Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. WorkersÂ’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. MigrantsÂ’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 23.73 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 2 | China | 22.49 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Mexico | 21.77 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Philippines | 13.57 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 5 | France | 12.74 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 7.93 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Belgium | 7.16 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 8 | United Kingdom | 6.72 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Germany | 6.54 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 5.4 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 10 | Egypt | 5.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Lebanon | 4.92 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Romania | 4.73 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4.65 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 4.65 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 14 | Morocco | 4.59 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 4.31 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 15 | Pakistan | 4.28 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Bangladesh | 4.25 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Vietnam | 4 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Poland | 3.55 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Brazil | 3.54 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Colombia | 3.35 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Nigeria | 3.33 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Russia | 3.12 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 3.05 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 23 | Guatemala | 3.03 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Portugal | 3.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Austria | 2.94 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 26 | United States | 2.92 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Australia | 2.86 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 28 | El Salvador | 2.84 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 2.79 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 2.72 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 2.68 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 2.58 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 30 | Jordan | 2.5 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.48 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 31 | Italy | 2.4 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Netherlands | 2.23 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 2.2 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 33 | Bulgaria | 2.13 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 2.09 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 2.09 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 35 | Ecuador | 2.04 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Algeria | 1.95 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Switzerland | 1.91 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Indonesia | 1.88 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.84 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Honduras | 1.8 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Jamaica | 1.78 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1.51 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 42 | Peru | 1.44 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 1.4 billion$ | 2005 | |||
| 43 | Tunisia | 1.39 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Albania | 1.29 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Yemen | 1.28 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Malaysia | 1.28 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Croatia | 1.22 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Greece | 1.22 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Nepal | 1.21 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Luxembourg | 1.2 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Thailand | 1.19 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Japan | 1.08 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Denmark | 1.07 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Iran | 1.03 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Czech Republic | 1.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Sudan | 1.02 billion$ | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Haiti | 985 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Armenia | 940 million$ | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 920.68 million$ | 2005 | |||
| 59 | Moldova | 920 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =60 | Israel | 851 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =60 | Turkey | 851 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Syria | 823 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 63 | South Korea | 808 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 64 | New Zealand | 739 million$ | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 702.08 million$ | 2005 | |||
| 65 | Finland | 695 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 693 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 67 | South Africa | 658 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Ireland | 651 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Senegal | 633 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Sweden | 630 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Nicaragua | 600 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Ukraine | 595 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Lithuania | 534 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Kenya | 524 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Uganda | 476 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Tajikistan | 466 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Norway | 429 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Slovakia | 424 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Costa Rica | 421 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Argentina | 413 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Latvia | 381 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Belarus | 370 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Georgia | 346 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Bolivia | 338 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Lesotho | 327 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 322 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Hungary | 300 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Paraguay | 268 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Estonia | 265 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Slovenia | 264 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Hong Kong | 240 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Mauritius | 215 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Mongolia | 202 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Guyana | 201 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Cambodia | 200 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Cyprus | 190 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 178 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Ethiopia | 174 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 160 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Mali | 155 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =101 | Togo | 148 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =101 | Venezuela | 148 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Barbados | 140 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Cape Verde | 137 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Panama | 126 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Botswana | 125 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Burma | 117 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Mayotte | 104 million$ | 1993 | ||
| 109 | Ghana | 99 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Iceland | 88 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 87 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Swaziland | 81 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Uruguay | 78 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Tonga | 66 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Benin | 63 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Niger | 60 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 117 | The Gambia | 58 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Mozambique | 57 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 50 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Belize | 46 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 44 million$ | 1994 | ||
| 122 | Guinea | 42 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Oman | 39 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Malta | 31 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 28 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Fiji | 24 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =127 | Grenada | 22 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =127 | Somalia | 22 million$ | 1983 | ||
| 129 | Rwanda | 21 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =130 | Namibia | 16 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =130 | Tanzania | 16 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Libya | 15 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 13 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =134 | Comoros | 12 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =134 | Aruba | 12 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =134 | Djibouti | 12 million$ | 1995 | ||
| =137 | Seychelles | 11 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =137 | Vanuatu | 11 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =137 | Congo, Republic of the | 11 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =137 | Cameroon | 11 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Netherlands Antilles | 8 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Kiribati | 7 million$ | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Gabon | 6 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =145 | Angola | 5 million$ | 1996 | ||
| =147 | Suriname | 4 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =147 | Dominica | 4 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =147 | Turkmenistan | 4 million$ | 1996 | ||
| =150 | Chile | 3 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =150 | Maldives | 3 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =150 | Madagascar | 3 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =150 | Eritrea | 3 million$ | 2000 | ||
| =155 | Saint Lucia | 2 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =155 | Solomon Islands | 2 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =155 | Mauritania | 2 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =155 | Sierra Leone | 2 million$ | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Malawi | 1,000,000$ | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Laos | 1,000,000$ | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Samoa | 1,000,000$ | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,000,000$ | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Chad | 1,000,000$ | 1994 | ||
| =159 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,000,000$ | 1992 | ||
| =159 | Central African Republic | 1,000,000$ | 1978 |
