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Jamaica: Interest payments (% of revenue)

22.43percent · 2020-44.8% since 2010

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector. Annual figures for Jamaica from 1988 to 2020.

19882020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202022.426
201920.236
201820.539
201724.106
201627.878
201527.571
201430.242
201327.689
201236.828
201137.447
201040.613
200962.863
200845.368
200740.351
200646.279
200547.297
200454.089
200358.818
200253.018
200149.73
200042.486
199946.003
199846.681
199736.979
199643.243
199530.681
199433.67
199329.381
199229.175
199127.466
199030.325
198927.851
198830.711

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments (% of revenue). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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