PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES OUTSIDE THE U.S.
August 2008
COUNTRIES WITH SSA'S
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT
COUNTRY
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DATE		 NUMBER OF CHECK PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS THROUGH U.S. BANKS TOTAL
PAYMENTS		 % DIRECT
DEPOSIT		 ALL DD
 
Direct Deposit              
Anguilla/St. Kitts & Nevis November-99 119 15 113 247 52% 128
Antigua & Barbuda August-99 48 48 71 167 71% 119
Australia July-98 498 5,779 1,531 7,808 94% 7310
Austria May-99 191 2,073 433 2,697 93% 2506
Bahama Islands September-99 45 67 117 229 80% 184
Barbados July-99 104 569 413 1,086 90% 982
Belgium July-99 252 1,204 478 1,934 87% 1682
British Virgin Islands March-00 76 1 79 156 51% 80
Canada July-89 17,445 63,258 23,600 104,303 83% 86858
Cayman Islands November-99 12 15 178 205 94% 193
Cyprus November-99 264 160 80 504 48% 240
Denmark August-99 70 587 245 902 92% 832
Dominican Republic November-00 86 6,261 686 7,033 99% 6947
Finland November-99 58 689 165 912 94% 854
France March-92 528 8,557 3,037 12,122 96% 11594
Germany October-90 2,162 28,789 6,800 37,751 94% 35589
Greece December-03 13,813 3,953 5,323 23,089 40% 9276
Grenada December-99 48 100 51 199 76% 151
Haiti December-00 25 101 137 263 90% 238
Hong Kong November-99 111 775 326 1,212 91% 1101
Hungary April-05 702 456 860 2,018 65% 1316
Ireland May-95 1,213 6,641 1,276 9,130 87% 7917
Israel May-03 2,590 2,016 4,724 9,330 72% 6740
Italy February-93 5,523 25,151 2,637 33,311 83% 27788
Jamaica April-00 251 878 1,604 2,733 91% 2482
Japan April-05 2,454 28,028 6,210 36,692 93% 34238
Malta November-99 395 76 136 607 35% 212
Mexico October-03 742 27,950 18,954 47,646 98% 46904
Netherlands May-00 150 3,834 958 4,942 97% 4792
Netherlands Antilles November-99 55 16 104 175 69% 120
New Zealand March-00 99 509 486 1,094 91% 1103
Norway August-90 161 6,302 328 6,791 98% 6630
Panama February-05 153 681 1,184 2,018 92% 1865
Poland April-04 1,009 461 4,943 6,413 84% 5404
Portugal December-96 1,220 9,574 1,523 12,317 90% 11097
South Africa August-99 60 230 290 580 90% 520
Spain December-95 660 8,055 1,898 10,613 94% 9953
St. Lucia February-00 49 48 56 153 68% 104
St. Vincent & the Grenadines March-00 41 41 40 122 66% 81
Sweden July-96 110 3,449 613 4,172 97% 4062
Switzerland July-99 527 5,521 1,148 7,196 93% 6669
Trinidad & Tobago July-99 200 318 468 986 80% 786
United Kingdom June-87 1,155 24,835 5,604 31,594 96% 30439
Subtotal   55,474 278,071 100,015 433,560 87% 378,086
         
         
COUNTRIES WITHOUT SSA'S
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT
         
COUNTRY
 NUMBER OF CHECK PAYMENTS INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS THROUGH U.S. BANKS TOTAL
PAYMENTS		 % DIRECT
DEPOSIT
DIRECT DEPOSIT
    PAYMENTS    
         
