PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES OUTSIDE THE U.S.
October 2008
COUNTRIES WITH SSA'S
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT
COUNTRY
START
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 15 115 249 52% 130
Antigua & Barbuda August-99 47 49 70 166 72% 119
Australia July-98 502 5,921 1,559 7,982 94% 7480
Austria May-99 192 2,080 423 2,695 93% 2503
Bahama Islands September-99 46 66 120 232 80% 186
Barbados July-99 112 566 414 1,092 90% 980
Belgium July-99 251 1,203 485 1,939 87% 1688
British Virgin Islands March-00 76 1 81 158 52% 82
Canada July-89 17,422 63,627 23,582 104,631 83% 87209
Cayman Islands November-99 18 13 178 209 91% 191
Cyprus November-99 271 147 91 509 47% 238
Denmark August-99 68 592 232 892 92% 824
Dominican Republic November-00 85 6,229 723 7,037 99% 6952
Finland November-99 59 705 159 923 94% 864
France March-92 520 8,608 3,062 12,190 96% 11670
Germany October-90 2,123 28,895 6,848 37,866 94% 35743
Greece December-03 13,823 3,943 5,334 23,100 40% 9277
Grenada December-99 52 98 49 199 74% 147
Haiti December-00 25 96 142 263 90% 238
Hong Kong November-99 114 808 315 1,237 91% 1123
Hungary April-05 693 469 867 2,029 66% 1336
Ireland May-95 1,210 6,678 1,278 9,166 87% 7956
Israel May-03 2,577 2,042 4,729 9,348 72% 6771
Italy February-93 5,482 25,390 2,454 33,326 84% 27844
Jamaica April-00 257 890 1,617 2,764 91% 2507
Japan April-05 2,458 28,618 6,154 37,230 93% 34772
Malta November-99 398 74 136 608 35% 210
Mexico October-03 777 28,086 19,167 48,030 98% 47253
Netherlands May-00 147 3,863 966 4,976 97% 4829
Netherlands Antilles November-99 59 16 103 178 67% 119
New Zealand March-00 99 501 486 1,086 91% 1128
Norway August-90 156 6,326 333 6,815 98% 6659
Panama February-05 165 700 1,199 2,064 92% 1899
Poland April-04 1,000 452 5,031 6,483 85% 5483
Portugal December-96 1,212 9,548 1,526 12,286 90% 11074
South Africa August-99 60 232 298 590 90% 530
Spain December-95 644 8,101 1,910 10,655 94% 10011
St. Lucia February-00 45 48 56 149 70% 104
St. Vincent & the Grenadines March-00 46 41 41 128 64% 82
Sweden July-96 107 3,493 614 4,214 97% 4107
Switzerland July-99 524 5,560 1,137 7,221 93% 6697
Trinidad & Tobago July-99 207 310 462 979 79% 772
United Kingdom June-87 1,138 24,881 5,589 31,608 96% 30470
Subtotal   55,386 279,981 100,276 435,643 87% 380,257
         
         
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 20   5 25 20%
Afghanistan 1   2 3 67%
Andorra 36   44 80 55%
Angola 1     1 0%
Algeria 1   1 2 50%
Argentina   288   3,364 3,652 92%
Armenia 4   9 13 69%
Bahrain 4   12 16 75%
Bangladesh 54   14 68 21%
Belize 122   373 495 75%
Benin 3     3 0%
Bermuda 103   141 244 58%
Bhutan 13   22 35 63%
Bolivia 13   404 417 97%
Bosnia Herzegovina 90   45 135 33%
Botswana, Republic of     15 15 100%
Brazil 173   1,917 2,090 92%
Brunei 1   2 3 67%
Bulgaria 99   61 160 38%
Burkina Faso     1 1 100%
Burma     2 2 100%
Cameroon 3   9 12 75%
Cape Verde Islands 239   23 262 9%
Chile 303   1,352 1,655 82%
