Remittance inflows to Jamaica for the year to September 2025 climbed 2.9 percent to US$2.5866 billion, over the US$2.514 billion collected in the similar period in 2024.
This year’s inflows are the second best on record, just $19 million below the record of US$2.695 billion garnered in the first nine months of 2021. The trend for the year to date suggests that total flows for the year may end around US$40 less than the record US$3.497 billion in 2021. Inflows could increase above the levels for 2025 to date following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, as Jamaicans overseas increase their contributions to Jamaicans hit by the hurricane.
Inflows for September this year rose by 4.7 per cent or US$13 million to US$287.6 million compared with $274.6 million for the same period in 2024.