# 61
Poland :
92.99 $
per capita
2005
# 62
Norway :
92.791 $
per capita
2005
# 63
Azerbaijan :
82.618 $
per capita
2005
# 64
Germany :
79.326 $
per capita
2005
# 65
Mongolia :
79.092 $
per capita
2005
# 66
Slovakia :
78.708 $
per capita
2005
# 67
Georgia :
77.329 $
per capita
2005
# 68
Malta :
76.828 $
per capita
2005
# 69
Colombia :
73.377 $
per capita
2005
# 70
Swaziland :
71.618 $
per capita
2005
# 71
Tajikistan :
71.615 $
per capita
2005
# 72
Botswana :
70.824 $
per capita
2005
# 73
Kiribati :
70.707 $
per capita
2005
# 74
Sweden :
69.814 $
per capita
2005
# 75
Egypt :
67.767 $
per capita
2005
# 76
Trinidad and Tobago :
66.655 $
per capita
2005
# 77
Kyrgyzstan :
62.603 $
per capita
2005
# 78
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
62.5 $
per capita
2005
# 79
Yemen :
61.169 $
per capita
2005
# 80
Algeria :
59.354 $
per capita
2005
# 81
Dominica :
55.556 $
per capita
2005
# 82
Senegal :
54.297 $
per capita
2005
# 83
Vanuatu :
52.042 $
per capita
2005
# 84
Peru :
51.487 $
per capita
2005
# 85
Malaysia :
50.538 $
per capita
2005
# 86
Vietnam :
48.124 $
per capita
2005
# 87
Paraguay :
45.434 $
per capita
2005
# 88
Nepal :
44.633 $
per capita
2005
# 89
Netherlands Antilles :
43.798 $
per capita
2005
# 90
Syria :
43.217 $
per capita
2005
# 91
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
41.999 $
per capita
2005
# 92
Italy :
40.917 $
per capita
2005
# 93
Panama :
38.991 $
per capita
2005
# 94
Gambia, The :
38.231 $
per capita
2005
# 95
Belarus :
37.849 $
per capita
2005
# 96
Bolivia :
36.811 $
per capita
2005
# 97
Hong Kong :
34.564 $
per capita
2005
# 98
Bangladesh :
29.974 $
per capita
2005
# 99
Hungary :
29.741 $
per capita
2005
# 100
Fiji :
28.312 $
per capita
2005
# 101
Sudan :
28.041 $
per capita
2005
# 102
Pakistan :
27.476 $
per capita
2005
# 103
Nigeria :
25.31 $
per capita
2005
# 104
Togo :
24.085 $
per capita
2005
# 105
Uruguay :
22.523 $
per capita
2005
# 106
Russia :
21.78 $
per capita
2005
# 107
India :
21.675 $
per capita
2005
# 108
Comoros :
19.984 $
per capita
2005
# 109
Djibouti :
19.713 $
per capita
1995
# 110
Brazil :
18.991 $
per capita
2005
# 111
Thailand :
18.48 $
per capita
2005
# 112
Guinea-Bissau :
17.651 $
per capita
2005
# 113
China :
17.242 $
per capita
2005
# 114
Korea, South :
16.731 $
per capita
2005
# 115
Uganda :
16.518 $
per capita
2005
# 116
Kenya :
15.297 $
per capita
2005
# 117
Oman :
15.193 $
per capita
2005
# 118
Iran :
15.121 $
per capita
2005
# 119
Cambodia :
14.214 $
per capita
2005
# 120
South Africa :
14.033 $
per capita
2005
# 121
Ukraine :
12.639 $
per capita
2005
# 122
Saint Lucia :
12.137 $
per capita
2005
# 123
Turkey :
11.809 $
per capita
2005
# 124
Kazakhstan :
11.752 $
per capita
2005
# 125
Mali :
11.466 $
per capita
2005
# 126
Argentina :
10.659 $
per capita
2005
# 127
United States :
9.865 $
per capita
2005
# 128
Maldives :
9.113 $
per capita
2005
# 129
Suriname :
8.904 $
per capita
2005
# 130
Côte d'Ivoire :
8.814 $
per capita
2005
# 131
Indonesia :
8.537 $
per capita
2005
# 132
Japan :
8.452 $
per capita
2005
# 133
Namibia :
7.877 $
per capita
2005
# 134
Benin :
7.465 $
per capita
2005
# 135
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6.389 $
per capita
2005
# 136
Venezuela :
5.569 $
per capita
2005
# 137
Samoa :
5.406 $
per capita
2005
# 138
Ghana :
4.477 $
per capita
2005
# 139
Guinea :
4.467 $
per capita
2005
# 140
Gabon :
4.336 $
per capita
2005
# 141
Niger :
4.299 $
per capita
2005
# 142
Solomon Islands :
4.186 $
per capita
2005
# 143
Zimbabwe :
3.79 $
per capita
1994
# 144
Burkina Faso :
3.78 $
per capita
2005
# 145
Somalia :
3.329 $
per capita
1983
# 146
Mozambique :
2.88 $
per capita
2005
# 147
Congo, Republic of the :
2.751 $
per capita
2005
# 148
Equatorial Guinea :
2.707 $
per capita
1992
# 149
Libya :
2.563 $
per capita
2005
# 150
Ethiopia :
2.442 $
per capita
2005
# 151
Rwanda :
2.324 $
per capita
2005
# 152
Burma :
2.316 $
per capita
2005
# 153
Papua New Guinea :
2.208 $
per capita
2005
# 154
Turkmenistan :
0.937 $
per capita
1996
# 155
Eritrea :
0.844 $
per capita
2000
# 156
Cameroon :
0.674 $
per capita
2005
# 157
Mauritania :
0.652 $
per capita
2005
# 158
Central African Republic :
0.453 $
per capita
1978
# 159
Tanzania :
0.417 $
per capita
2005
# 160
Angola :
0.397 $
per capita
1996
# 161
Sierra Leone :
0.362 $
per capita
2005
# 162
Chile :
0.184 $
per capita
2005
# 163
Laos :
0.169 $
per capita
2005
# 164
Madagascar :
0.161 $
per capita
2005
# 165
Chad :
0.147 $
per capita
1994
# 166
Malawi :
0.078 $
per capita
2005
Weighted average:
128.7 $
per capita
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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