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Jamaica: Interest arrears, private creditors

0current USD · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. 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 1973 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20250
20240
20230
20222,418,000
20210
20200
20190
20180
2017478,395.1
20160
20151,241,000
201429,556,220.5
201321,547,904.3
201231,681,694
201135,084,348.3
201047,705,689.5
200947,731,086.4
200877,200,427.4
200777,633,102.3
200657,936,823.5
200541,014,599.9
200487,815,536.5
200377,627,053.7
200262,579,781.1
200146,854,435
200028,157,940.9
19996,925,146
19986,753,320.1
19976,696,036.2
199614,401,905.6
199514,703,720.6
199414,592,667.5
199335,412,620
199243,372,727.4
199139,494,503.7
199037,447,916.8
198928,476,108.6
198814,785,524.8
19878,954,416.1
19863,464,606.8
19852,971,056.2
1984801,101.3
19834,374,680.3
198255,591.5
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
1974517,000
1973400,000

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World Bank (2026). Interest arrears, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-arrears-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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