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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) (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Portugal :
326,356.89 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Portuguese Labor
# 2
Jordan :
319,966.243 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Jordanian Labor
# 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
293,048.586 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Herzegovinian Labor
# 4
Barbados :
267,768.645 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbadian Labor
# 5
Jamaica :
264,539.063 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Jamaican Labor
# 6
Samoa :
254,312.935 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Samoan Labor
# 7
El Salvador :
223,096.876 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Salvadoran Labor
# 8
Cape Verde :
177,023.616 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Cape Verdean Labor
# 9
Dominican Republic :
176,635.416 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Dominican Labor
# 10
Greece :
153,211.431 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Greek Labor
# 11
Albania :
116,414.853 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Albanian Labor
# 12
Croatia :
99,710.022 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Croatian Labor
# 13
Belize :
92,845.372 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Belizean Labor
# 14
Netherlands Antilles :
90,168.02 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 15
Ecuador :
89,401.541 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Ecuadorian Labor
# 16
Spain :
82,769.206 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Spanish Labor
# 17
Tunisia :
80,504.066 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Tunisian Labor
# 18
Yemen :
70,338.871 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Yemeni Labor
# 19
Philippines :
70,154.224 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Philippine Labor
# 20
Morocco :
69,010.596 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Moroccan Labor
# 21
Turkey :
68,317.922 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkish Labor
# 22
Nicaragua :
62,017.453 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Nicaraguan Labor
# 23
Mexico :
61,185.807 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Mexican Labor
# 24
New Zealand :
58,911.788 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
New Zealand Labor
# 25
Sri Lanka :
55,264.402 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Sri Lankan Labor
# 26
Haiti :
53,932.105 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Haitian Labor
# 27
Honduras :
51,077.015 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Honduran Labor
# 28
Egypt :
49,007.942 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Egyptian Labor
# 29
Guatemala :
42,675.348 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Guatemalan Labor
# 30
Trinidad and Tobago :
42,485.595 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Tobagonian Labor
# 31
Austria :
40,925.067 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Austrian Labor
# 32
Vanuatu :
39,908.538 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
- Labor
# 33
Macedonia, Republic of :
38,080.703 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Macedonian Labor
# 34
Colombia :
31,639.778 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Colombian Labor
# 35
Georgia :
31,293.076 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Georgian Labor
# 36
Costa Rica :
29,119.903 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Costa Rican Labor
# 37
Paraguay :
28,262.921 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Paraguayan Labor
# 38
Guyana :
27,648.377 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Guyanese Labor
# 39
Peru :
26,237.839 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Peruvian Labor
# 40
Sudan :
20,617.603 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Sudanese Labor
# 41
Switzerland :
19,635.574 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Swiss Labor
# 42
Poland :
18,055.771 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Polish Labor
# 43
Sweden :
16,491.476 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Swedish Labor
# 44
Bangladesh :
14,214.439 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Bangladeshi Labor
# 45
Senegal :
12,850.447 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Senegalese Labor
# 46
France :
12,054.895 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
French Labor
# 47
India :
11,012.827 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Indian Labor
# 48
Nigeria :
10,704.623 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerian Labor
# 49
Malta :
10,547.466 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Maltese Labor
# 50
Benin :
9,956.971 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Beninese Labor
# 51
Belgium :
9,894.543 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Belgian Labor
# 52
Uganda :
9,873.411 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Ugandan Labor
# 53
Bolivia :
8,898.868 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Bolivian Labor
# 54
Slovenia :
7,776.379 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Slovenian Labor
# 55
Pakistan :
7,389.272 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Pakistani Labor
# 56
Mali :
7,248.119 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Malian Labor
# 57
Brazil :
6,945.458 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Brazilian Labor
# 58
Azerbaijan :
6,826.005 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Azerbaijani Labor
# 59
Cambodia :
6,409.984 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Cambodian Labor
# 60
Italy :
5,977.158 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Italian Labor
# 61
Panama :
5,529.825 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Panamanian Labor
# 62
Indonesia :
5,447.803 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Indonesian Labor
# 63
Belarus :
5,341.305 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Belarusian Labor
# 64
Sierra Leone :
5,136.129 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 65
Armenia :
4,812.826 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Armenian Labor
# 66
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4,090.786 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Sao Tomean Labor
# 67
Nepal :
3,494.894 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Nepalese Labor
# 68
Mongolia :
3,027.342 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Mongolian Labor
# 69
Namibia :
2,738.423 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Namibian Labor
# 70
Hungary :
2,529.72 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Hungarian Labor
# 71
Burma :
2,066.256 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Burmese Labor
# 72
Gabon :
1,764.385 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Gabonese Labor
# 73
Japan :
1,708.864 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Japanese Labor
# 74
Ghana :
1,579.701 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Ghanaian Labor
# 75
Niger :
1,295.213 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerien Labor
# 76
Korea, South :
1,160.521 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Korean Labor
# 77
Latvia :
1,087.866 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Latvian Labor
# 78
Togo :
862.307 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Togolese Labor
# 79
Argentina :
799.902 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Argentine Labor
# 80
Guinea :
747.632 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Guinean Labor
# 81
Cameroon :
566.922 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Cameroonian Labor
# 82
Ethiopia :
537.25 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Ethiopian Labor
# 83
Suriname :
464.894 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Surinamese Labor
# 84
Lithuania :
435.429 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Lithuanian Labor
# 85
Lesotho :
390.687 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Basotho Labor
# 86
Congo, Republic of the :
313.674 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Congolese Labor
# 87
China :
306.285 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Chinese Labor
# 88
Kyrgyzstan :
235.066 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 89
Romania :
178.11 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Romanian Labor
# 90
Moldova :
145.201 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Moldovan Labor
# 91
Estonia :
107.442 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Estonian Labor
# 92
Botswana :
87.207 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 93
Malawi :
66.616 BoP $
per 1,000 people
1999
Malawian Labor
Weighted average:
47,824.8 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) (1999) 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=1999
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