Migrants transfer almost $ 2.5 billion to Kyrgyzstan for 11 months of 2018
In the first 11 months of 2018, the inflow of remittances to Kyrgyzstan amounted to $ 2,479.5 billion. The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan says.
Compared to the same period of 2017, the figure increased by $ 191.6 million. More than 90 percent of the funds were transfers from Russia — $ 2,436.3 billion. The United States take the second place with $ 24.2 million.
For 11 months, they have transferred $ 494.4 million from Kyrgyzstan to other countries.
The net inflow of remittances to the republic in January-November 2018 amounted to $ 1,985.1 billion.