Kenyan immigrants working in the United States have been ranked as the third from productive foreigners.
The Kenyan-born workforce scored an impressive 73.4% to emerge third in the list of the most industrious immigrants. Topping the list are Ghanaians with 75.2% followed by Bulgarians with 74.2%.
The report, compiled by Bloomberg, also places immigrants from Ethiopia (4th), Egypt (5th), Nigeria (8th) and Liberia (9th) among the top 10 most hardworking in the US.
Other countries producing the most industrious immigrants in United States are Guatemala, El Salvador, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Honduras.
The Bloomberg report came after the Central Bank of Kenya released a report indicating that Kenyans living abroad sent back home a record Ksh 64.5 billion in the first quarter of 2018.
Despite the positive nature of these latest statistics, the number of Kenyans deported from the US continue to rise. The year 2016 saw 63 Kenyans deported, which was then followed by 103 a year later.
The Bloomberg report also indicated that Kenya is one of the African countries with the highest number of immigrants studying and working in the Us along with Ghana and Nigeria.