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Jamaica: External debt stocks, total
14.84Bcurrent USD · 2024+5.4% since 2014
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Jamaica from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,836,981,078.4 | |
| 2023 | 15,395,210,849.4 | |
| 2022 | 15,812,061,001.6 | |
| 2021 | 16,036,439,681 | |
| 2020 | 14,489,345,389 | |
| 2019 | 14,464,674,889.2 | |
| 2018 | 17,530,384,500.9 | |
| 2017 | 14,584,440,916.3 | |
| 2016 | 14,006,048,394.7 | |
| 2015 | 14,055,964,975.2 | |
| 2014 | 14,077,596,820.6 | |
| 2013 | 12,889,484,163.8 | |
| 2012 | 14,247,212,086.3 | |
| 2011 | 14,287,642,491.2 | |
| 2010 | 14,186,599,700.2 | |
| 2009 | 11,116,937,810.7 | |
| 2008 | 10,431,004,395.1 | |
| 2007 | 10,523,969,850.5 | |
| 2006 | 8,084,297,793.3 | |
| 2005 | 6,590,656,418.3 | |
| 2004 | 6,516,794,517.1 | |
| 2003 | 5,720,223,401.2 | |
| 2002 | 5,601,373,724.4 | |
| 2001 | 5,477,990,485.7 | |
| 2000 | 4,821,219,734.6 | |
| 1999 | 4,027,853,275.2 | |
| 1998 | 3,945,356,370.6 | |
| 1997 | 3,818,566,634.2 | |
| 1996 | 4,095,187,169.9 | |
| 1995 | 4,615,813,407.2 | |
| 1994 | 4,644,306,788.5 | |
| 1993 | 4,418,444,373.2 | |
| 1992 | 4,631,509,929.9 | |
| 1991 | 4,612,479,880.4 | |
| 1990 | 4,784,682,213.8 | |
| 1989 | 4,660,246,898.8 | |
| 1988 | 4,632,792,353.6 | |
| 1987 | 4,771,043,102.6 | |
| 1986 | 4,267,673,178.1 | |
| 1985 | 4,149,647,658.3 | |
| 1984 | 3,636,693,776 | |
| 1983 | 3,493,302,522.8 | |
| 1982 | 2,881,171,635.6 | |
| 1981 | 2,335,978,753.2 | |
| 1980 | 1,933,418,149.2 | |
| 1979 | 1,725,519,727 | |
| 1978 | 1,443,098,518.8 | |
| 1977 | 1,698,452,346.3 | |
| 1976 | 1,468,081,463.3 | |
| 1975 | 1,631,097,348.4 | |
| 1974 | 1,451,065,680 | |
| 1973 | 1,218,593,242 | |
| 1972 | 1,050,172,114.5 | |
| 1971 | 1,017,279,724.6 | |
| 1970 | 981,947,821.4 |
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