Personal remittances received in Kenya
Personal remittances received by Kenya were equal to 3.8% of GDP in 2025.
Kenya, 2025
3.8%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
0.8%
Personal remittances received in Kenya over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 4.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.