Economy > Balance of payments > Current account > Transfers > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Receiv: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Data are the sum of three items defined in the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: workers' remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants' transfers. 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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | $96.46 billion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | India | $49.47 billion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | China | $48.73 billion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Mexico | $21.91 billion | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Philippines | $19.77 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | France | $15.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Germany | $10.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Bangladesh | $10.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Belgium | $10.44 billion | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Spain | $9.90 billion | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Nigeria | $9.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Poland | $8.82 billion | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Pakistan | $8.72 billion | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $8.07 billion | 2009 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $7.99 billion | 2009 | |||
| 14 | Lebanon | $7.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| 15 | United Kingdom | $6.85 billion | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Indonesia | $6.79 billion | 2009 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $6.78 billion | 2009 | |||
| 17 | Vietnam | $6.63 billion | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Morocco | $6.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Serbia and Montenegro | $5.41 billion | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Russia | $5.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Ukraine | $5.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Romania | $4.93 billion | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Brazil | $4.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Colombia | $4.18 billion | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Australia | $4.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Guatemala | $4.03 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $3.79 billion | 2009 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $3.78 billion | 2009 | |||
| 27 | Netherlands | $3.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $3.67 billion | 2009 | |||
| 28 | Jordan | $3.60 billion | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Portugal | $3.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $3.50 billion | 2009 | |||
| 30 | El Salvador | $3.48 billion | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Dominican Republic | $3.47 billion | 2009 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $3.43 billion | 2009 | |||
| 32 | Sri Lanka | $3.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Austria | $3.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Sudan | $2.99 billion | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Nepal | $2.99 billion | 2009 | ||
| 36 | United States | $2.95 billion | 2009 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $2.93 billion | 2009 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | $2.89 billion | 2009 | |||
| 37 | Italy | $2.68 billion | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Switzerland | $2.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 39 | Honduras | $2.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Ecuador | $2.50 billion | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Peru | $2.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $2.37 billion | 2009 | |||
| 42 | Hungary | $2.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $2.08 billion | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Algeria | $2.06 billion | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Greece | $2.02 billion | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Tunisia | $1.96 billion | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Jamaica | $1.91 billion | 2009 | ||
| 48 | Japan | $1.78 billion | 2009 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | $1.77 billion | 2009 | |||
| 49 | Tajikistan | $1.75 billion | 2009 | ||
| 50 | Kenya | $1.69 billion | 2009 | ||
| 51 | Slovakia | $1.67 billion | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Thailand | $1.64 billion | 2009 | ||
| 53 | Luxembourg | $1.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| 54 | Bulgaria | $1.56 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $1.52 billion | 2009 | |||
| 55 | Croatia | $1.48 billion | 2009 | ||
| 56 | Haiti | $1.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| 57 | Senegal | $1.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 58 | Syria | $1.33 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | $1.33 billion | 2009 | |||
| 59 | Albania | $1.32 billion | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Azerbaijan | $1.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 61 | Israel | $1.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 62 | Moldova | $1.21 billion | 2009 | ||
| 63 | Czech Republic | $1.20 billion | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Lithuania | $1.17 billion | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Malaysia | $1.13 billion | 2009 | ||
| 66 | Bolivia | $1.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | $991.80 million | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Turkey | $970.00 million | 2009 | ||
| 69 | South Africa | $902.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Denmark | $894.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 71 | Finland | $859.40 million | 2009 | ||
