Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. WorkersÂ’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. MigrantsÂ’ 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 192.9$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Luxembourg | 180.95$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Liberia | 129.52$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1987 | ||
| 4 | Bahrain | 94.7$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Oman | 75.19$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 6 | Tonga | 74.82$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Guyana | 69.89$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Tajikistan | 62.72$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Vanuatu | 52.86$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.98$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 46.22$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Malaysia | 43.58$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Uganda | 42.87$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Jamaica | 41.15$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 40.03$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1983 | |||
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.22$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Djibouti | 36.16$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | ||
| 17 | Switzerland | 35.96$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Kuwait | 32.78$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Central African Republic | 31.65$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 20 | Netherlands Antilles | 30.71$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1985 | ||
| 21 | Armenia | 29.78$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 29.23$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Jordan | 27.45$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 27.3$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Samoa | 27.23$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Aruba | 27.21$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2002 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 26.27$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | |||
| 27 | Mongolia | 26.11$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Kiribati | 25.16$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 29 | Libya | 23.58$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Moldova | 23.31$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Cambodia | 23.27$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 21.34$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 20.13$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Israel | 19.03$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 18.57$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 35 | Belize | 18.1$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 36 | The Bahamas | 17.99$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Comoros | 17.25$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | ||
| 38 | Czech Republic | 17.17$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.61$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Cyprus | 16.54$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | ||
| 41 | Rwanda | 16.25$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Togo | 15.44$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.32$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1990 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 14.86$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 14.84$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1991 | |||
| 44 | Fiji | 14.66$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Guinea | 14.59$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Seychelles | 14.42$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.17$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Haiti | 13.82$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 13.74$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | |||
| 49 | Gabon | 13.65$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Barbados | 12.94$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 12.74$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 51 | Chad | 12.71$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 52 | Mali | 12.06$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Botswana | 11.92$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 11.8$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 54 | Lesotho | 11.72$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 11.4$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1985 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 11.01$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2004 | |||
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 10.95$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 10.87$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 10.57$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 56 | Costa Rica | 10.44$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Russia | 10.02$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Senegal | 9.35$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Netherlands | 9.1$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Congo, Republic of the | 8.84$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Nepal | 8.79$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 62 | New Zealand | 8.56$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 8.51$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Austria | 8.31$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Mauritania | 8.18$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1998 | ||
| 66 | Belgium | 7.44$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Niger | 7.34$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 7.27$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 68 | Yemen | 7.24$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Bolivia | 7.07$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Spain | 6.88$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Suriname | 6.71$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Angola | 6.55$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Portugal | 6.28$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Panama | 5.88$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Ireland | 5.59$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Cape Verde | 5.09$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Malta | 5.03$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Denmark | 4.74$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.65$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Georgia | 4.54$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Germany | 4.48$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.42$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 83 | South Africa | 4.4$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 84 | South Korea | 4.24$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Grenada | 4.22$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Iceland | 4.11$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Indonesia | 4.1$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Somalia | 4.09$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1983 | ||
| 89 | Swaziland | 4.03$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.02$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Estonia | 3.82$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.75$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 92 | Cameroon | 3.73$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Greece | 3.59$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Tanzania | 3.38$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 95 | United States | 3.31$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Zambia | 3.3$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Italy | 3.3$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Norway | 3.23$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Belarus | 3.18$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Mozambique | 3.16$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Kenya | 2.99$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Namibia | 2.77$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Slovenia | 2.77$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.63$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1995 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 2.51$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | |||
| 105 | France | 2.29$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 106 | The Gambia | 2.17$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Peru | 2.07$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Poland | 1.97$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Hong Kong | 1.89$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Australia | 1.85$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Lithuania | 1.83$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.78$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1983 | |||
| 112 | Mauritius | 1.75$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Sweden | 1.71$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 1.68$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 1.67$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1997 | ||
| 116 | Benin | 1.63$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Croatia | 1.61$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Madagascar | 1.59$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Eritrea | 1.58$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2000 | ||
| 120 | Argentina | 1.52$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Syria | 1.52$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Venezuela | 1.5$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Ethiopia | 1.43$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Hungary | 1.42$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 125 | El Salvador | 1.41$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 126 | United Kingdom | 1.4$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Finland | 1.29$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Latvia | 1.26$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 129 | India | 1.25$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Burundi | 1.25$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 1.21$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 132 | China | 1.17$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Nicaragua | 1.09$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1983 | ||
| 134 | Ecuador | 1.04$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Guatemala | 1.04$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 1.02$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1994 | ||
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 0.881$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Albania | 0.835$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Morocco | 0.775$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Egypt | 0.638$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Brazil | 0.626$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Ghana | 0.56$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Thailand | 0.54$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1991 | ||
| 144 | Tunisia | 0.523$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Bulgaria | 0.488$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Malawi | 0.483$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Algeria | 0.481$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1991 | ||
| 148 | Colombia | 0.458$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Ukraine | 0.41$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Dominica | 0.353$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| =151 | Romania | 0.345$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| =151 | Slovakia | 0.345$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Paraguay | 0.316$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1985 | ||
| 154 | Japan | 0.283$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Nigeria | 0.182$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Laos | 0.174$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Philippines | 0.151$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Honduras | 0.121$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Uruguay | 0.119$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Bangladesh | 0.1$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Sudan | 0.073$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Chile | 0.052$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Mexico | 0.04$ per $1,000 of GDP | 1982 | ||
| 164 | Pakistan | 0.027$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Maldives | -1.306$ per $1,000 of GDP | 2005 |
