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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$ (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
21,595,100,000 BoP $
2003
Indian Labor
# 2
Mexico :
13,396,200,000 BoP $
2003
Mexican Labor
# 3
Philippines :
7,681,000,000 BoP $
2003
Philippine Labor
# 4
Spain :
4,717,666,000 BoP $
2003
Spanish Labor
# 5
Lebanon :
3,963,687,000 BoP $
2003
Lebanese Labor
# 6
Pakistan :
3,963,000,000 BoP $
2003
Pakistani Labor
# 7
Morocco :
3,613,917,000 BoP $
2003
Moroccan Labor
# 8
China :
3,342,737,000 BoP $
2003
Chinese Labor
# 9
Bangladesh :
3,179,971,000 BoP $
2003
Bangladeshi Labor
# 10
Colombia :
3,060,095,000 BoP $
2003
Colombian Labor
# 11
Egypt :
2,960,900,000 BoP $
2003
Egyptian Labor
# 12
Portugal :
2,752,172,000 BoP $
2003
Portuguese Labor
# 13
Poland :
2,288,000,000 BoP $
2003
Polish Labor
# 14
Guatemala :
2,106,505,000 BoP $
2003
Guatemalan Labor
# 15
El Salvador :
2,105,300,000 BoP $
2003
Salvadoran Labor
# 16
Dominican Republic :
2,060,500,000 BoP $
2003
Dominican Labor
# 17
Brazil :
2,018,075,000 BoP $
2003
Brazilian Labor
# 18
Jordan :
1,980,959,000 BoP $
2003
Jordanian Labor
# 19
Ecuador :
1,627,427,000 BoP $
2003
Ecuadorian Labor
# 20
Indonesia :
1,488,709,000 BoP $
2003
Indonesian Labor
# 21
Sri Lanka :
1,413,907,000 BoP $
2003
Sri Lankan Labor
# 22
Yemen :
1,269,900,000 BoP $
2003
Yemeni Labor
# 23
Jamaica :
1,269,500,000 BoP $
2003
Jamaican Labor
# 24
Tunisia :
1,250,332,000 BoP $
2003
Tunisian Labor
# 25
Sudan :
1,218,360,000 BoP $
2003
Sudanese Labor
# 26
Greece :
1,182,856,000 BoP $
2003
Greek Labor
# 27
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,143,454,000 BoP $
2003
Herzegovinian Labor
# 28
Nigeria :
1,062,840,000 BoP $
2003
Nigerian Labor
# 29
Honduras :
860,400,000 BoP $
2003
Honduran Labor
# 30
Peru :
860,000,000 BoP $
2003
Peruvian Labor
# 31
Haiti :
811,000,000 BoP $
2003
Haitian Labor
# 32
Croatia :
797,194,000 BoP $
2003
Croatian Labor
# 33
Albania :
778,114,200 BoP $
2003
Albanian Labor
# 34
Nepal :
744,395,700 BoP $
2003
Nepalese Labor
# 35
Syria :
743,000,000 BoP $
2003
Syrian Labor
# 36
Turkey :
729,000,000 BoP $
2003
Turkish Labor
# 37
Bulgaria :
681,243,600 BoP $
2003
Bulgarian Labor
# 38
Japan :
656,570,400 BoP $
2003
Japanese Labor
# 39
Austria :
498,643,000 BoP $
2003
Austrian Labor
# 40
France :
459,117,200 BoP $
2003
French Labor
# 41
Senegal :
448,229,300 BoP $
2003
Senegalese Labor
# 42
Nicaragua :
438,800,000 BoP $
2003
Nicaraguan Labor
# 43
Costa Rica :
305,971,000 BoP $
2003
Costa Rican Labor
# 44
Uganda :
305,685,100 BoP $
2003
Ugandan Labor
# 45
Russia :
300,180,000 BoP $
2003
Russian Labor
# 46
New Zealand :
290,415,900 BoP $
2003
New Zealand Labor
# 47
Italy :
288,085,100 BoP $
2003
Italian Labor
# 48
Argentina :
235,900,000 BoP $
2003
Argentine Labor
# 49
Sweden :
202,657,300 BoP $
2003
Swedish Labor
# 50
Ukraine :
185,000,000 BoP $
2003
Ukrainian Labor
# 51
Switzerland :
172,941,200 BoP $
2003
Swiss Labor
# 52
Azerbaijan :
154,110,000 BoP $
2003
Azerbaijani Labor
# 53
Moldova :
152,020,000 BoP $
2003
Moldovan Labor
# 54
Tajikistan :
145,974,600 BoP $
2003
Tajikistani Labor
# 55
Macedonia, Republic of :
145,739,900 BoP $
2003
Macedonian Labor
# 56
Mali :
138,866,100 BoP $
2003
Malian Labor
# 57
Mongolia :
128,600,000 BoP $
2003
Mongolian Labor
# 58
Togo :
128,277,600 BoP $
2003
Togolese Labor
# 59
Bolivia :
126,666,400 BoP $
