Diaspora Remittances

Diaspora Remittances

A remittance is money sent by a person in a foreign land to his or her home country. Due to the huge sums involved, remittances are now being recognised as an important contributor to the country’s growth and development.

The Central Bank of Kenya conducts a survey on remittance inflows every month through formal channels that include commercial banks and other authorised international remittances service providers in Kenya.

YearMonthNorth AmericaEuropeRest of WorldTotal Remittances (USD 000)
2006June00035,667.00
2006July00041,065.00
2006August00030,586.68
2006September00028,840.55
2006October00029,632.66
2006November00031,402.87
2006December00034,458.82
2005January00028,564.00
2005February00026,056.00
2005March00031,219.00
2005April00029,216.00
2005May00032,358.00
2005June00034,360.00
2005July00029,133.00
2005August00031,759.00
2005September00031,616.00
2005October00033,037.00
2005November00034,282.00
2005December00040,557.00
2004January00025,154.00
2004February00027,676.00
2004March00029,944.00
2004April00027,773.00
2004May00026,931.00
2004June00030,047.00
2004July00033,187.00
2004August00028,894.00
2004September00028,894.00
2004October00025,223.00
2004November00025,473.00
2004December00029,130.00
2006April00035,369.00
2006May00042,427.00
2016March68,851.7643,807.0628,448.09141,106.91
2016April72,073.4240,622.1030,829.98143,525.50
2016May68,708.9446,615.8531,435.13146,759.92
2016June69,922.4541,988.4434,747.47146,658.36
2016July65,506.3340,494.7028,660.36134,661.39
2016August70,877.3143,276.0332,590.94146,744.28
2016September72,598.2042,151.7328,438.39143,188.32
2016October74,182.4542,035.3226,336.75142,554.52
2016November75,534.7942,486.1225,669.73143,690.64
2016December82,154.3546,782.1832,004.12160,940.65
2015January53,228.8530,656.7430,756.77114,642.36
2015February60,834.4731,819.8730,581.86123,236.20
2015March62,735.6032,284.2431,239.55126,259.39
2015April60,482.5432,908.3331,082.36124,473.23
2015May57,296.7739,796.6032,008.06129,101.43
2015June67,053.8037,298.6631,610.51135,962.97
2015July61,608.5236,336.4133,109.82131,054.75
2015August64,163.0836,733.3732,052.89132,949.34
2015September61,922.0137,356.9029,204.93128,483.84
2015October69,670.3439,256.5828,218.68137,145.60
2015November60,339.7237,388.0332,990.50130,718.25
2015December66,428.8143,215.2224,360.80134,004.83
2014January56,036.8028,939.6025,992.49110,968.89
2014February54,589.9229,936.2325,894.98110,421.13
2014March61,418.5929,950.9328,215.24119,584.76
2014April52,849.4733,912.3126,647.17113,408.95
2014May56,622.3134,348.6428,685.60119,656.55
2014June52,834.5432,153.6931,076.14116,064.37
2014July52,618.4431,374.3133,108.22117,100.97
2014August64,008.9931,522.7833,294.08128,825.85
2014September60,032.0634,524.9832,842.02127,399.06
2014October57,089.6134,350.6829,467.08120,907.37
2014November51,988.5532,769.9729,213.46113,971.98
2014December57,405.8536,057.6436,708.50130,172.00
2013January51,721.0927,770.5123,477.77102,969.37
2013February48,821.1629,039.1424,511.39102,371.69
2013March50,956.9129,308.3923,127.35103,392.65
2013April51,286.8528,326.9425,378.79104,992.58
2013May57,606.8928,974.3623,568.28110,149.53
2013June48,076.8828,250.4423,481.1899,808.50
2013July55,662.7033,033.8124,137.31112,833.82
2013August52,252.3028,566.8926,229.98107,049.17
2013September49,837.8429,898.8327,715.00107,451.67
2013October50,577.2231,552.6030,788.71112,918.53
2013November51,545.5834,400.5627,474.29113,420.43
2013December56,008.7630,489.8626,717.84113,216.46
2012January44,017.5324,393.5721,344.0489,755.14
2012February52,021.5729,271.1322,677.74103,970.44
2012March57,581.6728,452.4420,164.33106,198.44
2012April47,294.4726,756.9221,573.5995,624.98
2012May51,726.2128,131.0421,137.68100,994.93
2012June44,773.1329,805.8324,909.2999,488.25
2012July41,694.3626,568.9124,473.1892,736.45
2012August41,248.4230,029.8323,541.1794,819.42
2012September42,985.0826,264.3723,269.1192,518.56
2012October44,472.7525,402.2021,752.1791,627.12
2012November49,555.2625,197.0822,751.8897,504.22
2012December52,088.4329,305.2824,262.71105,656.42
2011January35,629.6115,965.5612,543.8364,139.00
2011February32,242.9816,637.3911,878.8760,759.24
2011March37,946.0519,268.0114,342.7971,556.85
2011April39,097.8318,223.3112,749.5670,070.70
2011May34,462.6219,462.0514,199.3368,124.00
2011June38,815.5318,695.4514,377.4671,888.44
2011July36,891.5720,938.6914,966.9772,797.23
2011August41,429.5320,442.0717,691.8979,563.49
2011September41,384.1423,791.9619,678.1184,854.21
2011October38,337.9223,826.7619,146.3181,310.99
2011November38,493.0024,056.0018,253.0080,802.00
2011December42,077.6924,728.6118,438.0085,244.30
2010January23,748.8312,314.459,053.6345,116.91
2010February24,967.7712,692.548,763.0546,423.36
2010March27,786.6514,298.4710,223.8452,308.96
2010April27,408.0815,696.229,574.5552,678.85
2010May27,478.5814,150.119,543.7651,172.45
2010June30,484.5913,518.998,537.1052,540.68
2010July27,701.5213,727.709,222.9550,652.17
2010August27,379.3113,996.9310,616.3551,992.59
2010September30,908.8415,239.3612,409.0458,557.24
2010October30,089.8016,035.7012,377.9558,503.45
2010November30,161.5714,481.0911,736.9256,379.58
2010December00065,617.00
2009January19,288.3211,313.498,933.5039,535.31
2009February25,874.0711,956.5915,522.0753,352.73
2009March30,611.7413,087.8311,660.9655,360.53
2009April26,579.6512,864.278,672.6248,116.54
2009May27,088.7312,603.809,487.6949,180.22
2009June25,359.0211,345.239,642.8746,347.13
2009July26,049.0411,894.2312,428.8550,372.12
2009August25,385.3613,391.5317,169.6655,946.55
2009September28,286.4714,866.9110,193.8053,347.00
2009October27,530.8414,692.2510,813.9853,037.00
2009November24,765.8512,881.9710,583.0348,230.85
2009December29,199.0616,837.4910,292.4356,328.98
2008January00053,925.00
2008February24,470.2216,648.689,263.4550,382.35
2008March33,724.8218,267.357,351.9859,344.15
2008April35,329.9819,459.9613,081.8467,871.79
2008May24,414.3916,304.277,819.3248,537.97
2008June28,040.0613,892.557,557.3949,490.00
2008July17,725.4018,998.997,412.4344,136.82
2008August20,420.1414,495.398,472.1343,387.67
2008September24,131.1214,485.8110,336.0748,953.00
2008October34,099.6814,982.5112,030.7061,112.90
2008November20,463.0413,058.3810,448.8143,970.23
2008December20,293.3611,921.457,913.8640,128.68
2007January21,329.8914,111.165,489.3140,930.36
2007February21,896.5413,014.664,621.8739,533.07
2007March23,496.6018,612.866,451.5448,561.00
2007April21,025.2612,159.315,066.3438,250.91
2007May22,776.7112,517.025,869.7741,163.50
2007June15,962.1127,060.585,620.2648,642.95
2007July29,197.5316,045.278,108.0453,350.83
2007August28,095.1318,953.1611,755.0358,803.32
2007September28,388.4120,997.1811,189.5160,575.10
2007October23,621.7515,592.577,633.4546,847.77
2007November32,985.1513,320.659,258.3055,564.09
2007December20,247.4114,781.586,391.5241,420.52
2006January00031,506.00
2006February00030,283.00
2006March00036,354.00
2025January243,337.1671,003.74113,033.72427,374.62
2025February215,577.3670,853.9195,813.43382,244.71
2025March238,822.5875,971.43108,102.71422,896.73
2025April252,027.7271,627.2499,236.35422,891.30
2025May251,421.7480,514.75108,139.84440,076.33
2025June244,692.4380,157.3997,983.73422,833.55
2025July241,300.2772,749.9396,042.86410,093.06
2025August258,161.4278,629.3389,342.63426,133.37
2025September245,855.1781,629.9692,140.00419,625.13
2025October262,624.0882,375.0493,790.08438,789.20
2024January227,764.7185,970.2398,675.10412,410.04
2024February216,261.0268,506.15101,166.51385,933.68
2024March229,327.9470,459.26107,984.99407,772.19
2024April214,547.8374,874.09107,874.65397,296.56
2024May226,417.8168,225.28109,804.30404,447.39
2024June206,630.5562,654.47102,307.78371,592.80
2024July227,532.7073,721.62113,003.32414,257.64
2024August250,084.5968,447.17108,668.97427,200.73
2024September243,361.3770,484.84104,649.09418,495.31
2024October247,934.4871,364.49117,883.06437,182.04
2024November242,877.0671,350.29109,021.52423,248.87
2024December242,410.5874,544.64128,430.12445,385.34
2023January212,010.9859,838.8777,541.98349,391.83
2023February189,034.5656,820.8963,317.25309,172.70
2023March212,079.8466,569.6978,330.94356,980.47
