Annual value of outgoing and incoming remittance flow in Kenya 2021, by country

Remittances sent to Kenya were roughly five times larger than the incoming value from abroad in 2021, according to a ranking that maps the flow of such money transfers. Remittances refer to cross-border payments to family or friends and are often associated with migrant workers sending money back home to friends or relatives back in their communities of origin. It is estimated that about one in seven people worldwide are involved with remittances - substantially impacting payment behavior in, especially, Asia and Latin America. For Kenya, the top five recipient countries for remittances in 2021 included Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kenya's main sources for remittances were the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Uganda.

根据一项描绘此类资金转移流向的排名，2021年流向肯尼亚的汇款金额大约是国外流入金额的五倍。汇款，即跨境支付给家人或朋友的款项，通常与移民工人将资金汇回其原籍社区的朋友或亲戚相关联。据估计，全球约有七分之一的人参与汇款活动，这极大地影响了，尤其是在亚洲和拉丁美洲的支付行为。对于肯尼亚而言，2021年接收汇款最多的前五个国家依次为乌干达、索马里、南苏丹、坦桑尼亚和刚果民主共和国。肯尼亚的主要汇款来源国为美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚和乌干达。