Nairobi, June 19 -- More Kenyan women working and living abroad supported relatives and friends than men in 2025, underscoring their growing contribution to household welfare.

A new official survey on remittances shows that 680,207 Kenyan women in the diaspora sent support home, 52 percent more than the 447,475 men who said they assisted relatives and friends through cash transfers, in-kind support or both.

The survey, which polled 4,400 households, was conducted in August 2025 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), in collaboration with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSD Kenya). It marks the first comprehensive nationwide assessment of household remittance flows in Kenya.

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