Heavily indebted countries Compared by Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Paid > US$ > Per capita
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 capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Lebanon | 1.06 million$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
2 | Cyprus | 360,253.36$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
3 | Netherlands | 347,919.86$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
4 | Israel | 339,274.37$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
5 | Austria | 308,867.65$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
6 | Ireland | 271,212.52$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
7 | Belgium | 263,201.84$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
8 | Iceland | 219,039.6$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
9 | Spain | 178,187.32$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
10 | Germany | 151,801.76$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
11 | Jamaica | 148,427.2$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
12 | Barbados | 148,392.17$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
13 | United States | 138,564.64$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
14 | Seychelles | 118,351.6$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
15 | Portugal | 109,105.21$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
16 | Italy | 99,220.15$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,776.25$ per 1,000 people | 1990 | ||
18 | France | 79,953.35$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
19 | Greece | 72,856.63$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
20 | Malta | 69,392.81$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
21 | Belize | 68,540.1$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
22 | Jordan | 64,492.29$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
23 | United Kingdom | 51,256.51$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 41,666.67$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
25 | Grenada | 18,779.34$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16,799.52$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
27 | Hungary | 15,366.24$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
28 | Sri Lanka | 13,095.29$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
29 | Japan | 10,025.51$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
30 | Cape Verde | 9,865.69$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,388.84$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
32 | Saint Lucia | 6,068.29$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
33 | Dominica | 1,388.89$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
34 | Morocco | 1,327.02$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
35 | Egypt | 769.93$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
36 | Zimbabwe | 603.01$ per 1,000 people | 1994 | ||
37 | Eritrea | 281.17$ per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
38 | Malawi | 77.62$ per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
39 | Sudan | 55.2$ per 1,000 people | 2005 |