Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Kenya

Remittances paid in Kenya in 2024 — 4,935,595 US$. Ranked 158 in the world out of 162. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 13.7%.

2024 4.94M US$ −87.62% vs 2023
World rank 158of 162
Period maximum 171M US$2014
Period minimum 2.56M US$2019

Trend over time

1975–2024 · US$

Remittances paid — Kenya, 1975–2024050M100M150M200M197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 5,719,583 US$1976: 17,449,200 US$1977: 12,807,252 US$1978: 22,770,250 US$1979: 18,460,775 US$1980: 13,476,748 US$1981: 13,484,390 US$1982: 10,895,116 US$1983: 11,418,684 US$1984: 6,799,005 US$1985: 5,537,935 US$1986: 6,656,090 US$1987: 9,116,052 US$1988: 7,663,224 US$1989: 2,916,519 US$1990: 6,371,437 US$1991: 3,439,016 US$1992: 6,983,927 US$1994: 7,136,412 US$1995: 8,749,785 US$1996: 8,754,288 US$1997: 45,864,899 US$1998: 70,600,679 US$1999: 26,039,933 US$2001: 5,091,443 US$2002: 5,714,348 US$2003: 6,584,530 US$2004: 34,022,965 US$2005: 56,408,977 US$2006: 25,399,012 US$2007: 16,364,508 US$2008: 64,495,401 US$2009: 60,803,848 US$2010: 19,103,878 US$2011: 25,857,337 US$2012: 14,509,118 US$2013: 16,198,367 US$2014: 170,953,254 US$2015: 35,050,868 US$2016: 17,907,897 US$2017: 20,214,355 US$2018: 10,730,013 US$2019: 2,563,929 US$2020: 8,394,379 US$2021: 8,973,960 US$2022: 11,426,138 US$2023: 39,864,778 US$2024: 4,935,595 US$
Change over the period: −783,988 (−13.71%) Average annual rate: -0.3 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 4.94M US$
World 619B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.34B US$
Eastern Africa computed 2.92B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.96B US$
Remittances paid — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.94M −34.93M −87.62%
2023 39.86M +28.44M +248.89%
2022 11.43M +2.45M +27.33%
2021 8.97M +579,581 +6.9%
2020 8.39M +5.83M +227.4%
2019 2.56M −8.17M −76.11%
2018 10.73M −9.48M −46.92%
2017 20.21M +2.31M +12.88%
2016 17.91M −17.14M −48.91%
2015 35.05M −136M −79.5%
2014 171M +155M +955.37%
2013 16.2M +1.69M +11.64%
2012 14.51M −11.35M −43.89%
2011 25.86M +6.75M +35.35%
2010 19.1M −41.7M −68.58%
2009 60.8M −3.69M −5.72%
2008 64.5M +48.13M +294.12%
2007 16.36M −9.03M −35.57%
2006 25.4M −31.01M −54.97%
2005 56.41M +22.39M +65.8%
2004 34.02M +27.44M +416.71%
2003 6.58M +870,182 +15.23%
2002 5.71M +622,905 +12.23%
2001 5.09M
1999 26.04M −44.56M −63.12%
1998 70.6M +24.74M +53.93%
1997 45.86M +37.11M +423.91%
1996 8.75M +4,503 +0.05%
1995 8.75M +1.61M +22.61%
1994 7.14M
1992 6.98M +3.54M +103.08%
1991 3.44M −2.93M −46.02%
1990 6.37M +3.45M +118.46%
1989 2.92M −4.75M −61.94%
1988 7.66M −1.45M −15.94%
1987 9.12M +2.46M +36.96%
1986 6.66M +1.12M +20.19%
1985 5.54M −1.26M −18.55%
1984 6.8M −4.62M −40.46%
1983 11.42M +523,568 +4.81%
1982 10.9M −2.59M −19.2%
1981 13.48M +7,642 +0.06%
1980 13.48M −4.98M −27%
1979 18.46M −4.31M −18.93%
1978 22.77M +9.96M +77.79%
1977 12.81M −4.64M −26.6%
1976 17.45M +11.73M +205.08%
1975 5.72M

About the indicator

Personal remittances sent from a country abroad. This is the mirror side of remittances received, and together the two divide the world into countries that take in labor migrants and countries that send them. The largest senders are the United States and the Gulf states, and for the latter the flow is enormous relative to the size of the economy: incomers make up the majority of those working there.

Important: Remittances sent and received should match at the world level, but they do not: some countries do not record the flow, and part of the transfers goes outside the statistics.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.