Remittances, illustrative photo.
The flow of money sent from abroad, what we call remittances, is received more by men than by women, a trend that is becoming more marked every day and that the figures for the first quarter of this year show quite well.
Central Bank statistics point out that 53.9% of the remittances received by the country went to men, while 46.1% went to women.
Between 2015 and 2018, it was women who received the highest percentage of remittances; however, as of 2019, ý to date the balance has tipped in favor of men, with a drastic change from receiving 45.3% in 2018 to 50.9% in 2019.
In the first three months of this year, the country received US$2,396.2 million in remittances, of which men received US$1,291.5 million and women US$1,104.6 million.
The most significant volume of remittances came from the United States, with 84.5% of the total in the first quarter of this year. Spain follows it with 6.5%, Haiti with 1.2%, and Italy and Puerto Rico with 0.9%.
Data on the flow of remittances by provinces show that 33.4% of the money sent from abroad remained in the National District, followed by the provinces of Santiago and Santo Domingo, with 14.3% and 8.7%, respectively, which indicates that more than half (56.4%) of the remittances are received in the metropolitan areas of the country.