China, Peoples Republic of 330   453 783 58%
Colombia 111   4,064 4,175 97%
Costa Rica 29   4,389 4,418 99%
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)     3 3 100%
Croatia 932   568 1,500 38%
Cuba     12 12 100%
Czech Republic 214   464 678 68%
Dem Rep of Congo     2 2 100%
Djibouti 1     1 0%
Dominica 48   69 117 59%
Ecuador 59   2,653 2,712 98%
Egypt 299   397 696 57%
El Salvador 10   1,269 1,279 99%
Equatorial Guinea     1 1 100%
Eritrea 10   4 14 29%
Estonia 28   22 50 44%
Ethiopia 38   12 50 24%
Fiji Islands 11   33 44 75%
Gambia 1   2 3 67%
Ghana 190   61 251 24%
Gibraltar 2   6 8 75%
Greenland 1   1 2 50%
Guatemala 35   1,430 1,465 98%
Guinea 1   3 4 75%
Guinea Bissau     1 1 100%
Guyana 31   163 194 84%
Honduras 36   1,060 1,096 97%
Iceland 61   70 131 53%
India 494   815 1,309 62%
Indonesia 13   41 54 76%
Iran 4   17 21 81%
Iraq     2 2 100%
Jordan 187   239 426 56%
Kenya 31   79 110 72%
Kuwait 1   11 12 92%
Laos 16   12 28 43%
Latvia 61   60 121 50%
Lebanon 353   125 478 26%
Lesotho (Basutoland) 4   1 5 20%
Liberia 14   3 17 18%
Libya     1 1 100%
Liechtenstein 13   10 23 43%
Lithuania 66   55 121 45%
Luxembourg 80   97 177 55%
Macao 23   15 38 39%
Macedonia 235   15 250 6%
Madagascar 1   7 8 88%
Malawi 1   4 5 80%
Malaysia 19   104 123 85%
Marshall Islands 8   57 65 88%
Martinique 71   22 93 24%
Mauritius 8   5 13 38%
Micronesia 9   40 49 82%
Monaco 5   23 28 82%
Mongolia 1   1 2 50%
Mali 4   4 8 50%
Montserrat 15   14 29 48%
Morocco 34   71 105 68%
Mozambique 1   2 3 67%
Namibia 3   5 8 63%
Nauru 37   117 154 76%
Nepal 1   9 10 90%
New Caledonia 1   5 6 83%
Nicaragua 16   754 770 98%
Niger     3 3 100%
Nigeria 43   19 62 31%
Oman 1   5 6 83%
Pakistan 176   157 333 47%
Palau (Belau) 5   68 73 93%
Papua-New Guinea     13 13 100%
Paraguay 12   133 145 92%
Peru 103   1,116 1,219 92%
Philippines 310   21,279 21,589 99%
Qatar 4   11 15 73%
Reunion     1 1 100%
Romania 448   165 613 27%
Russia 33   56 89 63%
Rwanda     2 2 100%
Samoa 93   62 155 40%
San Marino 39   459 498 92%
Saudi Arabia 11   46 57 81%
Senegal 1   13 14 93%
Serbia and Montenegro 889   117 1,006 12%
Seychelles 2   3 5 60%
Sierra Leone 9   2 11 18%
Singapore 19   130 149 87%
Slovakia 100   172 272 63%
Slovenia 129   50 179 28%
Solomon Islands 6   11 30 37%
South Korea 1,196   711 1,907 37%
Sri Lanka 35   47 82 57%
St Helena & Dependencies 2   5 7 71%
Sudan 3     3 0%
Surinam 11   12 23 52%
Swaziland 1   8 9 89%
Syria 54   35 89 39%
Tahiti 9   24 33 73%
Taiwan 172   352 524 67%
Tanzania 6   12 18 67%
Thailand 305   2,306 2,611 88%
Togo 1   2 3 67%
Tonga Islands 2   14 16 88%
Tunisia 15   11 26 42%
Turkey 437   391 828 47%
Turks and Caicos Islands 2   5 7 71%
Uganda 10   9 19 47%
United Arab Emirates 8   46 54 85%
Uruguay 22   842 864 97%
Vanuatu 3   1 4 25%
Venezuela 50   261 311 84%
Yemen, Republic of 1,126   246 1,372 18%
Zambia 2   12 14 86%
Zimbabwe 12   18 30 60%
TOTAL TO NON-IDD 11,796   57,335 69,144 83%
     COUNTRIES        
TOTAL ALL COUNTRIES 67,182 279,981 157,611 504,787 87%