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Labor > Workers' remittances > Receipts > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Lebanon 1.06 million BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
2 Tonga 611,560.4 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2002
3 Jamaica 610,745.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
4 Barbados 484,871.42 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
5 El Salvador 411,309.42 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 408,222.72 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1990
7 Jordan 402,631.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
8 Albania 370,879.69 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 336,704.14 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
10 Cape Verde 269,340.4 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
11 Portugal 267,859.65 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
12 Guyana 267,166.12 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
13 Dominican Republic 256,589.48 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
14 Samoa 254,312.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1999
15 Honduras 248,212.18 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
16 Guatemala 237,543.36 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
17 Mexico 194,345.47 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
18 Croatia 190,116.69 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
19 Romania 173,533.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
20 Macau 157,469.18 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
21 Ecuador 153,533.08 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
22 Morocco 152,249.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
23 Antigua and Barbuda 148,482.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1990
24 Belize 140,238.14 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
25 Tunisia 138,872.27 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
26 Seychelles 134,567.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
27 Bulgaria 130,247.67 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
28 Dominica 129,423.07 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1990
29 Philippines 128,445.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 127,104.31 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1990
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 123,627.8 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
31 Spain 123,021.95 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
32 Nicaragua 116,598.12 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
33 Haiti 115,534.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
34 Saint Lucia 114,460.81 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1991
35 Grenada 105,413.11 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1990
36 Moldova 101,912.45 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
37 Sri Lanka 100,303.28 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
38 Austria 97,377.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
39 Costa Rica 92,380.94 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
40 Lithuania 90,748.29 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
41 Poland 81,015.68 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
42 New Zealand 79,350.27 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
43 Greece 77,760.6 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
44 Mongolia 77,703.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
45 Colombia 73,726.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
46 Tajikistan 71,022.16 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
47 Egypt 67,771.24 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
48 Cyprus 67,133.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
49 Trinidad and Tobago 66,779.01 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
50 Yemen 61,149.93 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
51 Kyrgyzstan 60,902.17 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
52 Azerbaijan 58,444.92 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
53 Peru 51,483.72 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 51,176.29 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
54 Senegal 49,463.15 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
55 Botswana 46,662.68 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
56 French Polynesia 44,186.58 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
57 Nepal 41,512.53 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
58 Syria 40,066.42 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
59 Panama 38,960.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
60 The Gambia 37,370.1 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 36,820.52 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
61 Kiribati 36,698.98 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1994
62 Bolivia 33,057.68 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
63 Bangladesh 29,906.78 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
64 Sudan 27,988.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
65 Pakistan 27,456.8 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
66 Switzerland 27,165.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
67 Paraguay 27,124.85 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
68 Togo 25,601.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
69 Comoros 25,119.58 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1995
70 Sweden 24,697.59 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
71 Uruguay 23,701.92 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
72 Nigeria 23,548.29 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
73 New Caledonia 22,488.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
74 Georgia 20,962.02 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
75 India 20,288.54 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2003
76 Oman 17,917.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1995
77 Guinea-Bissau 17,477.12 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
78 Uganda 16,528.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
79 Armenia 15,639.63 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
80 Maldives 14,046.21 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1984
81 Aruba 13,367.72 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
82 Brazil 13,303.66 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
83 Turkey 11,808.78 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
84 Cambodia 11,370.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
85 Mali 10,520.94 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
86 Luxembourg 10,033.5 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
87 Argentina 9,843.15 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
88 France 9,226.64 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
89 Algeria 8,988.47 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1991
90 Indonesia 7,979.94 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
91 Estonia 7,093.62 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
92 Benin 6,615.44 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
93 Norway 6,563.85 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1991
94 Ireland 5,988.64 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
95 Kenya 5,852.05 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
96 Japan 5,740.14 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
97 Russia 5,731.46 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
98 Netherlands Antilles 5,627.7 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
99 Belarus 5,341.31 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1999
100 Ukraine 5,013.24 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
101 Italy 4,947.94 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
102 Venezuela 4,816.19 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
103 Guinea 4,714.27 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
104 Ghana 4,485.4 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
105 Sao Tome and Principe 4,414.87 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2002
106 China 4,212.1 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
107 Lesotho 3,871.49 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
108 Burkina Faso 3,744.78 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2001
109 Kazakhstan 3,680.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
110 Suriname 3,338.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
111 Slovenia 3,310.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
112 Somalia 3,283.91 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1983
113 Niger 3,176.04 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
114 Namibia 2,943.31 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
115 Ethiopia 2,435.16 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
116 Hungary 2,023.99 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
117 Belgium 1,887.13 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
118 Djibouti 1,682.32 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1995
119 Burma 1,626.24 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
120 Congo, Republic of the 1,462.49 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
121 South Korea 1,399.76 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
122 Slovakia 1,359.46 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1997
123 Libya 1,195.88 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
124 Swaziland 1,167.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
125 Gabon 1,050.44 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
126 Cameroon 995.08 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2003
127 Papua New Guinea 963.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
128 Rwanda 954.89 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
129 Mauritania 884.12 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1998
130 Latvia 695.5 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
131 Thailand 561.79 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1976
132 Malta 452.63 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
133 Sierra Leone 425.05 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
134 Vanuatu 346.52 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
135 Zimbabwe 295.64 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1982
136 Mozambique 291.44 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
137 Tanzania 174.65 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
138 Chad 104.77 BoP $ per 1,000 people 1994
139 Malawi 69.9 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2002
140 Cote d'Ivoire 56.45 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2004
141 Madagascar 24.55 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005
142 Burundi 9.48 BoP $ per 1,000 people 2005

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