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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
India :
21,595,100,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#2
Mexico :
20,034,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#3
Philippines :
10,668,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#4
China :
5,494,678,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#5
Spain :
5,338,925,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#6
Egypt :
5,017,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#7
Morocco :
4,589,227,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#8
Pakistan :
4,277,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#9
Lebanon :
4,257,417,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#10
Bangladesh :
4,241,448,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#11
Romania :
3,754,290,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#12
Nigeria :
3,328,694,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#13
Colombia :
3,313,715,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#14
Poland :
3,092,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#15
Guatemala :
2,992,823,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#16
El Salvador :
2,830,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#17
Portugal :
2,825,772,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#18
Brazil :
2,479,867,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#19
Dominican Republic :
2,429,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#20
Jordan :
2,178,843,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#21
Ecuador :
2,031,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#22
Sri Lanka :
1,968,490,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#23
Honduras :
1,788,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#24
Indonesia :
1,760,040,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#25
Jamaica :
1,621,225,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#26
Peru :
1,439,909,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#27
Tunisia :
1,392,750,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#28
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,315,528,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#29
Yemen :
1,282,599,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#30
Albania :
1,160,734,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#31
Nepal :
1,126,344,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#32
Sudan :
1,014,110,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#33
Bulgaria :
1,008,117,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#34
Haiti :
985,250,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#35
Greece :
863,453,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#36
Turkey :
851,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#37
Croatia :
844,755,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#38
Russia :
820,250,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#39
Austria :
801,740,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#40
Syria :
763,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#41
Japan :
733,440,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#42
Nicaragua :
600,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#43
Senegal :
563,183,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#44
France :
561,653,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#45
Azerbaijan :
490,236,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#46
Uganda :
476,292,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#47
Tajikistan :
465,210,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#48
Costa Rica :
399,753,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#49
Moldova :
395,080,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#50
Argentina :
381,394,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#51
New Zealand :
322,273,200 BoP $
2004 ...
#52
Kyrgyzstan :
313,250,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#53
Lithuania :
309,841,900 BoP $
2005 ...
#54
Bolivia :
303,536,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#55
Italy :
289,984,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#56
Ukraine :
236,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#57
Algeria :
232,990,300 BoP $
1991 ...
#58
Sweden :
222,872,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#59
Switzerland :
202,034,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#60
Guyana :
200,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#61
Kenya :
200,466,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#62
Mongolia :
195,400,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#63
Ethiopia :
173,519,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#64
Macedonia, Republic of :
169,350,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#65
Cambodia :
160,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#66
Paraguay :
160,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#67
Togo :
153,313,100 BoP $
2004 ...
#68
Mali :
138,077,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#69
Cape Verde :
136,503,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#70
Barbados :
130,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#71
Venezuela :
128,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#72
Panama :
125,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#73
Ghana :
99,184,640 BoP $
2005 ...
#74
Georgia :
93,792,540 BoP $
2005 ...
#75
Trinidad and Tobago :
86,900,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#76
Botswana :
82,356,170 BoP $
2005 ...
#77
Burma :
81,318,360 BoP $
2004 ...
#78
Uruguay :
78,352,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#79
Macau :
71,996,800 BoP $
2004 ...
#80
Korea, South :
67,600,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#81
Tonga :
61,892,970 BoP $
2002 ...
#82
Gambia, The :
56,693,390 BoP $
2005 ...
#83
Kazakhstan :
55,753,060 BoP $
2005 ...
#84
Benin :
54,095,820 BoP $
2004 ...
#85
Belarus :
53,600,000 BoP $
1999 ...
#86
Cyprus :
50,873,970 BoP $
2005 ...
#87
Armenia :
47,174,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#88
Samoa :
44,670,830 BoP $
1999 ...
#89
Burkina Faso :
43,607,530 BoP $
2001 ...
#90
Niger :
42,872,710 BoP $
2004 ...
#91
Guinea :
41,640,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#92
Belize :
40,921,490 BoP $
2005 ...
#93
Oman :
39,011,700 BoP $
1995 ...
#94
Norway :
27,973,170 BoP $
1991 ...
#95
Guinea-Bissau :
26,909,730 BoP $
2004 ...
#96
Ireland :
24,907,360 BoP $
2005 ...
#97
Thailand :
23,774,390 BoP $
1976 ...
#98
Somalia :
21,700,490 BoP $
1983 ...
#99
Hungary :
20,416,120 BoP $
2005 ...
#100
Belgium :
19,774,530 BoP $
2005 ...
#101
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
17,155,560 BoP $
1990 ...
#102
Cameroon :
15,671,020 BoP $
2003 ...
#103
Saint Lucia :
15,566,670 BoP $
1991 ...
#104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
13,900,000 BoP $
1990 ...
#105
Comoros :
12,212,940 BoP $
1995 ...
#106
Seychelles :
11,370,180 BoP $
2005 ...
#107
French Polynesia :
11,338,410 BoP $
2005 ...
#108
Grenada :
9,866,667 BoP $
1990 ...
#109
Estonia :
9,548,729 BoP $
2005 ...
#110
Antigua and Barbuda :
9,400,000 BoP $
1990 ...
#111
Dominica :
9,351,852 BoP $
1990 ...
#112
Rwanda :
8,630,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#113
Slovakia :
7,318,302 BoP $
1997 ...
#114
Libya :
7,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#115
Lesotho :
6,948,424 BoP $
2005 ...
#116
Tanzania :
6,720,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#117
Slovenia :
6,623,458 BoP $
2005 ...
#118
Namibia :
5,913,845 BoP $
2004 ...
#119
Mozambique :
5,768,362 BoP $
2005 ...
#120
Congo, Republic of the :
5,678,755 BoP $
2004 ...
#121
Papua New Guinea :
5,673,851 BoP $
2005 ...