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Jamaica: Interest payments on external debt, long-term

578.37Mcurrent USD · 2025-12.5% since 2015

Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in 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
2025578,368,150.8
2024803,909,318
2023800,930,764.5
2022800,400,496
2021720,002,538.1
2020690,046,671.4
2019743,022,396.1
2018871,407,304
2017639,296,776.8
2016656,125,601.5
2015660,801,123.3
2014608,439,481.5
2013557,234,260.4
2012688,285,959.4
2011897,667,052.7
2010829,060,037.1
2009747,606,353.4
2008676,005,604.5
2007657,145,685
2006471,919,222.1
2005384,780,279.2
2004308,282,935.6
2003299,722,748.2
2002320,234,480.2
2001285,153,794.3
2000209,448,961.2
1999155,807,660.5
1998137,341,701.6
1997155,515,672.5
1996179,306,855.4
1995192,746,358.5
1994180,668,738
1993163,999,035.7
1992169,819,929.4
1991193,044,368.9
1990203,373,840.3
1989172,230,563.9
1988193,131,108.8
1987206,536,127.3
1986223,879,929.6
1985211,319,666.6
1984194,861,372.3
1983157,992,935.7
1982141,055,601
1981110,565,501.6
1980121,954,186.7
1979105,393,689.1
197899,025,049.4
197799,360,942.1
197696,660,595.3
1975110,426,266.7
1974102,125,643.7
197381,262,262.7
197263,234,309.3
197161,381,851.4
197063,479,608.6

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

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