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.

Diaspora Remittances

Year	Month	North America	Europe	Rest of World	Total Remittances (USD '000)
Year	Month	North America	Europe	Rest of World	Total Remittances (USD '000)
2004	01	0.00	0.00	0.00	25,154.00
2004	02	0.00	0.00	0.00	27,676.00
2004	03	0.00	0.00	0.00	29,944.00
2004	04	0.00	0.00	0.00	27,773.00
2004	05	0.00	0.00	0.00	26,931.00
2004	06	0.00	0.00	0.00	30,047.00
2004	07	0.00	0.00	0.00	33,187.00
2004	08	0.00	0.00	0.00	28,894.00
2004	09	0.00	0.00	0.00	28,894.00
2004	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	25,223.00
2004	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	25,473.00
2004	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	29,130.00
2005	01	0.00	0.00	0.00	28,564.00
2005	02	0.00	0.00	0.00	26,056.00
2005	03	0.00	0.00	0.00	31,219.00
2005	04	0.00	0.00	0.00	29,216.00
2005	05	0.00	0.00	0.00	32,358.00
2005	06	0.00	0.00	0.00	34,360.00
2005	07	0.00	0.00	0.00	29,133.00
2005	08	0.00	0.00	0.00	31,759.00
2005	09	0.00	0.00	0.00	31,616.00
2005	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	33,037.00
2005	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	34,282.00
2005	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	40,557.00
2006	01	0.00	0.00	0.00	31,506.00
2006	02	0.00	0.00	0.00	30,283.00
2006	03	0.00	0.00	0.00	36,354.00
2006	04	0.00	0.00	0.00	35,369.00
2006	05	0.00	0.00	0.00	42,427.00
2006	06	0.00	0.00	0.00	35,667.00
2006	07	0.00	0.00	0.00	41,065.00
2006	08	0.00	0.00	0.00	30,586.68
2006	09	0.00	0.00	0.00	28,840.55
2006	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	29,632.66
2006	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	31,402.87
2006	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	34,458.82
2007	01	21,329.89	14,111.16	5,489.31	40,930.36
2007	02	21,896.54	13,014.66	4,621.87	39,533.07
2007	03	23,496.60	18,612.86	6,451.54	48,561.00
2007	04	21,025.26	12,159.31	5,066.34	38,250.91
2007	05	22,776.71	12,517.02	5,869.77	41,163.50
2007	06	15,962.11	27,060.58	5,620.26	48,642.95
2007	07	29,197.53	16,045.27	8,108.04	53,350.83
2007	08	28,095.13	18,953.16	11,755.03	58,803.32
2007	09	28,388.41	20,997.18	11,189.51	60,575.10
2007	10	23,621.75	15,592.57	7,633.45	46,847.77
2007	11	32,985.15	13,320.65	9,258.30	55,564.09
2007	12	20,247.41	14,781.58	6,391.52	41,420.52
2008	01	0.00	0.00	0.00	53,925.00
2008	02	24,470.22	16,648.68	9,263.45	50,382.35
2008	03	33,724.82	18,267.35	7,351.98	59,344.15
2008	04	35,329.98	19,459.96	13,081.84	67,871.79
2008	05	24,414.39	16,304.27	7,819.32	48,537.97
2008	06	28,040.06	13,892.55	7,557.39	49,490.00
2008	07	17,725.40	18,998.99	7,412.43	44,136.82
2008	08	20,420.14	14,495.39	8,472.13	43,387.67
2008	09	24,131.12	14,485.81	10,336.07	48,953.00
2008	10	34,099.68	14,982.51	12,030.70	61,112.90
2008	11	20,463.04	13,058.38	10,448.81	43,970.23
2008	12	20,293.36	11,921.45	7,913.86	40,128.68
2009	01	19,288.32	11,313.49	8,933.50	39,535.31
2009	02	25,874.07	11,956.59	15,522.07	53,352.73
2009	03	30,611.74	13,087.83	11,660.96	55,360.53
2009	04	26,579.65	12,864.27	8,672.62	48,116.54
