Jamaica - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Jamaica was 131,487,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 188,716,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 1,885,400,000 in 1988.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1988 1,885,400,000
1989 2,344,600,000
1990 2,926,000,000
1991 4,140,600,000
1992 6,872,900,000
1993 9,876,200,000
1994 15,015,080,000
1995 17,971,130,000
1996 27,280,390,000
1997 24,563,740,000
1998 34,588,980,000
1999 41,783,980,000
2000 42,920,300,000
2001 51,010,380,000
2002 62,120,550,000
2003 88,169,570,000
2004 92,784,160,000
2005 88,295,660,000
2006 97,817,880,000
2007 101,723,000,000
2008 125,305,000,000
2009 188,716,000,000
2010 128,355,000,000
2011 120,635,000,000
2012 126,938,000,000
2013 109,920,000,000
2014 124,513,000,000
2015 125,680,000,000
2016 139,356,000,000
2017 135,181,000,000
2018 129,188,000,000
2019 131,487,000,000

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Jamaica was 20.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 62.86 in 2009, while its lowest value was 20.24 in 2019.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1988 30.71
1989 27.85
1990 30.32
1991 27.47
1992 29.18
1993 29.38
1994 33.67
1995 30.68
1996 43.24
1997 36.98
1998 46.68
1999 46.00
2000 42.49
2001 49.73
2002 53.02
2003 58.82
2004 54.09
2005 47.30
2006 46.28
2007 40.35
2008 45.37
2009 62.86
2010 40.61
2011 37.45
2012 36.83
2013 27.69
2014 30.24
2015 27.57
2016 27.88
2017 24.11
2018 20.54
2019 20.24

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Jamaica was 24.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 50.89 in 2003, while its lowest value was 24.00 in 2018.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1988 36.71
1989 38.20
1990 39.17
1991 38.92
1992 42.11
1993 38.93
1994 43.58
1995 40.44
1996 42.48
1997 34.06
1998 40.82
1999 44.85
2000 44.81
2001 44.88
2002 44.03
2003 50.89
2004 49.25
2005 45.93
2006 43.57
2007 40.23
2008 40.40
2009 48.76
2010 38.52
2011 34.48
2012 35.11
2013 30.68
2014 31.45
2015 29.37
2016 30.20
2017 26.76
2018 24.00
2019 24.16

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance