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Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees > Received > US$ > Per capita: 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 capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Luxembourg 2,631.87$ per capita 2005
2 Lebanon 1,227.7$ per capita 2005
3 Belgium 682.82$ per capita 2005
4 Jamaica 671.69$ per capita 2005
5 Tonga 645.09$ per capita 2005
6 Serbia and Montenegro 576.62$ per capita 2005
7 Barbados 519.37$ per capita 2005
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 471.96$ per capita 2005
9 Jordan 461.98$ per capita 2005
10 El Salvador 413.02$ per capita 2005
11 Albania 412.18$ per capita 2005
12 Austria 357.21$ per capita 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 328.12$ per capita 2005
13 Armenia 311.64$ per capita 2005
14 Iceland 296.55$ per capita 2005
15 Dominican Republic 286.92$ per capita 2005
16 Portugal 285.99$ per capita 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 277.05$ per capita 2005
17 Bulgaria 275.19$ per capita 2005
18 Croatia 275.02$ per capita 2005
19 Cape Verde 270.32$ per capita 2005
20 Guyana 267.56$ per capita 2005
European Union average (profile) 265.48$ per capita 2005
21 Switzerland 256.82$ per capita 2005
22 Cyprus 250.73$ per capita 2005
23 Honduras 249.28$ per capita 2005
24 Guatemala 240.73$ per capita 2005
Europe average (profile) 237.97$ per capita 2005
25 Moldova 237.32$ per capita 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 237.01$ per capita 2005
26 Romania 218.77$ per capita 2005
27 Mexico 211.2$ per capita 2005
28 France 209.32$ per capita 2005
29 Grenada 206.57$ per capita 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 200.95$ per capita 2005
30 Denmark 198.49$ per capita 2005
31 Estonia 196.87$ per capita 2005
32 Spain 182.66$ per capita 2005
33 Lesotho 182.2$ per capita 2005
34 New Zealand 180.29$ per capita 2005
35 Mauritius 172.93$ per capita 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 168.65$ per capita 2005
36 Latvia 165.62$ per capita 2005
37 Philippines 163.34$ per capita 2005
38 Belize 157.64$ per capita 2005
39 Ireland 156.52$ per capita 2005
40 Lithuania 156.4$ per capita 2005
41 Ecuador 154.06$ per capita 2005
42 Morocco 152.24$ per capita 2005
43 Australia 140.59$ per capita 2005
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 140.3$ per capita 2005
44 Tunisia 138.9$ per capita 2005
45 Netherlands 136.46$ per capita 2005
46 Finland 132.48$ per capita 2005
47 Slovenia 131.97$ per capita 2005
48 Seychelles 130.19$ per capita 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 123.31$ per capita 2005
49 Israel 122.91$ per capita 2005
50 Aruba 119.64$ per capita 2005
51 Nicaragua 116.52$ per capita 2005
52 Haiti 115.5$ per capita 2005
53 United Kingdom 111.61$ per capita 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 111.2$ per capita 2005
54 Greece 109.87$ per capita 2005
55 Antigua and Barbuda 108.71$ per capita 2005
56 Sri Lanka 106.39$ per capita 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 101.3$ per capita 2005
57 Czech Republic 99.37$ per capita 2005
58 Costa Rica 97.29$ per capita 2005
59 Poland 92.99$ per capita 2005
60 Norway 92.79$ per capita 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 87.59$ per capita 2005
61 Azerbaijan 82.62$ per capita 2005
62 Germany 79.33$ per capita 2005
63 Mongolia 79.09$ per capita 2005
64 Slovakia 78.71$ per capita 2005
65 Georgia 77.33$ per capita 2005
66 Malta 76.83$ per capita 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 76.58$ per capita 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 75.03$ per capita 2005
