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Human Development Report 2009

EInternational financial flows: remittances, official development assistance and foreign direct investment
Percentage of remittance inflows by continent of origin - Northern AmericaExcel

HDI Rank Country
1 Norway 26.3
2 Australia 25.7
3 Iceland 34.1
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland 22.9
6 Netherlands 30.4
7 Sweden 22.9
8 France 16.8
9 Switzerland 16.2
10 Japan 62.3
11 Luxembourg 8.5
12 Finland 12.3
13 United States 13.4
14 Austria 17.9
15 Spain 10.8
16 Denmark 24.6
17 Belgium 15.3
18 Italy 27.4
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 8.2
21 United Kingdom 38.4
22 Germany 39.1
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 68.9
25 Greece 23.6
26 Korea (Republic of) 52.0
27 Israel 20.5
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 17.1
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 11.5
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 21.2
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 23.3
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta 19.3
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia 12.3
41 Poland 36.4
42 Slovakia 12.0
43 Hungary 37.8
44 Chile 27.2
45 Croatia 13.7
46 Lithuania 17.2
47 Antigua and Barbuda 63.3
48 Latvia 22.7
49 Argentina 26.2
50 Uruguay 17.9
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 98.9
54 Costa Rica 81.2
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 17.4
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles 17.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37.8
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 87.8
61 Bulgaria 8.5
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 22.0
64 Trinidad and Tobago 89.6
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 6.7
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 5.4
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania 8.2
71 Russian Federation 6.5
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 9.5
73 Dominica 58.9
74 Grenada 69.6
75 Brazil 29.1
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.7
77 Colombia 43.7
78 Peru 48.7
79 Turkey 3.2
80 Ecuador 43.3
81 Mauritius 8.2
82 Kazakhstan 0.8
83 Lebanon 36.9
84 Armenia 20.9
85 Ukraine 13.4
86 Azerbaijan 3.5
87 Thailand 37.8
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 48.1
89 Georgia 3.2
90 Dominican Republic 84.4
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 27.3
93 Belize 92.2
94 Samoa 26.9
95 Maldives 5.3
96 Jordan 17.1
97 Suriname 3.8
98 Tunisia 2.6
99 Tonga 48.0
100 Jamaica 81.3
101 Paraguay 11.3
102 Sri Lanka 19.4
103 Gabon 4.8
104 Algeria 2.2
105 Philippines 66.2
106 El Salvador 95.3
107 Syrian Arab Republic 25.7
108 Fiji 46.2
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 9.9
112 Honduras 93.0
113 Bolivia 31.7
114 Guyana 90.0
115 Mongolia 24.8
116 Viet Nam 70.6
117 Moldova 10.2
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 2.0
121 Cape Verde 25.2
122 Guatemala 92.9
123 Egypt 13.1
124 Nicaragua 65.6
125 Botswana 7.8
126 Vanuatu 5.6
127 Tajikistan 2.1
128 Namibia 14.9
129 South Africa 20.4
130 Morocco 3.3
131 Sao Tome and Principe 1.1
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 79.2
134 India 26.9
135 Solomon Islands 8.9
136 Congo 6.1
137 Cambodia 64.4
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 0.9
140 Yemen 8.5
141 Pakistan 21.6
142 Swaziland 1.9
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 12.4
145 Madagascar 3.7
146 Bangladesh 11.2
147 Kenya 27.2
148 Papua New Guinea 8.5
149 Haiti 89.7
150 Sudan 13.3
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 37.3
152 Ghana 30.2
153 Cameroon 13.8
154 Mauritania 8.1
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 0.6
157 Uganda 25.0
158 Nigeria 39.5
159 Togo 7.0
160 Malawi 10.8
161 Benin 1.8
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire 11.7
164 Zambia ..
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 6.2
167 Rwanda 15.2
168 Gambia 21.4
169 Liberia ..
170 Guinea 8.2
171 Ethiopia 41.0
172 Mozambique 1.8
173 Guinea-Bissau 1.8
174 Burundi 0
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso 0.7
178 Mali 2.0
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone 42.9
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 3.0
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati 34.0
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..

Sources :
calculated based on data from Ratha and Shaw (2006). "South-South Migration and Remittances (The Bilateral Remittances Matrix Version 4)". Washington DC: World Bank.
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