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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) (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Jordan :
346,119.437 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Jordanian Labor
# 2
Barbados :
316,247.571 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Barbadian Labor
# 3
Portugal :
310,835.631 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Portuguese Labor
# 4
Jamaica :
304,898.183 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Jamaican Labor
# 5
El Salvador :
278,752.491 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Salvadoran Labor
# 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
246,885.155 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Herzegovinian Labor
# 7
Dominican Republic :
193,161.4 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Dominican Labor
# 8
Cape Verde :
190,176.388 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Cape Verdean Labor
# 9
Albania :
173,363.49 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Albanian Labor
# 10
Greece :
147,753.607 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Greek Labor
# 11
Croatia :
118,693.259 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Croatian Labor
# 12
Ecuador :
107,002.212 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Ecuadorian Labor
# 13
Belize :
91,373.699 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Belizean Labor
# 14
Spain :
84,862.679 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Spanish Labor
# 15
Tunisia :
83,228.243 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Tunisian Labor
# 16
Morocco :
75,914.539 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Moroccan Labor
# 17
Haiti :
72,807.056 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Haitian Labor
# 18
Yemen :
71,808.521 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Yemeni Labor
# 19
Philippines :
68,117.499 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Philippine Labor
# 20
Turkey :
67,635.716 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Turkish Labor
# 21
Mexico :
67,090.623 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Mexican Labor
# 22
Nicaragua :
65,036.87 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Nicaraguan Labor
# 23
Honduras :
63,757.522 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Honduran Labor
# 24
Sri Lanka :
59,007.697 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Sri Lankan Labor
# 25
Vanuatu :
57,268.212 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
- Labor
# 26
New Zealand :
55,809.114 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
New Zealand Labor
# 27
Guatemala :
50,455.027 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Guatemalan Labor
# 28
Egypt :
42,386.547 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Egyptian Labor
# 29
Macedonia, Republic of :
40,054.257 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Macedonian Labor
# 30
Poland :
39,892.026 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Polish Labor
# 31
Austria :
38,036.308 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Austrian Labor
# 32
Colombia :
37,858.204 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Colombian Labor
# 33
Seychelles :
36,779.961 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Seychellois Labor
# 34
Guyana :
36,709.189 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Guyanese Labor
# 35
Netherlands Antilles :
31,860.685 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 36
Costa Rica :
30,641.39 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Costa Rican Labor
# 37
Trinidad and Tobago :
29,656.729 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Tobagonian Labor
# 38
Paraguay :
28,374.939 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Paraguayan Labor
# 39
Peru :
27,653.308 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Peruvian Labor
# 40
Georgia :
20,105.672 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Georgian Labor
# 41
Sudan :
19,396.75 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Sudanese Labor
# 42
Sweden :
18,123.915 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Swedish Labor
# 43
Switzerland :
17,352.317 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Swiss Labor
# 44
Senegal :
17,328.304 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Senegalese Labor
# 45
Bangladesh :
15,189.026 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Bangladeshi Labor
# 46
Ireland :
14,557.868 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Irish Labor
# 47
Moldova :
12,683.826 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Moldovan Labor
# 48
India :
12,545.104 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Indian Labor
# 49
Bolivia :
12,152.733 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Bolivian Labor
# 50
France :
11,536.158 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
French Labor
# 51
Benin :
11,182.536 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Beninese Labor
# 52
Nigeria :
11,154.612 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Nigerian Labor
# 53
Belgium :
9,839.973 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Belgian Labor
# 54
Uganda :
9,794.831 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Ugandan Labor
# 55
Cambodia :
7,846.596 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Cambodian Labor
# 56
Pakistan :
7,785.342 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Pakistani Labor
# 57
Slovenia :
7,104.072 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Slovenian Labor
# 58
Azerbaijan :
7,098.435 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Azerbaijani Labor
# 59
Brazil :
6,397.738 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Brazilian Labor
# 60
Italy :
6,297.53 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Italian Labor
# 61
Mali :
5,939.344 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Malian Labor
# 62
Indonesia :
5,770.247 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Indonesian Labor
# 63
Panama :
5,559.42 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Panamanian Labor
# 64
Burkina Faso :
5,532.775 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Burkinabe Labor
# 65
Hungary :
5,238.331 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Hungarian Labor
# 66
Mongolia :
5,004.17 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Mongolian Labor
# 67
Nepal :
4,563.871 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Nepalese Labor
# 68
Kazakhstan :
4,291.467 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Kazakhstani Labor
# 69
Japan :
3,978.759 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Japanese Labor
# 70
Malta :
3,418.131 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Maltese Labor
# 71
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3,321.95 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Sao Tomean Labor
# 72
Armenia :
3,020.766 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Armenian Labor
# 73
Togo :
2,928.096 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Togolese Labor
# 74
Namibia :
2,368.405 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Namibian Labor
# 75
Gabon :
1,775.421 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Gabonese Labor
# 76
Ghana :
1,630.847 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Ghanaian Labor
# 77
Burma :
1,606.981 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Burmese Labor
# 78
Sierra Leone :
1,582.394 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 79
Argentina :
1,355.171 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Argentine Labor
# 80
Korea, South :
1,338.067 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Korean Labor
# 81
Latvia :
1,138.28 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Latvian Labor
# 82
Libya :
1,130.742 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Libyan Labor
# 83
Ethiopia :
826.758 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Ethiopian Labor
# 84
Cameroon :
797.448 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Cameroonian Labor
# 85
Lithuania :
647.23 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Lithuanian Labor
# 86
Kyrgyzstan :
456.476 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 87
Rwanda :
451.36 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Rwandan Labor
# 88
China :
440.513 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Chinese Labor
# 89
Congo, Republic of the :
398.753 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Congolese Labor
# 90
Niger :
386.35 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Nigerien Labor
# 91
Estonia :
249.271 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Estonian Labor
# 92
Botswana :
201.149 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 93
Guinea :
142.205 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Guinean Labor
# 94
Romania :
89.115 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Romanian Labor
# 95
Lesotho :
77.531 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Basotho Labor
# 96
Malawi :
64.876 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2000
Malawian Labor
Weighted average:
47,095.4 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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