67 Colombia 74.44$ per capita 2005
68 Swaziland 71.62$ per capita 2005
69 Tajikistan 71.14$ per capita 2005
70 Botswana 70.82$ per capita 2005
71 Kiribati 70.71$ per capita 2005
72 Sweden 69.81$ per capita 2005
73 Egypt 67.77$ per capita 2005
74 Trinidad and Tobago 66.66$ per capita 2005
75 Kyrgyzstan 62.6$ per capita 2005
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 62.5$ per capita 2005
77 Yemen 61.17$ per capita 2005
78 Algeria 59.35$ per capita 2005
79 Dominica 55.56$ per capita 2005
80 Senegal 54.3$ per capita 2005
81 Vanuatu 52.04$ per capita 2005
82 Peru 51.49$ per capita 2005
83 Malaysia 50.54$ per capita 2005
84 Vietnam 48.13$ per capita 2005
85 Paraguay 45.43$ per capita 2005
86 Nepal 44.63$ per capita 2005
87 Netherlands Antilles 43.8$ per capita 2005
88 Syria 43.22$ per capita 2005
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 42$ per capita 2005
90 Italy 40.92$ per capita 2005
91 Panama 38.99$ per capita 2005
92 The Gambia 38.23$ per capita 2005
93 Belarus 37.85$ per capita 2005
94 Bolivia 36.81$ per capita 2005
95 Hong Kong 34.56$ per capita 2005
96 Bangladesh 29.97$ per capita 2005
97 Hungary 29.74$ per capita 2005
98 Fiji 28.31$ per capita 2005
99 Sudan 28.04$ per capita 2005
100 Pakistan 27.48$ per capita 2005
101 Togo 24.09$ per capita 2005
102 Uruguay 23.59$ per capita 2005
103 Nigeria 23.55$ per capita 2005
104 Russia 21.78$ per capita 2005
105 India 21.68$ per capita 2005
106 Comoros 19.98$ per capita 2005
107 Djibouti 19.71$ per capita 1995
108 Brazil 18.99$ per capita 2005
109 Thailand 18.48$ per capita 2005
110 Guinea-Bissau 17.65$ per capita 2005
111 China 17.24$ per capita 2005
112 South Korea 16.73$ per capita 2005
113 Uganda 16.52$ per capita 2005
114 Kenya 15.3$ per capita 2005
115 Oman 15.19$ per capita 2005
116 Iran 15.12$ per capita 2005
117 Cambodia 14.21$ per capita 2005
118 South Africa 14.03$ per capita 2005
119 Ukraine 12.64$ per capita 2005
120 Saint Lucia 12.14$ per capita 2005
121 Turkey 11.81$ per capita 2005
122 Kazakhstan 11.75$ per capita 2005
123 Mali 11.47$ per capita 2005
124 Argentina 10.66$ per capita 2005
125 United States 9.87$ per capita 2005
126 Maldives 9.11$ per capita 2005
127 Suriname 8.9$ per capita 2005
128 Cote d'Ivoire 8.81$ per capita 2005
129 Indonesia 8.54$ per capita 2005
130 Japan 8.45$ per capita 2005
131 Namibia 7.88$ per capita 2005
132 Benin 7.46$ per capita 2005
133 Sao Tome and Principe 6.39$ per capita 2005
134 Venezuela 5.57$ per capita 2005
135 Samoa 5.41$ per capita 2005
136 Guinea 4.67$ per capita 2005
137 Ghana 4.48$ per capita 2005
138 Gabon 4.34$ per capita 2005
139 Niger 4.3$ per capita 2005
140 Solomon Islands 4.19$ per capita 2005
141 Zimbabwe 3.79$ per capita 1994
142 Burkina Faso 3.78$ per capita 2005
143 Somalia 3.33$ per capita 1983
144 Mozambique 2.88$ per capita 2005
145 Congo, Republic of the 2.75$ per capita 2005
146 Equatorial Guinea 2.71$ per capita 1992
147 Libya 2.56$ per capita 2005
148 Ethiopia 2.44$ per capita 2005
149 Rwanda 2.32$ per capita 2005
150 Burma 2.32$ per capita 2005
151 Papua New Guinea 2.21$ per capita 2005
152 Turkmenistan 0.937$ per capita 1996
153 Eritrea 0.844$ per capita 2000
154 Cameroon 0.674$ per capita 2005
155 Mauritania 0.652$ per capita 2005
156 Central African Republic 0.453$ per capita 1978
157 Tanzania 0.416$ per capita 2005
158 Angola 0.397$ per capita 1996
159 Sierra Leone 0.362$ per capita 2005
160 Chile 0.184$ per capita 2005
161 Laos 0.177$ per capita 2005
162 Madagascar 0.161$ per capita 2005
163 Chad 0.147$ per capita 1994
164 Malawi 0.078$ per capita 2005

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