Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$) - Transfers - Current account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World 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. 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.
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (current US$) - Transfers - Current account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income335,789,175,515
2Middle income303,872,357,464
3Lower middle income203,768,885,200
4High income107,602,615,200
5High income: OECD100,679,394,620
6Upper middle income100,103,472,264
7East Asia & Pacific86,060,316,200
8South Asia71,652,489,100
9Euro area71,436,254,020
10Latin America & Caribbean64,437,913,204
11Europe & Central Asia57,516,427,800
12India49,940,820,000
13China48,523,540,000
14Middle East & North Africa34,797,734,440
15Low income31,916,818,051
16Mexico26,304,300,000
17Least developed countries: UN classification22,950,280,091
18Sub-Saharan Africa21,324,294,771
19Philippines18,643,000,000
20France15,908,440,000
21Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)15,439,613,451
22Spain11,776,150,000
23Germany11,063,630,000
24Poland10,447,000,000
25Belgium10,424,590,000
26Nigeria9,980,000,000
27Romania9,381,000,000
28Bangladesh8,994,997,000
29Egypt8,694,000,000
30United Kingdom7,860,571,000
31Vietnam7,200,000,000
32Lebanon7,179,961,000
33Pakistan7,039,000,000
34High income: nonOECD6,923,220,580
35Morocco6,895,373,000
36Indonesia6,794,201,000
37Russia6,032,910,000
38Ukraine5,769,000,000
39Serbia5,537,660,000
40Brazil5,088,894,000
41Colombia4,884,106,000
42Australia4,713,164,000
43Guatemala4,459,700,000
44Portugal4,056,827,000
45El Salvador3,803,960,000
46Jordan3,794,028,000
47Dominican Republic3,556,000,000
48Netherlands3,298,859,000
49Austria3,239,308,000
50Italy3,138,762,000
51Sudan3,100,450,000
52South Korea3,062,400,000
53North Korea3,062,400,000
54United States3,045,000,000
55Sri Lanka2,947,400,000
56Honduras2,869,255,000
57Ecuador2,827,647,000
58Bosnia and Herzegovina2,734,868,000
59Nepal2,727,141,000
60Greece2,686,635,000
61Bulgaria2,634,290,000
62Hungary2,631,245,000
63Tajikistan2,544,018,000
64Peru2,437,321,000
65Algeria2,202,000,000
66Switzerland2,200,413,000
67Jamaica2,180,461,000
68Tunisia1,976,964,000
69Slovakia1,973,195,000
70Japan1,928,816,000
71Malaysia1,920,000,000
72Thailand1,897,940,000
73Moldova1,897,300,000
74Luxembourg1,723,379,000
75Kenya1,692,000,000
76Croatia1,601,846,000
77Azerbaijan1,554,297,000
78Albania1,495,152,000
79Lithuania1,460,131,000
80Israel1,422,100,000
81Czech Republic1,414,835,000
82Yemen1,410,500,000
83Haiti1,409,750,000
84Turkey1,360,000,000
85Senegal1,288,000,000
86Kyrgyzstan1,232,391,000
87Bolivia1,144,422,000
88Iran1,115,000,000
89Armenia1,062,109,000
90Denmark890,047,400
91Syria850,000,000
92Finland828,338,100
93South Africa822,790,000
94Sweden821,593,300
95Nicaragua818,100,000
96French Polynesia751,193,700
97Georgia732,072,700
98Uganda723,521,000
99Argentina693,705,400
100Norway684,970,900
101Ireland646,438,500
102West Bank and Gaza630,480,000
103New Zealand626,391,700
104New Caledonia623,642,600
105Costa Rica604,768,900
106Latvia601,300,000
107Macau507,079,100
108Paraguay503,040,000
109Belarus442,800,000
110Lesotho438,550,500
111Macedonia406,625,200
112Estonia397,910,000
113Ethiopia386,696,300
114Hong Kong355,347,200
115Mali343,920,000
116Slovenia342,973,300
117Cambodia325,222,000
118Togo284,450,000
119Cyprus278,937,600
120Guyana278,436,000
121Benin271,000,000
122Saudi Arabia216,266,700
123Mauritius215,000,000
124Mongolia200,000,000
125Panama196,300,000
126Ivory Coast195,135,600
127Kazakhstan191,503,900
128Barbados168,000,000
129Cape Verde155,111,500
130Burma150,000,000
131Sierra Leone150,000,000
132Cameroon145,060,800
133Venezuela137,000,000
134Samoa135,000,000
135Ghana126,105,000
136Fiji121,118,200
137Mozambique115,744,000
138Botswana114,259,900
139Trinidad and Tobago109,400,000
140Uruguay107,887,000
141Swaziland100,450,000
142Tonga99,548,000
143Angola82,084,000
144Niger79,350,000
145Belize78,137,560
146Guinea71,790,000
147Zambia68,200,000
148Rwanda67,797,400
149Gambia66,816,180
150Liberia58,122,230
151Burkina Faso50,000,000
152Malta49,791,520
153Oman39,011,700
154Iceland35,395,720
155Netherlands Antilles32,447,000
156Djibouti30,328,440
157Guinea-Bissau30,000,000
158Grenada27,221,400
159Solomon Islands20,432,000
160Tanzania18,641,850
161Libya16,000,000
162Aruba15,088,800
163Republic of the Congo14,814,000
164Namibia13,759,420
165Papua New Guinea13,315,000
166Antigua and Barbuda12,185,360
167Seychelles12,000,000
168Comoros12,000,000
169St. Vincent and the Grenadines11,039,570
170Gabon11,030,000
171Madagascar11,000,000
172Kiribati9,000,000
173Vanuatu7,000,000
174Dominica4,567,998
175St. Kitts and Nevis4,471,085
176Burundi3,645,091
177Maldives3,131,100
178Iraq3,100,000
179St. Lucia2,722,291
180Chile2,500,000
181Suriname2,200,000
182Mauritania2,000,000
183Sao Tome and Principe2,000,000
184Malawi1,000,000
185Laos1,000,000
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