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SOURCE
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.
DEFINITION
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
| Date |
Amount |
Rank |
| 2009 |
463,292,800 |
#45 |
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| 2008 |
381,043,900 |
#52 |
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| 2007 |
235,713,800 |
#56 |
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| 2006 |
206,068,800 |
#56 |
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| 2005 |
197,011,500 |
#51 |
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| 2004 |
194,093,400 |
#50 |
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| 2003 |
181,806,200 |
#46 |
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| 2002 |
401,406,900 |
#36 |
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| 2001 |
354,682,800 |
#37 |
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| 2000 |
353,000,000 |
#36 |
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| 1999 |
229,300,000 |
#36 |
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| 1981 |
500,000 |
#95 |
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| 1980 |
4,100,000 |
#79 |
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DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers resident in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status, to recipients in their country of origin. Migrants' transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
SOURCE: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.
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