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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) (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Jordan :
335,567.06 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Jordanian Labor
# 2
Portugal :
331,808.372 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Portuguese Labor
# 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
316,181.99 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Herzegovinian Labor
# 4
Jamaica :
256,064.268 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Jamaican Labor
# 5
Samoa :
231,457.067 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Samoan Labor
# 6
Barbados :
231,316.121 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Barbadian Labor
# 7
El Salvador :
221,756.483 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Salvadoran Labor
# 8
Cape Verde :
167,217.221 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cape Verdean Labor
# 9
Dominican Republic :
156,892.274 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Dominican Labor
# 10
Albania :
147,333.424 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Albanian Labor
# 11
Croatia :
115,600 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Croatian Labor
# 12
Turkey :
82,201.452 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Turkish Labor
# 13
Belize :
79,454.927 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belizean Labor
# 14
Tunisia :
76,966.057 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Tunisian Labor
# 15
Spain :
74,119.448 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Spanish Labor
# 16
Morocco :
72,614.206 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Moroccan Labor
# 17
Yemen :
71,303.531 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Yemeni Labor
# 18
Ecuador :
66,399.303 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ecuadorian Labor
# 19
Mexico :
59,073.358 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mexican Labor
# 20
New Zealand :
58,556.776 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
New Zealand Labor
# 21
Netherlands Antilles :
53,402.238 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 22
Sri Lanka :
53,345.211 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sri Lankan Labor
# 23
Egypt :
52,026.735 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Egyptian Labor
# 24
Guatemala :
42,804.607 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guatemalan Labor
# 25
Haiti :
42,432.314 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Haitian Labor
# 26
Nicaragua :
42,093.548 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nicaraguan Labor
# 27
Austria :
41,247.154 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Austrian Labor
# 28
Honduras :
36,038.952 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Honduran Labor
# 29
Trinidad and Tobago :
34,924.712 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Tobagonian Labor
# 30
Vanuatu :
33,810.127 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
- Labor
# 31
Macedonia, Republic of :
31,729.8 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Macedonian Labor
# 32
Costa Rica :
29,982.067 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Costa Rican Labor
# 33
Georgia :
28,415.128 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Georgian Labor
# 34
Paraguay :
27,812.63 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Paraguayan Labor
# 35
Peru :
25,764.452 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Peruvian Labor
# 36
Poland :
24,258.951 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Polish Labor
# 37
Sudan :
21,794.107 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sudanese Labor
# 38
Switzerland :
20,391.589 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Swiss Labor
# 39
Colombia :
19,553.246 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Colombian Labor
# 40
Guyana :
18,941.623 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guyanese Labor
# 41
Sweden :
16,198.558 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Swedish Labor
# 42
Nigeria :
13,301.25 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerian Labor
# 43
Bangladesh :
12,910.444 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bangladeshi Labor
# 44
Benin :
12,763.98 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Beninese Labor
# 45
France :
12,059.731 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
French Labor
# 46
Belgium :
11,800.931 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belgian Labor
# 47
India :
9,624.061 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Indian Labor
# 48
Slovenia :
9,411.883 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Slovenian Labor
# 49
Senegal :
9,240.9 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Senegalese Labor
# 50
Pakistan :
8,906.993 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Pakistani Labor
# 51
Bolivia :
8,007.961 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Bolivian Labor
# 52
Mali :
7,447.57 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malian Labor
# 53
Cambodia :
5,730.781 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cambodian Labor
# 54
Brazil :
5,704.581 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Brazilian Labor
# 55
Panama :
5,604.67 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Panamanian Labor
# 56
Italy :
5,426.098 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Italian Labor
# 57
Indonesia :
4,770.162 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Indonesian Labor
# 58
Sierra Leone :
4,751.661 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 59
Malta :
4,692.325 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Maltese Labor
# 60
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3,722.01 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Sao Tomean Labor
# 61
Namibia :
3,405.433 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Namibian Labor
# 62
Armenia :
3,238.235 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Armenian Labor
# 63
Belarus :
3,148.277 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Belarusian Labor
# 64
Burma :
2,953.667 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Burmese Labor
# 65
Nepal :
2,893.605 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nepalese Labor
# 66
Philippines :
2,801.428 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Philippine Labor
# 67
Gabon :
2,659.403 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Gabonese Labor
# 68
Hungary :
2,486.579 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Hungarian Labor
# 69
Mongolia :
2,334.358 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mongolian Labor
# 70
Korea, South :
1,935.749 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Korean Labor
# 71
Japan :
1,760.342 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Japanese Labor
# 72
Ghana :
1,551.921 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ghanaian Labor
# 73
Latvia :
1,244.813 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Latvian Labor
# 74
Argentina :
1,193.841 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Argentine Labor
# 75
Niger :
934.999 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerien Labor
# 76
Mauritania :
884.117 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritanian Labor
# 77
Cameroon :
766.361 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Cameroonian Labor
# 78
Lesotho :
650.56 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Basotho Labor
# 79
Lithuania :
583.685 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Lithuanian Labor
# 80
Guinea :
552.677 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Guinean Labor
# 81
Kyrgyzstan :
461.58 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 82
Ethiopia :
445.814 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Ethiopian Labor
# 83
Moldova :
274.959 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Moldovan Labor
# 84
Congo, Republic of the :
241.485 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Congolese Labor
# 85
Botswana :
228.289 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 86
China :
198.883 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Chinese Labor
# 87
Romania :
177.754 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Romanian Labor
# 88
Malawi :
68.54 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Malawian Labor
# 89
Estonia :
50.329 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Estonian Labor
# 90
Togo :
5.75 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1998
Togolese Labor
Weighted average:
44,942.9 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) (1998) 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=1998
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