Remittance inflows to Jamaica surged 12.1 percent to US$334.9 million in December 2025, over the corresponding period in 2024 and pushed the total inflows for the year by 3.8 percent to US$3.4857 billion, just $12 million short of the record haul in 2021 of US$3.497 billion.
Last year’s intake is the second highest on record and bettered the 2022 intake of US$3.44 billion.
Remittance inflows for December 2025 increased by US$36.2 million or 12.1 percent to US$334.9 million, a record collection for any previous December.
The near-record 2025 haul was fueled by 10 months of increase, with only August and October recording declines.
Total remittance inflows into Jamaica between 2021 and 2025.
For the eight months ending August 2025, total remittance inflows to Jamaica amount to US$2.302 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent compared to inflows for January to August last year of US$2.239 billion. The total inflows for this year are marginally ahead of the record haul of 2021, with US$2.3 billion in inflows up to August 2021.