Following historical record haul in remittances to Jamaica, the country saw a modest 1.4 percent growth in total remittance inflows for the first month of 2022 compared to January 2021 as a total of US$244.4 million entered the financial system, data recently released by the country’s central bank show.
In January 2021 inflows jumped nearly 33 percent from US$181.5 million. In 2021 inflows for January was the second lowest month of the year, following February that brought in US$236 million. In 2021 remittance inflows grew by US$592 million to US$3.5 billion.
The USA provided the largest amount of inflows accounting for 70.3 percent, up from 69.8 percent in January 2021. The UK contributed 11.1 percent, followed by Canada and the Cayman Islands, with 9 percent and 5.7 percent respectively, the Bank of Jamaica report indicated.