Remittance inflows to Jamaica increase of US$13 million or a solid 5 percent in total remittance inflows to a record for the first month of the year, with January 2026 hitting US$273.2 million up from January 2025, data out of the Bank of Jamaica show.
In 2025 total inflows to the country rose by 3.84 percent to US$3.486 sit just under the record haul of US$3.497 billion in 2021. This year’s increase is lower than the 5.7 percent rise for January last year, 5.6 percent in May, 14.3 percent in November and 12.1 percent in December of 2025.
If total remittances remained flat for the rest of 2026, the country will end with record inflows for the year of just under US$3.5 billion.