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.
Labor Statistics > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 India :
21,595,100,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#2 Mexico :
20,034,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#3 Philippines :
10,668,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#4 China :
5,494,678,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#5 Spain :
5,338,925,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#6 Egypt :
5,017,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#7 Morocco :
4,589,227,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#8 Pakistan :
4,277,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#9 Lebanon :
4,257,417,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#10 Bangladesh :
4,241,448,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#11 Romania :
3,754,290,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#12 Nigeria :
3,328,694,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#13 Colombia :
3,313,715,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#14 Poland :
3,092,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#15 Guatemala :
2,992,823,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#16 El Salvador :
2,830,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#17 Portugal :
2,825,772,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#18 Brazil :
2,479,867,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#19 Dominican Republic :
2,429,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#20 Jordan :
2,178,843,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#21 Ecuador :
2,031,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#22 Sri Lanka :
1,968,490,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#23 Honduras :
1,788,300,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#24 Indonesia :
1,760,040,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#25 Jamaica :
1,621,225,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#26 Peru :
1,439,909,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#27 Tunisia :
1,392,750,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#28 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,315,528,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#29 Yemen :
1,282,599,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#30 Albania :
1,160,734,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#31 Nepal :
1,126,344,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#32 Sudan :
1,014,110,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#33 Bulgaria :
1,008,117,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#34 Haiti :
985,250,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#35 Greece :
863,453,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#36 Turkey :
851,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#37 Croatia :
844,755,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#38 Russia :
820,250,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#39 Austria :
801,740,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#40 Syria :
763,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#41 Japan :
733,440,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#42 Nicaragua :
600,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#43 Senegal :
563,183,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#44 France :
561,653,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#45 Azerbaijan :
490,236,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#46 Uganda :
476,292,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#47 Tajikistan :
465,210,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#48 Costa Rica :
399,753,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#49 Moldova :
395,080,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#50 Argentina :
381,394,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#51 New Zealand :
322,273,200 BoP $
2004 ...
#52 Kyrgyzstan :
313,250,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#53 Lithuania :
309,841,900 BoP $
2005 ...
#54 Bolivia :
303,536,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#55 Italy :
289,984,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#56 Ukraine :
236,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#57 Algeria :
232,990,300 BoP $
1991 ...
#58 Sweden :
222,872,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#59 Switzerland :
202,034,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#60 Guyana :
200,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#61 Kenya :
200,466,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#62 Mongolia :
195,400,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#63 Ethiopia :
173,519,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#64 Macedonia, Republic of :
169,350,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#65 Cambodia :
160,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#66 Paraguay :
160,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#67 Togo :
153,313,100 BoP $
2004 ...
#68 Mali :
138,077,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#69 Cape Verde :
136,503,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#70 Barbados :
130,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#71 Venezuela :
128,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#72 Panama :
125,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#73 Ghana :
99,184,640 BoP $
2005 ...
#74 Georgia :
93,792,540 BoP $
2005 ...
#75 Trinidad and Tobago :
86,900,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#76 Botswana :
82,356,170 BoP $
2005 ...
#77 Burma :
81,318,360 BoP $
2004 ...
#78 Uruguay :
78,352,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#79 Macau :
71,996,800 BoP $
2004 ...
#80 Korea, South :
67,600,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#81 Tonga :
61,892,970 BoP $
2002 ...
#82 Gambia, The :
56,693,390 BoP $
2005 ...
#83 Kazakhstan :
55,753,060 BoP $
2005 ...
#84 Benin :
54,095,820 BoP $
2004 ...
#85 Belarus :
53,600,000 BoP $
1999 ...
#86 Cyprus :
50,873,970 BoP $
2005 ...
#87 Armenia :
47,174,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#88 Samoa :
44,670,830 BoP $
1999 ...
#89 Burkina Faso :
43,607,530 BoP $
2001 ...
#90 Niger :
42,872,710 BoP $
2004 ...
#91 Guinea :
41,640,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#92 Belize :
40,921,490 BoP $
2005 ...
#93 Oman :
39,011,700 BoP $
1995 ...
#94 Norway :
27,973,170 BoP $
1991 ...
#95 Guinea-Bissau :
26,909,730 BoP $
2004 ...
#96 Ireland :
24,907,360 BoP $
2005 ...
#97 Thailand :
23,774,390 BoP $
1976 ...
#98 Somalia :
21,700,490 BoP $
1983 ...
#99 Hungary :
20,416,120 BoP $
2005 ...
#100 Belgium :
19,774,530 BoP $
2005 ...
#101 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
17,155,560 BoP $
1990 ...
#102 Cameroon :
15,671,020 BoP $
2003 ...
#103 Saint Lucia :
15,566,670 BoP $
1991 ...
#104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
13,900,000 BoP $
1990 ...
#105 Comoros :
12,212,940 BoP $
1995 ...
#106 Seychelles :
11,370,180 BoP $
2005 ...
#107 French Polynesia :
11,338,410 BoP $
2005 ...
#108 Grenada :
9,866,667 BoP $
1990 ...
#109 Estonia :
9,548,729 BoP $
2005 ...
#110 Antigua and Barbuda :
9,400,000 BoP $
1990 ...
#111 Dominica :
9,351,852 BoP $
1990 ...
#112 Rwanda :
8,630,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#113 Slovakia :
7,318,302 BoP $
1997 ...
#114 Libya :
7,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#115 Lesotho :
6,948,424 BoP $
2005 ...
#116 Tanzania :
6,720,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#117 Slovenia :
6,623,458 BoP $
2005 ...
#118 Namibia :
5,913,845 BoP $
2004 ...
#119 Mozambique :
5,768,362 BoP $
2005 ...
#120 Congo, Republic of the :
5,678,755 BoP $
2004 ...
#121 Papua New Guinea :
5,673,851 BoP $
2005 ...
#122 New Caledonia :
5,273,195 BoP $
2005 ...
#123 Luxembourg :
4,582,391 BoP $
2005 ...
#124 Kiribati :
2,878,448 BoP $
1994 ...
#125 Maldives :
2,500,000 BoP $
1984 ...
#126 Sierra Leone :
2,348,588 BoP $
2005 ...
#127 Zimbabwe :
2,333,562 BoP $
1982 ...
#128 Mauritania :
2,207,180 BoP $
1998 ...
#129 Latvia :
1,600,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#130 Suriname :
1,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#131 Gabon :
1,431,046 BoP $
2004 ...
#132 Aruba :
1,340,782 BoP $
2005 ...
#133 Swaziland :
1,320,894 BoP $
2005 ...
#134 Netherlands Antilles :
1,027,933 BoP $
2005 ...
#135 Djibouti :
1,024,077 BoP $
1995 ...
#136 Côte d'Ivoire :
1,008,926 BoP $
2004 ...
#137 Malawi :
843,693.6 BoP $
2002 ...
#138 Chad :
715,051.6 BoP $
1994 ...
#139 São Tomé and Príncipe :
644,500 BoP $
2002 ...
#140 Madagascar :
456,800.4 BoP $
2005 ...
#141 Malta :
182,636.1 BoP $
2005 ...
#142 Vanuatu :
73,242.96 BoP $
2005 ...
#143 Burundi :
71,562.16 BoP $
2005 ...
Total :
150,846,735,103.82 BoP $
Weighted average:
1,054,872,273.5 BoP $
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.
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