Figure 8: U.S. government handouts have also fueled a boom in remittances
Increase in inflow of remittances by country (January - April 2021 versus January - April 2020)
Dominican Rep.
64.9%
El Salvador
47.4%
Guatemala
41.7%
Honduras*
29.0%
Nicaragua*
17.9%
Mexico*
13.0%
Colombia*
11.6%