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Jamaica: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1976–2024 · 49 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
3.08%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.4 pointsfrom 2.66%
Average, 2015–2024
−0.395%10 years
Record high and low
3.08% (2024)low −20.4% (2008)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%198019902000201020202030JamaicaJamaica
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20310.458Forecast
20300.208Forecast
2029-1.00Forecast
2028-3.64Forecast
2027-6.61Forecast
2026-5.98Forecast
20251.21Forecast
20243.08
20232.66
2022-0.725
20210.935
2020-1.05
2019-1.78
2018-1.39
2017-2.52
2016-0.292
2015-2.87

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1976–1997
  • World Development Indicators1976–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1996–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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