2009	05	27,088.73	12,603.80	9,487.69	49,180.22
2009	06	25,359.02	11,345.23	9,642.87	46,347.13
2009	07	26,049.04	11,894.23	12,428.85	50,372.12
2009	08	25,385.36	13,391.53	17,169.66	55,946.55
2009	09	28,286.47	14,866.91	10,193.80	53,347.00
2009	10	27,530.84	14,692.25	10,813.98	53,037.00
2009	11	24,765.85	12,881.97	10,583.03	48,230.85
2009	12	29,199.06	16,837.49	10,292.43	56,328.98
2010	01	23,748.83	12,314.45	9,053.63	45,116.91
2010	02	24,967.77	12,692.54	8,763.05	46,423.36
2010	03	27,786.65	14,298.47	10,223.84	52,308.96
2010	04	27,408.08	15,696.22	9,574.55	52,678.85
2010	05	27,478.58	14,150.11	9,543.76	51,172.45
2010	06	30,484.59	13,518.99	8,537.10	52,540.68
2010	07	27,701.52	13,727.70	9,222.95	50,652.17
2010	08	27,379.31	13,996.93	10,616.35	51,992.59
2010	09	30,908.84	15,239.36	12,409.04	58,557.24
2010	10	30,089.80	16,035.70	12,377.95	58,503.45
2010	11	30,161.57	14,481.09	11,736.92	56,379.58
2010	12	0.00	0.00	0.00	65,617.00
2011	01	35,629.61	15,965.56	12,543.83	64,139.00
2011	02	32,242.98	16,637.39	11,878.87	60,759.24
2011	03	37,946.05	19,268.01	14,342.79	71,556.85
2011	04	39,097.83	18,223.31	12,749.56	70,070.70
2011	05	34,462.62	19,462.05	14,199.33	68,124.00
2011	06	38,815.53	18,695.45	14,377.46	71,888.44
2011	07	36,891.57	20,938.69	14,966.97	72,797.23
2011	08	41,429.53	20,442.07	17,691.89	79,563.49
2011	09	41,384.14	23,791.96	19,678.11	84,854.21
2011	10	38,337.92	23,826.76	19,146.31	81,310.99
2011	11	38,493.00	24,056.00	18,253.00	80,802.00
2011	12	42,077.69	24,728.61	18,438.00	85,244.30
2012	01	44,017.53	24,393.57	21,344.04	89,755.14
2012	02	52,021.57	29,271.13	22,677.74	103,970.44
2012	03	57,581.67	28,452.44	20,164.33	106,198.44
2012	04	47,294.47	26,756.92	21,573.59	95,624.98
2012	05	51,726.21	28,131.04	21,137.68	100,994.93
2012	06	44,773.13	29,805.83	24,909.29	99,488.25
2012	07	41,694.36	26,568.91	24,473.18	92,736.45
2012	08	41,248.42	30,029.83	23,541.17	94,819.42
2012	09	42,985.08	26,264.37	23,269.11	92,518.56
2012	10	44,472.75	25,402.20	21,752.17	91,627.12
2012	11	49,555.26	25,197.08	22,751.88	97,504.22
2012	12	52,088.43	29,305.28	24,262.71	105,656.42
2013	01	51,721.09	27,770.51	23,477.77	102,969.37
2013	02	48,821.16	29,039.14	24,511.39	102,371.69
2013	03	50,956.91	29,308.39	23,127.35	103,392.65
2013	04	51,286.85	28,326.94	25,378.79	104,992.58
2013	05	57,606.89	28,974.36	23,568.28	110,149.53
2013	06	48,076.88	28,250.44	23,481.18	99,808.50
2013	07	55,662.70	33,033.81	24,137.31	112,833.82
2013	08	52,252.30	28,566.89	26,229.98	107,049.17
2013	09	49,837.84	29,898.83	27,715.00	107,451.67
2013	10	50,577.22	31,552.60	30,788.71	112,918.53
2013	11	51,545.58	34,400.56	27,474.29	113,420.43
2013	12	56,008.76	30,489.86	26,717.84	113,216.46
2014	01	56,036.80	28,939.60	25,992.49	110,968.89
2014	02	54,589.92	29,936.23	25,894.98	110,421.13
2014	03	61,418.59	29,950.93	28,215.24	119,584.76
2014	04	52,849.47	33,912.31	26,647.17	113,408.95
2014	05	56,622.31	34,348.64	28,685.60	119,656.55
2014	06	52,834.54	32,153.69	31,076.14	116,064.37
2014	07	52,618.44	31,374.31	33,108.22	117,100.97
2014	08	64,008.99	31,522.78	33,294.08	128,825.85
2014	09	60,032.06	34,524.98	32,842.02	127,399.06
2014	10	57,089.61	34,350.68	29,467.08	120,907.37
2014	11	51,988.55	32,769.97	29,213.46	113,971.98
2014	12	57,405.85	36,057.64	36,708.50	130,172.00
2015	01	53,228.85	30,656.74	30,756.77	114,642.36
2015	02	60,834.47	31,819.87	30,581.86	123,236.20
2015	03	62,735.60	32,284.24	31,239.55	126,259.39
2015	04	60,482.54	32,908.33	31,082.36	124,473.23
2015	05	57,296.77	39,796.60	32,008.06	129,101.43
2015	06	67,053.80	37,298.66	31,610.51	135,962.97
2015	07	61,608.52	36,336.41	33,109.82	131,054.75
2015	08	64,163.08	36,733.37	32,052.89	132,949.34
2015	09	61,922.01	37,356.90	29,204.93	128,483.84
2015	10	69,670.34	39,256.58	28,218.68	137,145.60
2015	11	60,339.72	37,388.03	32,990.50	130,718.25
2015	12	66,428.81	43,215.22	24,360.80	134,004.83
2016	01	63,516.78	40,630.03	33,346.85	137,493.66
2016	02	62,011.30	41,798.22	33,169.46	136,978.98
2016	03	68,851.76	43,807.06	28,448.09	141,106.91
2016	04	72,073.42	40,622.10	30,829.98	143,525.50
2016	05	68,708.94	46,615.85	31,435.13	146,759.92
2016	06	69,922.45	41,988.44	34,747.47	146,658.36
2016	07	65,506.33	40,494.70	28,660.36	134,661.39
2016	08	70,877.31	43,276.03	32,590.94	146,744.28
2016	09	72,598.20	42,151.73	28,438.39	143,188.32
2016	10	74,182.45	42,035.32	26,336.75	142,554.52
2016	11	75,534.79	42,486.12	25,669.73	143,690.64
2016	12	82,154.35	46,782.18	32,004.12	160,940.65
2017	01	66,391.21	44,119.35	31,892.54	142,403.10
2017	02	65,326.37	46,686.26	30,653.19	142,665.82
2017	03	69,975.64	48,958.00	28,596.10	147,529.74
2017	04	70,821.58	44,765.29	23,017.34	138,604.21
2017	05	77,297.81	55,441.04	28,761.94	161,500.79
2017	06	76,199.74	54,972.83	23,703.49	154,876.06
2017	07	73,485.90	54,511.54	24,311.83	152,309.27
2017	08	86,261.06	55,640.74	24,509.92	166,411.72
2017	09	101,047.32	53,706.19	21,344.66	176,098.17
2017	10	104,480.91	55,296.43	25,726.53	185,503.87
2017	11	97,826.67	53,770.60	23,583.92	175,181.19
2017	12	114,388.29	61,244.18	28,187.36	203,819.83
2018	01	116,399.30	64,936.08	27,586.18	208,921.56
2018	02	115,971.11	63,816.12	30,574.35	210,361.58
2018	03	122,824.05	68,961.31	30,437.19	222,222.55
2018	04	114,023.03	72,617.29	30,461.15	217,101.47
2018	05	122,804.32	85,158.35	45,771.38	253,734.04
2018	06	130,069.51	84,284.93	51,832.14	266,186.58
2018	07	119,099.59	69,110.37	27,058.52	215,268.48
2018	08	111,239.62	71,530.24	32,786.46	215,556.38
2018	09	112,150.02	62,364.95	30,619.83	205,134.80
2018	10	109,489.10	70,122.59	39,596.29	219,207.98
2018	11	104,804.21	72,280.08	43,131.05	220,215.34
2018	12	109,662.95	77,410.41	56,478.27	243,551.63
2019	1	108,377.16	83,015.09	53,440.81	244,833.06
2019	2	96,743.53	62,333.08	39,997.04	199,073.65
2019	3	116,998.61	43,704.82	61,222.54	221,925.97
2019	4	115,725.09	58,308.35	71,326.08	245,359.52
2019	5	118,251.50	51,739.99	73,201.84	243,193.33
2019	6	113,060.09	93,600.29	88,656.60	295,316.98
2019	7	108,511.60	45,583.18	70,392.54	224,487.33
2019	8	110,857.53	43,483.59	59,972.83	214,313.94
2019	9	109,494.80	40,954.12	64,204.79	214,653.71
