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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 c
As of 2020, Tonga ranks first with 38.98%, followed by Kyrgyzstan (31.14%) and Tajikistan (26.88%).
Across 179 countries and territories, values run from 38.98% (Tonga) to 0.00% (Tuvalu), with a median of 2.34%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Oceania and 1 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Remittance inflows to GDP (%), 2020. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Remittance inflows to GDP (%) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026