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Human Development Report 2009

EInternational financial flows: remittances, official development assistance and foreign direct investment
Remittance outflows (US$ millions)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2007
1 Norway 3,642
2 Australia 3,559
3 Iceland 100
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland 2,554
6 Netherlands 7,830
7 Sweden 1,142
8 France 4,380
9 Switzerland 16,273
10 Japan 4,037
11 Luxembourg 9,281
12 Finland 391
13 United States 45,643
14 Austria 2,985
15 Spain 14,728
16 Denmark 2,958
17 Belgium 3,192
18 Italy 11,287
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 1,207
21 United Kingdom 5,048
22 Germany 13,860
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 380
25 Greece 1,460
26 Korea (Republic of) 4,070
27 Israel 2,770
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 207
30 Brunei Darussalam 405
31 Kuwait 3,824
32 Cyprus 371
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 1,311
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 2,625
37 Barbados 40
38 Malta 54
39 Bahrain 1,483
40 Estonia 96
41 Poland 1,278
42 Slovakia 73
43 Hungary 235
44 Chile 6
45 Croatia 86
46 Lithuania 566
47 Antigua and Barbuda 2
48 Latvia 45
49 Argentina 472
50 Uruguay 4
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas 171
53 Mexico ..
54 Costa Rica 271
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 762
56 Oman 3,670
57 Seychelles 21
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 598
59 Saudi Arabia 16,068
60 Panama 151
61 Bulgaria 86
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6
63 Romania 351
64 Trinidad and Tobago ..
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 6,385
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 109
69 Saint Lucia 4
70 Albania 7
71 Russian Federation 17,716
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18
73 Dominica (.)
74 Grenada 4
75 Brazil 896
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65
77 Colombia 95
78 Peru 137
79 Turkey 106
80 Ecuador 83
81 Mauritius 12
82 Kazakhstan 4,303
83 Lebanon 2,845
84 Armenia 176
85 Ukraine 42
86 Azerbaijan 435
87 Thailand ..
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia 28
90 Dominican Republic 28
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7
92 China 4,372
93 Belize 22
94 Samoa 13
95 Maldives 103
96 Jordan 479
97 Suriname 65
98 Tunisia 15
99 Tonga 12
100 Jamaica 454
101 Paraguay ..
102 Sri Lanka 314
103 Gabon 110
104 Algeria ..
105 Philippines 35
106 El Salvador 29
107 Syrian Arab Republic 235
108 Fiji 32
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 16
111 Indonesia 1,654
112 Honduras 2
113 Bolivia 72
114 Guyana 61
115 Mongolia 77
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova 87
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 220
121 Cape Verde 6
122 Guatemala 18
123 Egypt 180
124 Nicaragua ..
125 Botswana 120
126 Vanuatu 18
127 Tajikistan 184
128 Namibia 16
129 South Africa 1,186
130 Morocco 52
131 Sao Tome and Principe 1
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1
134 India 1,580
135 Solomon Islands 3
136 Congo 102
137 Cambodia 157
138 Myanmar 32
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen 120
141 Pakistan 3
142 Swaziland 8
143 Angola 603
144 Nepal 4
145 Madagascar 21
146 Bangladesh 3
147 Kenya 16
148 Papua New Guinea 135
149 Haiti 96
150 Sudan 2
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 46
152 Ghana 6
153 Cameroon 103
154 Mauritania ..
155 Djibouti 5
156 Lesotho 21
157 Uganda 364
158 Nigeria 103
159 Togo 35
160 Malawi 1
161 Benin 67
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire 19
164 Zambia 124
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 96
167 Rwanda 68
168 Gambia 12
169 Liberia (.)
170 Guinea 119
171 Ethiopia 15
172 Mozambique 45
173 Guinea-Bissau 5
174 Burundi (.)
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso 44
178 Mali 57
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone 136
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 29
Other UN member states
Iraq 781
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..

Sources :
World Bank (2009b). "Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008: March 2009 Update". Washington DC: World Bank.
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