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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) (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Portugal :
454,680.322 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Portuguese Labor
# 2
Samoa :
209,691.95 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Samoan Labor
# 3
Greece :
206,140.351 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Greek Labor
# 4
Tonga :
187,847.285 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tongan Labor
# 5
Cape Verde :
164,540.692 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cape Verdean Labor
# 6
Jordan :
126,348.688 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Jordanian Labor
# 7
Saint Lucia :
114,460.809 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Saint Lucian Labor
# 8
Cyprus :
110,354.747 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cypriot Labor
# 9
Barbados :
105,367.547 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Barbadian Labor
# 10
Seychelles :
98,111.457 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Seychellois Labor
# 11
El Salvador :
89,666.504 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Salvadoran Labor
# 12
Belgium :
84,503.423 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Belgian Labor
# 13
Morocco :
80,791.767 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Moroccan Labor
# 14
Yemen :
78,856.716 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Yemeni Labor
# 15
Egypt :
71,359.294 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Egyptian Labor
# 16
Austria :
69,015.421 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Austrian Labor
# 17
Belize :
63,402.062 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Belizean Labor
# 18
Tunisia :
63,059.232 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tunisian Labor
# 19
Jamaica :
56,358.118 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Jamaican Labor
# 20
Turkey :
49,229.856 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Turkish Labor
# 21
Spain :
46,023.182 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Spanish Labor
# 22
Vanuatu :
45,313.746 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
- Labor
# 23
Dominican Republic :
44,310.415 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Dominican Labor
# 24
Malta :
42,581.135 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Maltese Labor
# 25
Kiribati :
32,462.558 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
- Labor
# 26
Mexico :
28,469.281 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Mexican Labor
# 27
Sri Lanka :
25,603.405 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Sri Lankan Labor
# 28
Colombia :
24,362.791 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Colombian Labor
# 29
Comoros :
22,594.373 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Comoran Labor
# 30
Benin :
20,734.53 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Beninese Labor
# 31
Switzerland :
20,510.412 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Swiss Labor
# 32
Oman :
20,428.225 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Omani Labor
# 33
New Zealand :
18,630.274 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
New Zealand Labor
# 34
France :
16,988.151 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
French Labor
# 35
Italy :
15,913.113 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Italian Labor
# 36
Guatemala :
15,275.771 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Guatemalan Labor
# 37
Pakistan :
13,983.729 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Pakistani Labor
# 38
Korea, South :
12,958.769 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Korean Labor
# 39
Burkina Faso :
12,862.633 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Burkinabe Labor
# 40
Senegal :
12,837.088 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Senegalese Labor
# 41
Honduras :
10,373.074 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Honduran Labor
# 42
Mali :
10,194.301 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Malian Labor
# 43
Algeria :
8,988.466 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Algerian Labor
# 44
Bangladesh :
7,227.213 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Bangladeshi Labor
# 45
Togo :
7,122.126 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Togolese Labor
# 46
Brazil :
6,960.468 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Brazilian Labor
# 47
Peru :
6,672.657 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Peruvian Labor
# 48
Norway :
6,563.852 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Norwegian Labor
# 49
Panama :
5,770.598 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Panamanian Labor
# 50
Mauritania :
5,646.238 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Mauritanian Labor
# 51
Philippines :
5,260.886 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Philippine Labor
# 52
Ecuador :
5,235.049 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Ecuadorian Labor
# 53
Namibia :
5,013.535 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Namibian Labor
# 54
Sweden :
4,748.628 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Swedish Labor
# 55
Trinidad and Tobago :
3,923.854 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Tobagonian Labor
# 56
India :
3,779.303 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Indian Labor
# 57
Sudan :
1,702.539 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Sudanese Labor
# 58
Niger :
1,472.499 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Nigerien Labor
# 59
Indonesia :
716.963 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Indonesian Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
706.233 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Nigeria :
674.002 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Nigerian Labor
# 62
Ghana :
389.452 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Ghanaian Labor
# 63
Cameroon :
301.751 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Cameroonian Labor
# 64
China :
179.878 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Chinese Labor
# 65
Rwanda :
91.13 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Rwandan Labor
# 66
Bolivia :
87.919 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Bolivian Labor
# 67
Burma :
37.42 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1991
Burmese Labor
Weighted average:
46,066.7 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) (1991) 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=1991
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