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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Jordan :
329,568.552 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Jordanian Labor
# 2
Portugal :
325,572.243 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Portuguese Labor
# 3
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
235,532.421 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Nevisian Labor
# 4
Tonga :
233,523.796 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Tongan Labor
# 5
Samoa :
231,404.984 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Samoan Labor
# 6
Antigua and Barbuda :
139,472.462 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Barbudan Labor
# 7
Saint Lucia :
139,299.611 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Saint Lucian Labor
# 8
Greece :
133,386.661 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Greek Labor
# 9
Dominica :
121,765.603 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Dominican Labor
# 10
Grenada :
121,175.087 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Grenadian Labor
# 11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
116,641.112 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 12
Cyprus :
115,237.111 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Cypriot Labor
# 13
Cape Verde :
104,510.429 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Cape Verdean Labor
# 14
Belize :
90,468.037 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Belizean Labor
# 15
New Zealand :
73,405.325 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
New Zealand Labor
# 16
Morocco :
69,793.648 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Moroccan Labor
# 17
Barbados :
69,372.932 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Barbadian Labor
# 18
Egypt :
69,230.116 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Egyptian Labor
# 19
Tunisia :
59,672.752 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Tunisian Labor
# 20
Belgium :
56,095.248 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Belgian Labor
# 21
Vanuatu :
48,497.872 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
- Labor
# 22
Austria :
48,066.288 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Austrian Labor
# 23
Malta :
47,003.504 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Maltese Labor
# 24
Dominican Republic :
39,695.275 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Dominican Labor
# 25
Turkey :
38,444.711 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Turkish Labor
# 26
Kiribati :
36,965.085 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
- Labor
# 27
El Salvador :
34,330.997 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Salvadoran Labor
# 28
Spain :
34,073.454 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Spanish Labor
# 29
Italy :
28,262.288 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Italian Labor
# 30
Oman :
23,573.961 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Omani Labor
# 31
Jamaica :
23,270.654 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Jamaican Labor
# 32
Burkina Faso :
22,187.132 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Burkinabe Labor
# 33
Pakistan :
21,815.483 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Pakistani Labor
# 34
Sri Lanka :
21,380.224 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Sri Lankan Labor
# 35
Algeria :
20,800.355 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Algerian Labor
# 36
Switzerland :
19,467.517 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Swiss Labor
# 37
Mexico :
18,812.264 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Mexican Labor
# 38
Colombia :
18,735.99 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Colombian Labor
# 39
Haiti :
17,587.328 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Haitian Labor
# 40
Comoros :
16,899.474 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Comoran Labor
# 41
Benin :
12,849.048 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Beninese Labor
# 42
Mali :
10,669.029 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Malian Labor
# 43
Senegal :
9,756.099 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Senegalese Labor
# 44
Panama :
9,392.971 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Panamanian Labor
# 45
Korea, South :
9,125.676 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Korean Labor
# 46
Bangladesh :
7,692.521 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Bangladeshi Labor
# 47
France :
7,164.776 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
French Labor
# 48
Honduras :
6,296.673 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Honduran Labor
# 49
Sudan :
5,627.75 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Sudanese Labor
# 50
Togo :
5,562.535 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Togolese Labor
# 51
Philippines :
3,706.844 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Philippine Labor
# 52
Mauritania :
3,533.361 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Mauritanian Labor
# 53
India :
3,332.931 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Indian Labor
# 54
Norway :
2,773.628 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Norwegian Labor
# 55
Niger :
1,990.704 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Nigerien Labor
# 56
Sweden :
1,888.595 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Swedish Labor
# 57
Cameroon :
947.58 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Cameroonian Labor
# 58
Indonesia :
508.907 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Indonesian Labor
# 59
Gabon :
306.673 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Gabonese Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
303.688 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Rwanda :
285.357 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Rwandan Labor
# 62
Chad :
245.112 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Chadian Labor
# 63
Trinidad and Tobago :
231.919 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Tobagonian Labor
# 64
São Tomé and Príncipe :
220.346 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Sao Tomean Labor
# 65
Brazil :
155.383 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Brazilian Labor
# 66
Burma :
154.619 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Burmese Labor
# 67
China :
153.132 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Chinese Labor
# 68
Bolivia :
96.277 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Bolivian Labor
# 69
Ghana :
49.171 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Ghanaian Labor
# 70
Nigeria :
31.677 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Nigerian Labor
# 71
Guinea :
12.784 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1987
Guinean Labor
Weighted average:
49,578.4 BoP $
per 1,000 people
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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"Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) (1987) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_wor_rem_rec_bop_cur_us_percap-bop-current-us-per-capita&date=1987
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