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Jamaica: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1929–1992 · 56 observations · cgovdef_GDP

1992
−8.05%percent of GDP
Change on 1991
−1.3 pointsfrom −6.71%
Average, 1983–1992
−12.3%10 years
Record high and low
1.18% (1950)low −26.5% (1980)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
1992-8.05
1991-6.71
19900.675
1989-5.30
1988-13.9
1987-5.70
1986-14.7
1985-17.5
1984-25.6
1983-25.7

Sources

  • Mitchell1929–1992
  • World Development Indicators1988–1992

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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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