2019	10	110,113.09	46,463.95	67,720.14	224,297.19
2019	11	110,840.57	43,574.87	64,429.31	218,844.75
2019	12	123,986.76	50,249.37	76,071.61	250,307.74
2020	1	124,974.18	46,186.59	88,231.94	259,392.71
2020	2	111,226.07	39,013.19	68,752.67	218,991.93
2020	3	127,925.66	45,431.94	55,453.18	228,810.78
2020	4	118,708.75	34,944.72	54,564.26	208,217.73
2020	5	145,945.88	42,655.89	69,548.29	258,150.07
2020	6	147,297.12	43,803.61	97,443.64	288,544.37
2020	7	144,183.77	47,761.97	85,041.94	276,987.67
2020	8	159,722.80	47,591.46	66,824.18	274,138.44
2020	9	161,256.18	39,333.83	60,082.40	260,672.41
2020	10	164,752.46	43,387.69	54,960.74	263,100.89
2020	11	156,086.75	46,800.53	54,798.36	257,685.65
2020	12	182,336.71	59,920.22	57,322.32	299,579.26
2021	1	177,413.63	46,034.91	54,898.11	278,346.65
2021	2	160,892.74	50,423.35	48,969.68	260,285.77
2021	3	171,144.37	63,775.42	55,851.40	290,771.19
2021	4	179,810.14	64,566.83	54,913.42	299,290.39
2021	5	190,748.28	68,658.03	56,395.50	315,801.81
2021	6	189,374.46	62,956.17	53,571.09	305,901.72
2021	7	206,435.23	71,285.77	58,990.49	336,711.49
2021	8	192,976.36	59,252.77	60,702.06	312,931.20
2021	9	199,697.86	53,208.89	56,897.68	309,804.43
2021	10	226,235.88	47,744.68	63,432.00	337,412.55
2021	11	215,252.99	42,509.66	62,310.97	320,073.62
2021	12	227,510.39	52,835.01	70,216.98	350,562.38
2022	1	215,528.88	57,828.80	65,362.07	338,719.75
2022	2	182,405.81	66,515.55	72,610.42	321,531.78
2022	3	222,531.25	64,222.13	76,828.28	363,581.66
2022	4	219,152.83	61,026.35	74,857.97	355,037.15
2022	5	203,366.18	60,537.34	75,779.71	339,683.23
2022	6	192,716.73	59,207.66	74,135.40	326,059.79
2022	7	192,757.71	55,940.13	70,706.45	319,404.29
2022	8	186,466.96	54,740.40	69,299.67	310,507.04
2022	9	192,844.04	55,491.70	69,645.25	317,980.99
2022	10	198,262.67	62,972.65	71,394.00	332,629.31
2022	11	200,404.95	67,185.24	77,858.47	345,448.67
2022	12	206,211.25	67,802.06	83,285.37	357,298.68
2023	1	212,010.98	59,838.87	77,541.98	349,391.83
2023	2	189,034.56	56,820.89	63,317.25	309,172.70
2023	3	212,079.84	66,569.69	78,330.94	356,980.47
2023	4	187,888.79	53,533.53	78,894.28	320,316.60
2023	5	195,185.70	62,490.54	94,429.56	352,105.80
2023	6	195,529.61	67,010.50	83,322.71	345,862.82
2023	7	217,951.73	69,959.78	90,141.50	378,053.01
2023	8	202,090.24	61,163.92	91,178.68	354,432.84
2023	9	194,744.39	66,816.87	78,882.91	340,444.18
2023	10	202,739.19	64,521.36	88,363.28	355,623.83
2023	11	203,179.64	61,640.97	90,145.57	354,966.18
2023	12	222,115.88	63,339.83	87,114.23	372,569.94
2024	1	227,764.71	85,970.23	98,675.10	412,410.04
2024	2	216,261.02	68,506.15	101,166.51	385,933.68
2024	3	229,327.94	70,459.26	107,984.99	407,772.19
2024	4	214,547.83	74,874.09	107,874.65	397,296.56
2024	5	226,417.81	68,225.28	109,804.30	404,447.39
2024	6	206,630.55	62,654.47	102,307.78	371,592.80
2024	7	227,532.70	73,721.62	113,003.32	414,257.64
2024	8	250,084.59	68,447.17	108,668.97	427,200.73
2024	9	243,361.37	70,484.84	104,649.09	418,495.31

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