World Bank · Debt

Jamaica: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

592.00Mcurrent USD · 2025-74.2% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Jamaica from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025592,000,000
202458,161,000
2023332,294,993.4
2022100,000,000
2021235,000,000
2020235,000,000
2019830,000,000
2018363,000,000
20171,315,400,000
2016923,238,000
20152,290,401,669.3
20141,225,484,000
2013510,118,000
201230,493,000
20111,214,673,360.2
20101,348,606,442.5
2009987,086,647.1
2008760,083,933.6
2007809,335,097.1
2006915,783,027.9
20051,122,879,894.1
20041,035,360,167.1
2003150,666,712
2002722,212,424.2
20011,060,492,463.2
20001,060,793,326.8
1999137,420,856.6
1998377,845,205.5
1997157,219,655.6
1996331,383,256.4
1995233,678,590.4
1994146,940,537.6
1993363,082,433.8
1992345,317,648.1
1991588,002,528.8
1990359,876,017.9
1989387,451,717
1988428,389,370.9
1987430,501,573.2
1986190,349,973.1
1985214,687,215.3
1984650,937,281.1
1983605,534,376.5
1982641,557,978.9
1981524,176,106.5
1980245,804,010.3
1979242,513,374.4
1978317,585,877.7
1977182,212,100.3
1976338,537,925.1
1975232,052,680.3
1974226,297,172.6
1973181,037,463.5
1972118,028,466.9
1971101,843,604
197029,812,605.7

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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