Liquid liabilities to GDP in Jamaica
Jamaica: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 77.6% in 2021. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Jamaica, 1960β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 77.6% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 82.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Jamaica peaked at 77.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 1961.
That places Jamaica 75th out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.2% | 17.7% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 37.8% | 33.3% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.2% | 42.7% | 72.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.8% | 43.0% | 62.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.4% | 40.3% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.0% | 42.5% | 56.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.4% | 71.3% | 77.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More financial sector data for Jamaica
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 711,957 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 88.96 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 4.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 4.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 45.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Jamaica?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Jamaica was 77.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Jamaica ranks 75th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 62 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.