| 72 | Armenia | $769.45 million | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Nicaragua | $768.40 million | 2009 | ||
| 74 | Uganda | $749.70 million | 2009 | ||
| 75 | French Polynesia | $728.28 million | 2009 | ||
| 76 | Georgia | $714.34 million | 2009 | ||
| 77 | Argentina | $658.25 million | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Sweden | $651.52 million | 2009 | ||
| 79 | Norway | $631.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 80 | New Zealand | $611.12 million | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Latvia | $591.10 million | 2009 | ||
| 82 | Paraguay | $579.90 million | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Ireland | $575.68 million | 2009 | ||
| 84 | Costa Rica | $513.09 million | 2009 | ||
| 85 | New Caledonia | $509.35 million | 2009 | ||
| 86 | Lesotho | $414.09 million | 2009 | ||
| 87 | Mali | $404.67 million | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Belarus | $357.80 million | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Cambodia | $337.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 90 | Estonia | $324.56 million | 2009 | ||
| 91 | Togo | $306.75 million | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Slovenia | $279.08 million | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Ethiopia | $261.60 million | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Guyana | $253.03 million | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Benin | $242.53 million | 2009 | ||
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | $217.44 million | 2009 | ||
| 97 | Mauritius | $211.17 million | 2009 | ||
| 98 | Mongolia | $199.62 million | 2009 | ||
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | $185.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 100 | Panama | $175.40 million | 2009 | ||
| 101 | Fiji | $153.64 million | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Cyprus | $153.39 million | 2009 | ||
| 103 | Cameroon | $147.58 million | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Cape Verde | $146.16 million | 2009 | ||
| 105 | Burma | $137.31 million | 2009 | ||
| 106 | Venezuela | $131.00 million | 2009 | ||
| 107 | Samoa | $124.39 million | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Kazakhstan | $123.66 million | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Ghana | $114.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 110 | Barbados | $113.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 111 | Mozambique | $111.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Mayotte | $104.00 million | 1993 | ||
| 113 | Uruguay | $100.76 million | 2009 | ||
| 114 | Burkina Faso | $99.30 million | 2009 | ||
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | $99.30 million | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Swaziland | $93.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 117 | Rwanda | $92.62 million | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Niger | $89.14 million | 2009 | ||
| 119 | Botswana | $87.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Tonga | $86.81 million | 2009 | ||
| 121 | Belize | $80.49 million | 2009 | ||
| 122 | The Gambia | $79.80 million | 2009 | ||
| 123 | Iraq | $70.90 million | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Guinea | $63.69 million | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Liberia | $54.24 million | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Grenada | $53.70 million | 2009 | ||
| 127 | Sierra Leone | $46.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | $46.69 million | 2009 | ||
| 129 | Malta | $45.05 million | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Faroe Islands | $44.38 million | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Zimbabwe | $43.74 million | 1994 | ||
| 132 | Zambia | $41.26 million | 2009 | ||
| 133 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $40.54 million | 2009 | ||
| 134 | Oman | $39.01 million | 2009 | ||
| 135 | Laos | $37.58 million | 2009 | ||
| 136 | Netherlands Antilles | $37.48 million | 2009 | ||
| 137 | Djibouti | $32.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 138 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $29.88 million | 2009 | ||
| 139 | Burundi | $28.23 million | 2009 | ||
| 140 | Saint Lucia | $27.61 million | 2009 | ||
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | $24.48 million | 2009 | ||
| 142 | Iceland | $23.48 million | 2009 | ||
| 143 | Tanzania | $23.29 million | 2009 | ||
| 144 | Dominica | $23.11 million | 2009 | ||
| 145 | Somalia | $21.70 million | 1983 | ||
| 146 | Aruba | $19.13 million | 2009 | ||
| 147 | Libya | $14.38 million | 2009 | ||
| 148 | Congo, Republic of the | $13.67 million | 2009 | ||
| 149 | Namibia | $13.61 million | 2009 | ||
| 150 | Seychelles | $12.45 million | 2009 | ||
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | $12.01 million | 2009 | ||
| 152 | Comoros | $11.35 million | 2009 | ||
| 153 | Gabon | $10.34 million | 2009 | ||
| 154 | Madagascar | $10.29 million | 2009 | ||
| 155 | Kiribati | $8.18 million | 2009 | ||
| 156 | Vanuatu | $6.47 million | 2009 | ||
| 157 | Suriname | $4.80 million | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Turkmenistan | $4.42 million | 1996 | ||
| 159 | Chile | $4.40 million | 2009 | ||
| 160 | Maldives | $3.71 million | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Eritrea | $3.28 million | 2000 | ||
| 162 | Solomon Islands | $2.38 million | 2009 | ||
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | $2.00 million | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Mauritania | $1.88 million | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Malawi | $873,950.00 | 2009 | ||
| 166 | Chad | $724,057.30 | 1994 | ||
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | $164,206.00 | 1996 | ||
| 168 | Central African Republic | $158,919.30 | 1993 |
