External debt in Jamaica in 2024 — 14,836,981,078 US$. Ranked 65 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,411%.
1970–2024 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.84B | −558M | −3.63% |
| 2023 | 15.4B | −417M | −2.64% |
| 2022 | 15.81B | −224M | −1.4% |
| 2021 | 16.04B | +1.55B | +10.68% |
| 2020 | 14.49B | +24.67M | +0.17% |
| 2019 | 14.46B | −3.07B | −17.49% |
| 2018 | 17.53B | +2.95B | +20.2% |
| 2017 | 14.58B | +578M | +4.13% |
| 2016 | 14.01B | −49.92M | −0.36% |
| 2015 | 14.06B | −21.63M | −0.15% |
| 2014 | 14.08B | +1.19B | +9.22% |
| 2013 | 12.89B | −1.36B | −9.53% |
| 2012 | 14.25B | −40.43M | −0.28% |
| 2011 | 14.29B | +101M | +0.71% |
| 2010 | 14.19B | +3.07B | +27.61% |
| 2009 | 11.12B | +686M | +6.58% |
| 2008 | 10.43B | −92.97M | −0.88% |
| 2007 | 10.52B | +2.44B | +30.18% |
| 2006 | 8.08B | +1.49B | +22.66% |
| 2005 | 6.59B | +73.86M | +1.13% |
| 2004 | 6.52B | +797M | +13.93% |
| 2003 | 5.72B | +119M | +2.12% |
| 2002 | 5.6B | +123M | +2.25% |
| 2001 | 5.48B | +657M | +13.62% |
| 2000 | 4.82B | +793M | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 4.03B | +82.5M | +2.09% |
| 1998 | 3.95B | +127M | +3.32% |
| 1997 | 3.82B | −277M | −6.75% |
| 1996 | 4.1B | −521M | −11.28% |
| 1995 | 4.62B | −28.49M | −0.61% |
| 1994 | 4.64B | +226M | +5.11% |
| 1993 | 4.42B | −213M | −4.6% |
| 1992 | 4.63B | +19.03M | +0.41% |
| 1991 | 4.61B | −172M | −3.6% |
| 1990 | 4.78B | +124M | +2.67% |
| 1989 | 4.66B | +27.45M | +0.59% |
| 1988 | 4.63B | −138M | −2.9% |
| 1987 | 4.77B | +503M | +11.79% |
| 1986 | 4.27B | +118M | +2.84% |
| 1985 | 4.15B | +513M | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 3.64B | +143M | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3.49B | +612M | +21.25% |
| 1982 | 2.88B | +545M | +23.34% |
| 1981 | 2.34B | +403M | +20.82% |
| 1980 | 1.93B | +208M | +12.05% |
| 1979 | 1.73B | +282M | +19.57% |
| 1978 | 1.44B | −255M | −15.03% |
| 1977 | 1.7B | +230M | +15.69% |
| 1976 | 1.47B | −163M | −9.99% |
| 1975 | 1.63B | +180M | +12.41% |
| 1974 | 1.45B | +232M | +19.08% |
| 1973 | 1.22B | +168M | +16.04% |
| 1972 | 1.05B | +32.89M | +3.23% |
| 1971 | 1.02B | +35.33M | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 982M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.
Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
Gross general government debt as a percent of GDP.
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