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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2007
1 Norway 613
2 Australia 3,862
3 Iceland 41
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland 580
6 Netherlands 2,548
7 Sweden 775
8 France 13,746
9 Switzerland 2,035
10 Japan 1,577
11 Luxembourg 1,565
12 Finland 772
13 United States 2,972
14 Austria 2,945
15 Spain 10,687
16 Denmark 989
17 Belgium 8,562
18 Italy 3,165
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 650
21 United Kingdom 8,234
22 Germany 8,570
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 348
25 Greece 2,484
26 Korea (Republic of) 1,128
27 Israel 1,041
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 284
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 172
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 3,945
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 1,332
37 Barbados 140
38 Malta 40
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia 426
41 Poland 10,496
42 Slovakia 1,483
43 Hungary 413
44 Chile 3
45 Croatia 1,394
46 Lithuania 1,427
47 Antigua and Barbuda 24
48 Latvia 552
49 Argentina 604
50 Uruguay 97
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 27,144
54 Costa Rica 635
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16
56 Oman 39
57 Seychelles 11
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 180
61 Bulgaria 2,086
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37
63 Romania 8,533
64 Trinidad and Tobago 92
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 1,700
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 354
69 Saint Lucia 31
70 Albania 1,071
71 Russian Federation 4,100
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 267
73 Dominica 26
74 Grenada 55
75 Brazil 4,382
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,520
77 Colombia 4,523
78 Peru 2,131
79 Turkey 1,209
80 Ecuador 3,094
81 Mauritius 215
82 Kazakhstan 223
83 Lebanon 5,769
84 Armenia 846
85 Ukraine 4,503
86 Azerbaijan 1,287
87 Thailand 1,635
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,115
89 Georgia 696
90 Dominican Republic 3,414
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31
92 China 32,833
93 Belize 75
94 Samoa 120
95 Maldives 3
96 Jordan 3,434
97 Suriname 140
98 Tunisia 1,716
99 Tonga 100
100 Jamaica 2,144
101 Paraguay 469
102 Sri Lanka 2,527
103 Gabon 11
104 Algeria 2,120
105 Philippines 16,291
106 El Salvador 3,711
107 Syrian Arab Republic 824
108 Fiji 165
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 598
111 Indonesia 6,174
112 Honduras 2,625
113 Bolivia 927
114 Guyana 278
115 Mongolia 194
116 Viet Nam 5,500
117 Moldova 1,498
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 715
121 Cape Verde 139
122 Guatemala 4,254
123 Egypt 7,656
124 Nicaragua 740
125 Botswana 141
126 Vanuatu 5
127 Tajikistan 1,691
128 Namibia 17
129 South Africa 834
130 Morocco 6,730
131 Sao Tome and Principe 2
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1
134 India 35,262
135 Solomon Islands 20
136 Congo 15
137 Cambodia 353
138 Myanmar 125
139 Comoros 12
140 Yemen 1,283
141 Pakistan 5,998
142 Swaziland 99
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 1,734
145 Madagascar 11
146 Bangladesh 6,562
147 Kenya 1,588
148 Papua New Guinea 13
149 Haiti 1,222
150 Sudan 1,769
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 14
152 Ghana 117
153 Cameroon 167
154 Mauritania 2
155 Djibouti 28
156 Lesotho 443
157 Uganda 849
158 Nigeria 9,221
159 Togo 229
160 Malawi 1
161 Benin 224
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire 179
164 Zambia 59
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 925
167 Rwanda 51
168 Gambia 47
169 Liberia 65
170 Guinea 151
171 Ethiopia 359
172 Mozambique 99
173 Guinea-Bissau 29
174 Burundi (.)
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso 50
178 Mali 212
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone 148
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 78
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati 7
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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