Jamaica - Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI)

Public and publicly guaranteed debt service (% of GNI) in Jamaica was 8.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 19.57 in 1985, while its lowest value was 1.14 in 1970.

Definition: Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity.

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 1.14
1971 1.37
1972 1.60
1973 2.06
1974 2.68
1975 2.85
1976 3.92
1977 5.02
1978 8.13
1979 9.20
1980 8.43
1981 8.47
1982 7.81
1983 7.82
1984 13.03
1985 19.57
1986 19.23
1987 14.80
1988 12.86
1989 10.07
1990 11.63
1991 15.00
1992 17.08
1993 8.06
1994 9.03
1995 8.35
1996 7.49
1997 6.65
1998 4.89
1999 6.09
2000 6.45
2001 7.68
2002 8.74
2003 9.02
2004 8.43
2005 8.56
2006 6.49
2007 8.63
2008 7.22
2009 10.91
2010 6.49
2011 8.75
2012 7.49
2013 5.56
2014 6.78
2015 8.25
2016 12.94
2017 8.63
2018 6.92
2019 12.75
2020 8.03

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: External debt