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Jamaica: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1963–2025 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
67.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+5.2 pointsfrom 62.5%
Average, 2016–2025
83.2%10 years
Record high and low
209.4% (1985)low 20.0% (1970)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203160.5Forecast
203061.6Forecast
202962.8Forecast
202863.8Forecast
202765.0Forecast
202665.8Forecast
202567.7
202462.5
202366.5
202270.2
202186.3
2020101.3
201987.7
201888.3
201795.1
2016106.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Jamaica documentation (PDF)

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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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