Japan vs Kenya: Personal transfers, receipts

Japan

4.41 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Kenya

5.00 billion BoP, current US$

in 2024

Japan rank

30th

Kenya rank

29th

Personal transfers, receipts over time

Japan
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 5.00 billion BoP, current US$ against 4.41 billion BoP, current US$ in Japan, a difference of 585.43 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 30th and Kenya ranks 29th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$)
Unit: BoP, current US$
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 219 places, 6,238 data points, 1968–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.