2003
Bolivian Labor
# 60
Cambodia :
125,000,000 BoP $
2003
Cambodian Labor
# 61
Guinea :
111,046,000 BoP $
2003
Guinean Labor
# 62
Paraguay :
109,500,000 BoP $
2003
Paraguayan Labor
# 63
Guyana :
99,300,000 BoP $
2003
Guyanese Labor
# 64
Barbados :
96,900,000 BoP $
2003
Barbadian Labor
# 65
Panama :
94,100,000 BoP $
2003
Panamanian Labor
# 66
Cape Verde :
92,083,210 BoP $
2003
Cape Verdean Labor
# 67
Trinidad and Tobago :
86,800,000 BoP $
2003
Tobagonian Labor
# 68
Kyrgyzstan :
70,327,780 BoP $
2003
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 69
Macau :
67,813,110 BoP $
2003
Chinese Labor
# 70
Kenya :
65,845,300 BoP $
2003
Kenyan Labor
# 71
Ghana :
65,100,160 BoP $
2003
Ghanaian Labor
# 72
Georgia :
64,496,390 BoP $
2003
Georgian Labor
# 73
Gambia, The :
64,094,530 BoP $
2003
Gambian Labor
# 74
Uruguay :
61,700,000 BoP $
2003
Uruguayan Labor
# 75
Burma :
59,250,200 BoP $
2003
Burmese Labor
# 76
Benin :
49,468,320 BoP $
2003
Beninese Labor
# 77
Ethiopia :
46,470,190 BoP $
2003
Ethiopian Labor
# 78
Korea, South :
42,400,000 BoP $
2003
Korean Labor
# 79
Hungary :
38,815,270 BoP $
2003
Hungarian Labor
# 80
Kazakhstan :
38,317,790 BoP $
2003
Kazakhstani Labor
# 81
Ireland :
33,333,740 BoP $
2003
Irish Labor
# 82
Lithuania :
33,204,800 BoP $
2003
Lithuanian Labor
# 83
Mozambique :
29,921,750 BoP $
2003
Mozambican Labor
# 84
Belize :
29,674,260 BoP $
2003
Belizean Labor
# 85
Sierra Leone :
25,772,010 BoP $
2003
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 86
Guinea-Bissau :
21,297,300 BoP $
2003
Guinean Labor
# 87
Suriname :
21,100,000 BoP $
2003
Surinamese Labor
# 88
Belgium :
20,047,930 BoP $
2003
Belgian Labor
# 89
Cameroon :
15,671,020 BoP $
2003
Cameroonian Labor
# 90
Romania :
14,000,000 BoP $
2003
Romanian Labor
# 91
Slovenia :
13,441,410 BoP $
2003
Slovenian Labor
# 92
French Polynesia :
12,323,620 BoP $
2003
French Polynesian Labor
# 93
Niger :
11,520,990 BoP $
2003
Nigerien Labor
# 94
Lesotho :
11,465,370 BoP $
2003
Basotho Labor
# 95
Rwanda :
9,430,000 BoP $
2003
Rwandan Labor
# 96
Armenia :
9,323,000 BoP $
2003
Armenian Labor
# 97
Estonia :
9,167,314 BoP $
2003
Estonian Labor
# 98
Cyprus :
6,443,444 BoP $
2003
Cypriot Labor
# 99
Namibia :
4,787,994 BoP $
2003
Namibian Labor
# 100
Madagascar :
4,746,555 BoP $
2003
Malagasy Labor
# 101
Seychelles :
4,695,874 BoP $
2003
Seychellois Labor
# 102
Congo, Republic of the :
4,645,559 BoP $
2003
Congolese Labor
# 103
New Caledonia :
4,520,866 BoP $
2003
New Caledonian Labor
# 104
Papua New Guinea :
3,984,899 BoP $
2003
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 105
Gabon :
3,805,917 BoP $
2003
Gabonese Labor
# 106
Libya :
3,000,000 BoP $
2003
Libyan Labor
# 107
Tanzania :
1,900,000 BoP $
2003
Tanzanian Labor
# 108
Latvia :
1,600,000 BoP $
2003
Latvian Labor
# 109
Luxembourg :
837,992.9 BoP $
2003
Luxembourg Labor
# 110
Netherlands Antilles :
821,229.1 BoP $
2003
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 111
Malta :
633,764.5 BoP $
2003
Maltese Labor
# 112
Aruba :
614,525.1 BoP $
2003
Aruban Labor
# 113
Vanuatu :
65,582.15 BoP $
2003
- Labor
# 114
Botswana :
22,626.59 BoP $
2003
Motswana -Batswana Labor
Total :
114,542,516,192.34 BoP $
Weighted average:
1,004,758,914.0 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$ (2003) 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=2003
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