2023April187,888.7953,533.5378,894.28320,316.60
2023May195,185.7062,490.5494,429.56352,105.80
2023June195,529.6167,010.5083,322.71345,862.82
2023July217,951.7369,959.7890,141.50378,053.01
2023August202,090.2461,163.9291,178.68354,432.84
2023September194,744.3966,816.8778,882.91340,444.18
2023October202,739.1964,521.3688,363.28355,623.83
2023November203,179.6461,640.9790,145.57354,966.18
2023December222,115.8863,339.8387,114.23372,569.94
2022January215,528.8857,828.8065,362.07338,719.75
2022February182,405.8166,515.5572,610.42321,531.78
2022March222,531.2564,222.1376,828.28363,581.66
2022April219,152.8361,026.3574,857.97355,037.15
2022May203,366.1860,537.3475,779.71339,683.23
2022June192,716.7359,207.6674,135.40326,059.79
2022July192,757.7155,940.1370,706.45319,404.29
2022August186,466.9654,740.4069,299.67310,507.04
2022September192,844.0455,491.7069,645.25317,980.99
2022October198,262.6762,972.6571,394.00332,629.31
2022November200,404.9567,185.2477,858.47345,448.67
2022December206,211.2567,802.0683,285.37357,298.68
2021January177,413.6346,034.9154,898.11278,346.65
2021February160,892.7450,423.3548,969.68260,285.77
2021March171,144.3763,775.4255,851.40290,771.19
2021April179,810.1464,566.8354,913.42299,290.39
2021May190,748.2868,658.0356,395.50315,801.81
2021June189,374.4662,956.1753,571.09305,901.72
2021July206,435.2371,285.7758,990.49336,711.49
2021August192,976.3659,252.7760,702.06312,931.20
2021September199,697.8653,208.8956,897.68309,804.43
2021October226,235.8847,744.6863,432.00337,412.55
2021November215,252.9942,509.6662,310.97320,073.62
2021December227,510.3952,835.0170,216.98350,562.38
2020January124,974.1846,186.5988,231.94259,392.71
2020February111,226.0739,013.1968,752.67218,991.93
2020March127,925.6645,431.9455,453.18228,810.78
2020April118,708.7534,944.7254,564.26208,217.73
2020May145,945.8842,655.8969,548.29258,150.07
2020June147,297.1243,803.6197,443.64288,544.37
2020July144,183.7747,761.9785,041.94276,987.67
2020August159,722.8047,591.4666,824.18274,138.44
2020September161,256.1839,333.8360,082.40260,672.41
2020October164,752.4643,387.6954,960.74263,100.89
2020November156,086.7546,800.5354,798.36257,685.65
2020December182,336.7159,920.2257,322.32299,579.26
2019January108,377.1683,015.0953,440.81244,833.06
2019February96,743.5362,333.0839,997.04199,073.65
2019March116,998.6143,704.8261,222.54221,925.97
2019April115,725.0958,308.3571,326.08245,359.52
2019May118,251.5051,739.9973,201.84243,193.33
2019June113,060.0993,600.2988,656.60295,316.98
2019July108,511.6045,583.1870,392.54224,487.33
2019August110,857.5343,483.5959,972.83214,313.94
2019September109,494.8040,954.1264,204.79214,653.71
2019October110,113.0946,463.9567,720.14224,297.19
2019November110,840.5743,574.8764,429.31218,844.75
2019December123,986.7650,249.3776,071.61250,307.74
2018January116,399.3064,936.0827,586.18208,921.56
2018February115,971.1163,816.1230,574.35210,361.58
2018March122,824.0568,961.3130,437.19222,222.55
2018April114,023.0372,617.2930,461.15217,101.47
2018May122,804.3285,158.3545,771.38253,734.04
2018June130,069.5184,284.9351,832.14266,186.58
2018July119,099.5969,110.3727,058.52215,268.48
2018August111,239.6271,530.2432,786.46215,556.38
2018September112,150.0262,364.9530,619.83205,134.80
2018October109,489.1070,122.5939,596.29219,207.98
2018November104,804.2172,280.0843,131.05220,215.34
2018December109,662.9577,410.4156,478.27243,551.63
2017January66,391.2144,119.3531,892.54142,403.10
2017February65,326.3746,686.2630,653.19142,665.82
2017March69,975.6448,958.0028,596.10147,529.74
2017April70,821.5844,765.2923,017.34138,604.21
2017May77,297.8155,441.0428,761.94161,500.79
2017June76,199.7454,972.8323,703.49154,876.06
2017July73,485.9054,511.5424,311.83152,309.27
2017August86,261.0655,640.7424,509.92166,411.72
2017September101,047.3253,706.1921,344.66176,098.17
2017October104,480.9155,296.4325,726.53185,503.87
2017November97,826.6753,770.6023,583.92175,181.19
2017December114,388.2961,244.1828,187.36203,819.83
2016January63,516.7840,630.0333,346.85137,493.66
2016February62,011.3041,798.2233,169.46136,978.98