Jamaica Government Debt to GDP

Jamaica recorded a government debt equivalent to 103.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Debt to GDP in Jamaica averaged 126.57 percent from 1980 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 212.40 percent in 1984 and a record low of 70.50 percent in 1996.

Government Debt to GDP in Jamaica is expected to be 92.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Jamaica Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 88.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Jamaica Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	103.30	120.60	212.40	70.50	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-0.10	-0.20	0.70	-6.72	percent of GDP	[+]
Military Expenditure	201.00	144.00	201.00	60.80	USD Million	[+]
Credit Rating	23.75					[+]
Government Debt	2079002.00	2072276.00	2158846.00	2004658.00	USD Million	[+]

Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - Jamaica Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Jamaica Government Debt to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	103.30	120.60	212.40	70.50	1980 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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