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Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
14,156,240,000 BoP $
2001
Indian Labor
# 2
Mexico :
8,895,300,000 BoP $
2001
Mexican Labor
# 3
Philippines :
6,328,000,000 BoP $
2001
Philippine Labor
# 4
Spain :
3,665,020,000 BoP $
2001
Spanish Labor
# 5
Portugal :
3,340,434,000 BoP $
2001
Portuguese Labor
# 6
Morocco :
3,260,920,000 BoP $
2001
Moroccan Labor
# 7
Egypt :
2,911,400,000 BoP $
2001
Egyptian Labor
# 8
Turkey :
2,786,000,000 BoP $
2001
Turkish Labor
# 9
Bangladesh :
2,094,137,000 BoP $
2001
Bangladeshi Labor
# 10
Colombia :
2,021,391,000 BoP $
2001
Colombian Labor
# 11
El Salvador :
1,910,500,000 BoP $
2001
Salvadoran Labor
# 12
Jordan :
1,810,060,000 BoP $
2001
Jordanian Labor
# 13
Dominican Republic :
1,807,900,000 BoP $
2001
Dominican Labor
# 14
Poland :
1,802,000,000 BoP $
2001
Polish Labor
# 15
Greece :
1,471,000,000 BoP $
2001
Greek Labor
# 16
Pakistan :
1,461,000,000 BoP $
2001
Pakistani Labor
# 17
Ecuador :
1,414,508,000 BoP $
2001
Ecuadorian Labor
# 18
Yemen :
1,294,612,000 BoP $
2001
Yemeni Labor
# 19
Brazil :
1,178,484,000 BoP $
2001
Brazilian Labor
# 20
Nigeria :
1,166,628,000 BoP $
2001
Nigerian Labor
# 21
Sri Lanka :
1,155,390,000 BoP $
2001
Sri Lankan Labor
# 22
Indonesia :
1,046,000,000 BoP $
2001
Indonesian Labor
# 23
Japan :
1,037,095,000 BoP $
2001
Japanese Labor
# 24
Jamaica :
939,900,000 BoP $
2001
Jamaican Labor
# 25
Tunisia :
927,217,900 BoP $
2001
Tunisian Labor
# 26
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
918,800,600 BoP $
2001
Herzegovinian Labor
# 27
China :
912,000,000 BoP $
2001
Chinese Labor
# 28
Peru :
753,211,500 BoP $
2001
Peruvian Labor
# 29
France :
751,266,800 BoP $
2001
French Labor
# 30
Sudan :
730,400,000 BoP $
2001
Sudanese Labor
# 31
Haiti :
623,580,000 BoP $
2001
Haitian Labor
# 32
Albania :
614,900,000 BoP $
2001
Albanian Labor
# 33
Guatemala :
592,338,900 BoP $
2001
Guatemalan Labor
# 34
Croatia :
582,945,900 BoP $
2001
Croatian Labor
# 35
Honduras :
533,700,000 BoP $
2001
Honduran Labor
# 36
Bulgaria :
402,069,300 BoP $
2001
Bulgarian Labor
# 37
Russia :
362,700,000 BoP $
2001
Russian Labor
# 38
Uganda :
342,421,000 BoP $
2001
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Nicaragua :
335,700,000 BoP $
2001
Nicaraguan Labor
# 40
Italy :
321,947,800 BoP $
2001
Italian Labor
# 41
Austria :
314,624,000 BoP $
2001
Austrian Labor
# 42
Senegal :
259,618,000 BoP $
2001
Senegalese Labor
# 43
New Zealand :
218,798,000 BoP $
2001
New Zealand Labor
# 44
Sweden :
184,756,400 BoP $
2001
Swedish Labor
# 45
Costa Rica :
183,974,000 BoP $
2001
Costa Rican Labor
# 46
Argentina :
155,500,000 BoP $
2001
Argentine Labor
# 47
Nepal :
146,985,200 BoP $
2001
Nepalese Labor
# 48
Paraguay :
140,000,000 BoP $
2001
Paraguayan Labor
# 49
Switzerland :
124,742,100 BoP $
2001
Swiss Labor
# 50
Cambodia :
110,000,000 BoP $
2001
Cambodian Labor
# 51
Bolivia :
107,180,000 BoP $
2001
Bolivian Labor
# 52
Azerbaijan :
104,125,000 BoP $
2001
Azerbaijani Labor
# 53
Barbados :
100,200,000 BoP $
2001
Barbadian Labor
# 54
Belgium :
91,205,090 BoP $
2001
Belgian Labor
# 55
Georgia :
87,100,000 BoP $
2001
Georgian Labor
# 56
Burma :
86,455,940 BoP $
2001
Burmese Labor
