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Jamaica vs Kenya: Personal remittances and foreign aid received

Jamaica
3.71 billion current US$
in 2021
Kenya
3.77 billion current US$
in 2021
Jamaica rank
45th
Kenya rank
42nd

Personal remittances and foreign aid received over time

  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 3.77 billion current US$ against 3.71 billion current US$ in Jamaica, a difference of 63.39 million current US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 45th and Kenya ranks 42nd of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Personal remittances and foreign aid received
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank based on International Monetary Fund balance of payments data (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 6,518 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

Remittances are financial transfers from non-residents to residents of a country, such as a worker abroad sending money to family and friends. Foreign aid is measured as official development assistance. Both are measured in current US$.