         
Albania 19   3 22 14%
Afghanistan 1   2 3 67%
Andorra 36   45 81 56%
Angola 1     1 0%
Argentina   279   3,329 3,608 92%
Armenia 4   8 12 67%
Bahrain 5   11 16 69%
Bangladesh 53   11 64 17%
Belize 124   363 487 75%
Benin 3     3 0%
Bermuda 102   136 238 57%
Bhutan 13   23 36 64%
Bolivia 16   400 416 96%
Bosnia Herzegovina 83   43 126 34%
Botswana, Republic of     15 15 100%
Brazil 174   1,911 2,085 92%
Brunei 1   2 3 67%
Bulgaria 95   60 155 39%
Burkina Faso     1 1 100%
Burma     2 2 100%
Cameroon 3   9 12 75%
Cape Verde Islands 238   24 262 9%
Chile 290   1,332 1,622 82%
China, Peoples Republic of 320   438 758 58%
Colombia 109   4,002 4,111 97%
Costa Rica 28   4,346 4,374 99%
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)     3 3 100%
Croatia 951   558 1,509 37%
Cuba     12 12 100%
Czech Republic 217   460 677 68%
Dem Rep of Congo     2 2 100%
Djibouti 1     1 0%
Dominica 49   69 118 58%
Ecuador 54   2,624 2,678 98%
Egypt 308   373 681 55%
El Salvador 15   1,249 1,264 99%
Equatorial Guinea     1 1 100%
Eritrea 10   5 15 33%
Estonia 28   21 49 43%
Ethiopia 38   12 50 24%
Fiji Islands 12   33 45 73%
Gambia 1   2 3 67%
Ghana 184   59 243 24%
Gibraltar 2   6 8 75%
Greenland     1 1 100%
Guatemala 42   1,405 1,447 97%
Guinea 1   2 3 67%
Guinea Bissau     1 1 100%
Guyana 31   160 191 84%
Honduras 30   1,036 1,066 97%
Iceland 60   70 130 54%
India 490   793 1,283 62%
Indonesia 12   41 53 77%
Iran 4   17 21 81%
Iraq     1 1 100%
Jordan 187   232 419 55%
Kenya 31   78 109 72%
Kuwait 2   11 13 85%
Laos 16   13 29 45%
Latvia 65   58 123 47%
Lebanon 342   124 466 27%
Lesotho (Basutoland) 4   1 5 20%
Liberia 16   2 18 11%
Libya     1 1 100%
Liechtenstein 13   9 22 41%
Lithuania 65   56 121 46%
Luxembourg 77   97 174 56%
Macao 21   16 37 43%
Macedonia 240   17 257 7%
Madagascar 1   7 8 88%
Malawi 1   4 5 80%
Malaysia 15   102 117 87%
Marshall Islands 8   61 69 88%
Martinique 70   24 94 26%
Mauritius 8   5 13 38%
Micronesia 11   37 48 77%
Monaco 5   25 30 83%
Mongolia     1 1 100%
Mali 4   4 8 50%
Montserrat 14   15 29 52%
Morocco 33   74 107 69%
Mozambique 1   3 4 75%
Namibia 3   5 8 63%
Nauru 31   114 145 79%
Nepal 1   9 10 90%
New Caledonia 1   5 6 83%
Nicaragua 26   710 736 96%
Niger     3 2 150%
Nigeria 38   20 58 34%
Oman 1   6 7 86%
Pakistan 174   157 331 47%
Palau (Belau) 6   69 75 92%
Papua-New Guinea     14 14 100%
Paraguay 10   135 145 93%
Peru 93   1,081 1,174 92%
Philippines 339   21,102 21,441 98%
Qatar 5   9 14 64%
Reunion     1 1 100%
Romania 449   161 610 26%
Russia 29   58 87 67%
Rwanda     2 2 100%
Samoa 89   56 145 39%
San Marino 41   445 486 92%
Saudi Arabia 10   47 57 82%
Senegal 1   12 13 92%
Serbia and Montenegro 896   118 1,014 12%
Seychelles 1   3 4 75%
Sierra Leone 8   2 10 20%
Singapore 19   130 149 87%
Slovakia 99   172 271 63%
Slovenia 129   49 178 28%
Solomon Islands 6   11 30 37%
South Korea 1,097   696 1,793 39%
Sri Lanka 36   48 84 57%
St Helena & Dependencies 2   5 7 71%
Sudan 3     3 0%
Surinam 10   12 22 55%
Swaziland 1   8 9 89%
Syria 49   40 89 45%
Tahiti 10   22 32 69%
Taiwan 162   341 503 68%
Tanzania 7   13 20 65%
Thailand 302   2,229 2,531 88%
Togo 1   2 3 67%
Tonga Islands 5   12 17 71%
Tunisia 13   11 24 46%
Turkey 442   390 832 47%
Turks and Caicos Islands 2   4 6 67%
Uganda 8   9 17 53%
United Arab Emirates 7   46 53 87%
Uruguay 18   829 847 98%
Vanuatu 4   1 5 20%
Venezuela 46   262 308 85%
Yemen, Republic of 1,133   242 1,375 18%
Zambia 2   11 13 85%
Zimbabwe 12   19 31 61%
TOTAL TO NON-IDD 11,664   56,567 68,243 83%
     COUNTRIES        
TOTAL ALL COUNTRIES 67,138 278,071 156,582 501,803 87%