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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) (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Tonga :
521,511.039 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Tongan Labor
# 2
Barbados :
375,541.105 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Barbadian Labor
# 3
Jordan :
368,085.409 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Jordanian Labor
# 4
Jamaica :
360,835.369 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Jamaican Labor
# 5
Portugal :
324,536.43 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Portuguese Labor
# 6
El Salvador :
298,401.3 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Salvadoran Labor
# 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
235,567.79 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Herzegovinian Labor
# 8
Dominican Republic :
203,371.863 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Dominican Labor
# 9
Albania :
200,530.465 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Albanian Labor
# 10
Cape Verde :
172,870.889 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Cape Verdean Labor
# 11
Greece :
134,338.513 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Greek Labor
# 12
Croatia :
131,270.469 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Croatian Labor
# 13
Ecuador :
113,291.333 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Ecuadorian Labor
# 14
Morocco :
113,096.995 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Moroccan Labor
# 15
Belize :
102,635.678 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Belizean Labor
# 16
Tunisia :
95,850.345 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Tunisian Labor
# 17
Spain :
90,004.408 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Spanish Labor
# 18
Mexico :
89,856.879 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Mexican Labor
# 19
Philippines :
81,929.221 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Philippine Labor
# 20
Honduras :
81,086.317 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Honduran Labor
# 21
Vanuatu :
80,944.195 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
- Labor
# 22
Haiti :
77,431.891 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Haitian Labor
# 23
Yemen :
69,956.338 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Yemeni Labor
# 24
Netherlands Antilles :
69,373.56 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 25
Nicaragua :
67,254.669 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Nicaraguan Labor
# 26
Sri Lanka :
61,680.013 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Sri Lankan Labor
# 27
New Zealand :
56,383.971 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
New Zealand Labor
# 28
Guatemala :
51,807.312 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Guatemalan Labor
# 29
Bulgaria :
50,830.506 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Bulgarian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
47,725.531 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Colombian Labor
# 31
Poland :
47,109.879 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Polish Labor
# 32
Costa Rica :
45,828.118 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Costa Rican Labor
# 33
Egypt :
42,449.8 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Egyptian Labor
# 34
Turkey :
40,654.322 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Turkish Labor
# 35
Austria :
39,117.664 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Austrian Labor
# 36
Macedonia, Republic of :
33,732.663 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Macedonian Labor
# 37
Trinidad and Tobago :
31,730.885 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Tobagonian Labor
# 38
Guyana :
29,904.226 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Guyanese Labor
# 39
Peru :
28,573.382 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Peruvian Labor
# 40
Paraguay :
25,657.858 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Paraguayan Labor
# 41
Senegal :
24,497.256 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Senegalese Labor
# 42
Panama :
24,314.512 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Panamanian Labor
# 43
Sudan :
21,758.598 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Sudanese Labor
# 44
Sweden :
20,773.15 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Swedish Labor
# 45
Seychelles :
19,951.898 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Seychellois Labor
# 46
Moldova :
19,615.074 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Moldovan Labor
# 47
Georgia :
18,666.824 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Georgian Labor
# 48
Switzerland :
17,253.861 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Swiss Labor
# 49
Bangladesh :
15,929.672 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Bangladeshi Labor
# 50
Ireland :
13,891.906 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Irish Labor
# 51
India :
13,711.003 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Indian Labor
# 52
Uganda :
13,636.355 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Ugandan Labor
# 53
Azerbaijan :
12,837.277 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Azerbaijani Labor
# 54
France :
12,691.945 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
French Labor
# 55
Bolivia :
12,626.88 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Bolivian Labor
# 56
Benin :
10,477.569 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Beninese Labor
# 57
Pakistan :
10,328.723 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Pakistani Labor
# 58
Mongolia :
10,324.776 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Mongolian Labor
# 59
Togo :
9,325.638 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Togolese Labor
# 60
Nigeria :
9,111.534 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerian Labor
# 61
Belgium :
8,866.053 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Belgian Labor
# 62
Cambodia :
8,456.991 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Cambodian Labor
# 63
Slovenia :
8,318.273 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Slovenian Labor
# 64
Japan :
8,156.533 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Japanese Labor
# 65
Mali :
6,843.132 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Malian Labor
# 66
Guinea-Bissau :
6,790.952 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean Labor
# 67
Brazil :
6,681.619 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Brazilian Labor
# 68
Nepal :
5,885.26 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Nepalese Labor
# 69
Italy :
5,650.12 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Italian Labor
# 70
Kazakhstan :
5,481.053 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Kazakhstani Labor
# 71
Indonesia :
5,004.447 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Indonesian Labor
# 72
Hungary :
4,993.296 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Hungarian Labor
# 73
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4,206.973 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Sao Tomean Labor
# 74
Argentina :
4,171.764 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Argentine Labor
# 75
Burkina Faso :
3,744.781 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Burkinabe Labor
# 76
Armenia :
3,315.142 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Armenian Labor
# 77
Russia :
2,485.104 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Russian Labor
# 78
Estonia :
2,380.764 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Estonian Labor
# 79
Ghana :
2,260.071 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Ghanaian Labor
# 80
Mozambique :
2,241.837 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Mozambican Labor
# 81
Namibia :
1,947.027 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Namibian Labor
# 82
Burma :
1,789.264 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Burmese Labor
# 83
Ukraine :
1,725.418 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Ukrainian Labor
# 84
Kenya :
1,623.341 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Kenyan Labor
# 85
Malta :
1,349.831 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Maltese Labor
# 86
Sierra Leone :
1,327.3 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 87
Niger :
1,128.989 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerien Labor
# 88
Guinea :
1,042.746 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean Labor
# 89
Latvia :
1,017.38 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Latvian Labor
# 90
Korea, South :
1,015.764 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Korean Labor
# 91
Gabon :
954.931 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Gabonese Labor
# 92
Libya :
923.932 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Libyan Labor
# 93
Kyrgyzstan :
915.058 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 94
Lithuania :
876.111 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Lithuanian Labor
# 95
Lesotho :
723.995 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Basotho Labor
# 96
China :
717.066 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Chinese Labor
# 97
Rwanda :
650.053 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Rwandan Labor
# 98
Congo, Republic of the :
622.672 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Congolese Labor
# 99
Suriname :
457.157 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Surinamese Labor
# 100
Cameroon :
447.866 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Cameroonian Labor
# 101
Ethiopia :
278.417 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Ethiopian Labor
# 102
Botswana :
203.627 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 103
Romania :
180.734 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Romanian Labor
# 104
Tanzania :
152.684 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Tanzanian Labor
# 105
Malawi :
63.318 BoP $
per 1,000 people
2001
Malawian Labor
Weighted average:
52,691.0 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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