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Jamaica: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
−3.77%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−4.0 pointsfrom 0.22%
Average, 2016–2025
−0.309%10 years
Record high and low
3.14% (1991)low −10.8% (2009)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-12%-10%-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%19902000201020202030JamaicaJamaica
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-1.54Forecast
2030-1.64Forecast
2029-1.73Forecast
2028-2.05Forecast
2027-3.09Forecast
2026-4.89Forecast
2025-3.77
20240.22
20230.0351
20220.258
20210.841
2020-2.87
20190.846
20181.10
20170.425
2016-0.183

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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