# 57
Ukraine :
84,000,000 BoP $
2001
Ukrainian Labor
# 58
Mali :
82,074,820 BoP $
2001
Malian Labor
# 59
Kazakhstan :
81,439,400 BoP $
2001
Kazakhstani Labor
# 60
Moldova :
80,210,000 BoP $
2001
Moldovan Labor
# 61
Cape Verde :
79,750,700 BoP $
2001
Cape Verdean Labor
# 62
Benin :
77,800,820 BoP $
2001
Beninese Labor
# 63
Panama :
73,100,000 BoP $
2001
Panamanian Labor
# 64
Macedonia, Republic of :
68,008,860 BoP $
2001
Macedonian Labor
# 65
Ireland :
53,712,360 BoP $
2001
Irish Labor
# 66
Tonga :
52,532,850 BoP $
2001
Tongan Labor
# 67
Togo :
51,544,360 BoP $
2001
Togolese Labor
# 68
Kenya :
50,914,430 BoP $
2001
Kenyan Labor
# 69
Hungary :
50,869,600 BoP $
2001
Hungarian Labor
# 70
Korea, South :
48,100,000 BoP $
2001
Korean Labor
# 71
Ghana :
45,900,000 BoP $
2001
Ghanaian Labor
# 72
Burkina Faso :
43,607,530 BoP $
2001
Burkinabe Labor
# 73
Mozambique :
41,017,000 BoP $
2001
Mozambican Labor
# 74
Trinidad and Tobago :
40,900,000 BoP $
2001
Tobagonian Labor
# 75
Belize :
26,408,160 BoP $
2001
Belizean Labor
# 76
Mongolia :
25,000,000 BoP $
2001
Mongolian Labor
# 77
Guyana :
22,300,000 BoP $
2001
Guyanese Labor
# 78
Ethiopia :
18,313,720 BoP $
2001
Ethiopian Labor
# 79
Slovenia :
16,570,000 BoP $
2001
Slovenian Labor
# 80
Vanuatu :
15,811,720 BoP $
2001
- Labor
# 81
Niger :
13,765,990 BoP $
2001
Nigerien Labor
# 82
Netherlands Antilles :
12,193,860 BoP $
2001
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 83
Armenia :
10,160,000 BoP $
2001
Armenian Labor
# 84
Guinea-Bissau :
9,549,294 BoP $
2001
Guinean Labor
# 85
Guinea :
8,715,870 BoP $
2001
Guinean Labor
# 86
Cameroon :
6,788,320 BoP $
2001
Cameroonian Labor
# 87
Sierra Leone :
6,215,278 BoP $
2001
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 88
Rwanda :
5,449,403 BoP $
2001
Rwandan Labor
# 89
Tanzania :
5,300,000 BoP $
2001
Tanzanian Labor
# 90
Libya :
5,000,000 BoP $
2001
Libyan Labor
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
4,533,929 BoP $
2001
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 92
Romania :
4,000,000 BoP $
2001
Romanian Labor
# 93
Namibia :
3,757,623 BoP $
2001
Namibian Labor
# 94
Estonia :
3,247,595 BoP $
2001
Estonian Labor
# 95
Lithuania :
3,050,000 BoP $
2001
Lithuanian Labor
# 96
Latvia :
2,400,000 BoP $
2001
Latvian Labor
# 97
Congo, Republic of the :
2,208,615 BoP $
2001
Congolese Labor
# 98
Seychelles :
1,620,134 BoP $
2001
Seychellois Labor
# 99
Lesotho :
1,300,182 BoP $
2001
Basotho Labor
# 100
Gabon :
1,238,680 BoP $
2001
Gabonese Labor
# 101
Aruba :
893,854.8 BoP $
2001
Aruban Labor
# 102
Malawi :
746,886 BoP $
2001
Malawian Labor
# 103
São Tomé and Príncipe :
600,393.9 BoP $
2001
Sao Tomean Labor
# 104
Malta :
530,483.7 BoP $
2001
Maltese Labor
# 105
Botswana :
359,517.7 BoP $
2001
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 106
Suriname :
200,000 BoP $
2001
Surinamese Labor
Total :
82,418,094,669.1 BoP $
Weighted average:
777,529,195.0 BoP $
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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"Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_wor_rem_rec_bop_cur_us-remittances-receipts-bop-current-us&date=2001
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