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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) (1988) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Portugal :
338,837.179 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Portuguese Labor
# 2
Jordan :
303,589.009 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Jordanian Labor
# 3
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
252,095.623 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Nevisian Labor
# 4
Samoa :
236,832.245 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Samoan Labor
# 5
Dominica :
176,609.18 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Dominican Labor
# 6
Tonga :
168,183.078 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Tongan Labor
# 7
Greece :
166,882.535 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Greek Labor
# 8
Antigua and Barbuda :
147,018.147 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Barbudan Labor
# 9
Cyprus :
127,513.5 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Cypriot Labor
# 10
Grenada :
126,284.11 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Grenadian Labor
# 11
Cape Verde :
119,840.495 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Cape Verdean Labor
# 12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
114,860.072 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 13
Saint Lucia :
97,648.236 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Saint Lucian Labor
# 14
Barbados :
93,024.531 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Barbadian Labor
# 15
New Zealand :
78,742.09 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
New Zealand Labor
# 16
Malta :
75,988.333 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Maltese Labor
# 17
Belize :
71,746.385 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Belizean Labor
# 18
Egypt :
70,736.864 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Egyptian Labor
# 19
Belgium :
63,467.875 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Belgian Labor
# 20
Tunisia :
63,350.31 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Tunisian Labor
# 21
Morocco :
56,133.098 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Moroccan Labor
# 22
Austria :
53,898.315 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Austrian Labor
# 23
Vanuatu :
49,504.206 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
- Labor
# 24
Dominican Republic :
41,157.841 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Dominican Labor
# 25
Spain :
39,537.438 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Spanish Labor
# 26
El Salvador :
39,311.58 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Salvadoran Labor
# 27
Turkey :
33,058.467 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Turkish Labor
# 28
Jamaica :
32,252.589 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Jamaican Labor
# 29
Italy :
26,131.894 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Italian Labor
# 30
Kiribati :
25,801.398 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
- Labor
# 31
Mexico :
23,678.276 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Mexican Labor
# 32
Burkina Faso :
23,251.698 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Burkinabe Labor
# 33
Oman :
22,730.011 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Omani Labor
# 34
Sri Lanka :
21,547.497 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Sri Lankan Labor
# 35
Switzerland :
19,766.098 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Swiss Labor
# 36
Haiti :
18,838.432 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Haitian Labor
# 37
Pakistan :
18,241.293 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Pakistani Labor
# 38
Comoros :
17,871.71 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Comoran Labor
# 39
Algeria :
15,760.01 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Algerian Labor
# 40
Benin :
13,895.186 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Beninese Labor
# 41
Colombia :
13,357.158 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Colombian Labor
# 42
Korea, South :
10,706.373 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Korean Labor
# 43
Senegal :
10,260.054 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Senegalese Labor
# 44
Sudan :
8,696.287 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Sudanese Labor
# 45
Mali :
8,649.769 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Malian Labor
# 46
Panama :
8,381.991 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Panamanian Labor
# 47
France :
7,957.902 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
French Labor
# 48
Bangladesh :
7,679.463 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Bangladeshi Labor
# 49
Philippines :
6,655.91 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Philippine Labor
# 50
Honduras :
6,545.124 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Honduran Labor
# 51
Togo :
5,698.375 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Togolese Labor
# 52
Guatemala :
5,024.703 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Guatemalan Labor
# 53
Mauritania :
4,796.172 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Mauritanian Labor
# 54
Guinea :
4,737.398 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Guinean Labor
# 55
India :
2,830.555 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Indian Labor
# 56
Sweden :
2,701.209 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Swedish Labor
# 57
Norway :
2,082.494 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Norwegian Labor
# 58
Niger :
1,897.692 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Nigerien Labor
# 59
Guinea-Bissau :
1,562.941 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Guinean Labor
# 60
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,426.905 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Tobagonian Labor
# 61
Cameroon :
824.442 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Cameroonian Labor
# 62
Indonesia :
575.601 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Indonesian Labor
# 63
Ghana :
409.775 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Ghanaian Labor
# 64
Madagascar :
283.666 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Malagasy Labor
# 65
Burma :
173.855 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Burmese Labor
# 66
Rwanda :
161.79 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Rwandan Labor
# 67
Gabon :
149.744 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Gabonese Labor
# 68
Brazil :
131.711 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Brazilian Labor
# 69
Bolivia :
125.536 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Bolivian Labor
# 70
São Tomé and Príncipe :
124.597 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Sao Tomean Labor
# 71
China :
117.099 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Chinese Labor
# 72
Chad :
60.712 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Chadian Labor
# 73
Nigeria :
27.225 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1988
Nigerian Labor
Weighted average:
49,458.0 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) (1988) 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=1988
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