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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 country to another at the time of migration. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding. Listed domestic companies are the domestically incorporated companies listed on the country's stock exchanges at the end of the year. Listed companies does not include investment companies, mutual funds, or other collective investment vehicles.
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Domestic credit provided by the banking sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The banking sector includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other banking institutions where data are available (including institutions that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other banking institutions are savings and mortgage loan institutions and building and loan associations.
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$1,099,025,661,250
Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)
| Arab World | 38.3% | |
| East Asia & Pacific | 145.2% | |
| Europe & Central Asia | 38.2% | |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 71.9% | |
| Least developed countries: UN classification | 22.5% | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 36.2% | |
| OECD members | 242.2% | |
| South Asia | 72.9% | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 78.0% | |
| World | 185.0% |
Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP)
| Arab World | 52.7% | |
| East Asia & Pacific | 91.1% | |
| Euro area | 49.4% | |
| European Union | 60.0% | |
| Europe & Central Asia | 51.0% | |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 58.0% | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 38.2% | |
| OECD members | 81.4% | |
| South Asia | 76.1% | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 147.5% | |
| World | 80.8% |