Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (% of GDP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers’ 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. 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. Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (% of GDP) - BOP - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Lesotho27.33
2Senegal9.75
3Gambia8.19
4Togo8.11
5Cape Verde8.03
6Liberia7.93
7Morocco7.80
8Sierra Leone7.68
9Guinea-Bissau6.98
10Egypt5.82
11Kenya4.90
12Nigeria4.71
13Tunisia4.65
14Benin4.06
15Mali3.93
16Swaziland3.84
17North Africa3.60
18Guinea3.53
19Uganda3.37
20Djibouti3.27
21Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa3.21
22Sudan3.17
23Africa2.80
24Mauritius2.49
25Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2.37
26Sub-Saharan Africa2.28
27Comoros2.26
28Niger1.46
29Seychelles1.44
30Ethiopia1.35
31Algeria1.27
32Mozambique1.19
33Sao Tome and Principe1.15
34Rwanda1.15
35Botswana1.14
36Ivory Coast0.92
37Ghana0.79
38Cameroon0.72
39Burkina Faso0.63
40Zambia0.41
41South Africa0.30
42Namibia0.19
43Republic of the Congo0.14
44Madagascar0.12
45Gabon0.08
46Mauritania0.07
47Tanzania0.07
48Malawi0.02
49Libya0.02
50Burundi0.02
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