Exiliados y migrantes nicas enviaron casi US$3,000 de remesas de enero a julio • Café con Voz
Los nicaragüenses recibieron 2.926,3 millones de dólares en concepto de remesas familiares entre enero y julio de 2024, enviados principalmente de Estados Unidos.
TL;DR
- Nicaragua received $2.926.3 billion in remittances between January and July 2024, an 11.5% increase year-on-year.
- 82.6% of remittances, amounting to $2.416.5 billion, came from the United States.
- Costa Rica and Spain were the second and third largest sources of remittances, contributing 7.5% and 5.9% respectively.
- These three countries accounted for 95.9% of total remittances received.
- In 2023, remittances reached a record $4.660.1 billion, representing 26.1% of Nicaragua's GDP.
- Approximately 20% of the Nicaraguan population lives abroad, many as undocumented migrants.
- A significant exodus, driven by sociopolitical crisis and repressive policies, has seen a large portion of the population leave the country since April 2018.