Jamaica - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Jamaica was 2,159,940,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,159,940,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 45,771,510,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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

Year Value
1990 45,771,510,000
1991 115,835,000,000
1992 100,338,000,000
1993 152,276,000,000
1994 170,771,000,000
1995 193,843,000,000
1996 198,302,000,000
1997 219,183,000,000
1998 262,303,000,000
1999 308,688,000,000
2000 380,641,000,000
2001 497,083,000,000
2002 601,263,000,000
2003 693,887,000,000
2004 759,697,000,000
2005 847,351,000,000
2006 923,154,000,000
2007 1,000,680,000,000
2008 1,200,320,000,000
2009 1,434,760,000,000
2010 1,570,370,000,000
2011 1,662,270,000,000
2012 1,812,640,000,000
2013 1,946,010,000,000
2014 2,041,690,000,000
2015 2,068,760,000,000
2016 2,159,940,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Jamaica was 122.66 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 232.83 in 1991, while its lowest value was 72.25 in 1996.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 138.74
1991 232.83
1992 123.61
1993 112.20
1994 94.66
1995 83.86
1996 72.25
1997 73.70
1998 81.67
1999 88.96
2000 98.33
2001 117.54
2002 127.78
2003 127.43
2004 122.01
2005 121.00
2006 117.70
2007 112.99
2008 120.34
2009 134.68
2010 136.22
2011 133.98
2012 137.93
2013 135.89
2014 132.41
2015 124.65
2016 122.66

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance