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Jamaica: Disbursements on external debt, long-term

2.84Bcurrent USD · 2025-14.3% since 2015

Disbursements on long-term debt are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. 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
20252,844,566,000
2024659,366,000
2023828,788,993.4
2022543,219,000
20211,582,971,000
2020682,630,000
20191,609,021,000
20183,121,317,000
20171,078,888,000
20161,053,537,000
20153,319,160,390.6
20141,929,457,936.6
20131,416,880,113.9
20122,029,012,725.3
20111,170,284,627.4
20102,360,329,669
20091,546,006,747.6
2008707,308,019.4
20072,408,534,074.7
20061,223,677,339
20051,343,199,591.7
20041,118,324,012.2
2003253,288,545.2
2002616,844,040
20011,039,644,651.7
2000905,462,466.1
1999210,730,989.3
1998406,775,763.5
1997201,740,894.6
1996223,797,095.6
1995306,763,387
1994165,397,932.5
1993236,806,882.2
1992326,068,711.6
1991507,298,676.7
1990298,098,645.5
1989329,691,631.7
1988331,107,961
1987349,817,719.3
1986230,487,087.8
1985459,452,870.6
1984423,156,013.1
1983524,911,620.7
1982557,072,833.6
1981470,754,711.1
1980364,510,688
1979236,091,888.4
1978264,296,358.8
1977263,185,486
1976347,961,776.1
1975403,190,440.5
1974430,012,511.4
1973338,022,108.2
1972221,040,924.8
1971204,484,079.3
1970179,923,268.5

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Disbursements on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-disbursements-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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