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Jamaica Current Account Value and percent from GDP

Jamaica Current Account Data

Indicator Data Period
Current Account to GDP -3.2 % 2022
Current Account 171 USD Million | 0.171 B USD 1Q/23


Latest data on Current Account to GDP (%)

Current Account to GDP
                     Jamaica - Historical Data (%)

What is ratio of Jamaica Current Account to GDP?

  • The surplus of Current Account to GDP in Jamaica decreased to 3.2 % in 2022. The maximum surplus was -1.2 % and deficit was -20.4 %
  • Data published Yearly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
-3.2 2022 14.04.2023
0.7 2021 12.09.2022
0.2 2020 28.07.2021
-1.9 2019 27.07.2020
-2.8 2018 15.04.2019
-3 2017 14.03.2018
-0.7 2016 11.08.2017
-3 2015 31.12.2015


Historical Chart by governors (%)

Current Account to GDP in Jamaica by governors

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Patrick Allen 26.02.2009 - -9.4000 -3.0000 -0.7000 -13.3000 -68.09%
Kenneth O. Hall 15.02.2006 - 26.02.2009 -10.4000 -20.4000 -10.4000 -20.4000 96.15%
Howard Cooke 01.08.1991 - 15.02.2006 -4.2000 -9.6000 -2.8000 -11.1000 128.57%


Latest data on Current Account (USD Million)

Current Account
                     Jamaica - Historical Data (USD Million)

What is Jamaica Current Account Deficit?

  • The surplus of Current Account in Jamaica decreased to 171 USD Million (0.171 B USD) in the first quarter of 2023. The maximum value was 153 USD Million and minimum was -536 USD Million.
  • Data published Quarterly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (USD Million) by years

Data
Period
Date
171 1Q/23 09.09.2023
236 4Q/22 26.05.2023
-176 3Q/22 03.03.2023
19.64 2Q/22 03.11.2022
-333 1Q/22 30.08.2022
42.1 3Q/21 03.05.2022
267 2Q/21 22.01.2022
-46.1 1Q/21 15.09.2021


Historical Chart by governors (USD Million)

Current Account in Jamaica by governors

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Patrick Allen 26.02.2009 - -43.4000 -302.0000 139.0000 -536.1000 595.85%
Kenneth O. Hall 15.02.2006 - 26.02.2009 -143.3000 -170.3000 32.6000 -453.8000 18.84%
Howard Cooke 01.08.1991 - 15.02.2006 -9.8000 -111.6000 75.4000 -155.4000 1038.78%

Other trade indicators in Jamaica

Index Updated Actual Previous
Balance of Trade 1Q/23 -0.139 B USD -1.336
Capital Flows 1Q/23 0.167 B USD 0.069
Exports 1Q/23 0.527 B USD 0.629
Foreign Exchange Reserves Aug/23 4.446 B USD 4.492
Imports 1Q/23 19.187 B USD 19.654
Tourist Arrivals Dec/20 0.09 Million Persons 0.049

Current Account to GDP in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Colombia 2022 -6.2 % -5.7
Panama 2022 -4.1 % -3.2
Honduras 2022 -3.4 % -5.3
Brazil 2022 -2.92 % -2.81
Chile 2022 -9 % -6.6
Paraguay 2022 -5.2 % 0.9
Argentina 2022 -0.7 % 1.4
Canada 2022 -0.4 % -0.3
Ecuador 2022 2.2 % 2.9
Mexico 2022 -0.9 % -0.6
Peru 2022 -4.5 % -2.9
United States 2022 -3.7 % -3.6
Uruguay 2022 -2.6 % -1.8
Jamaica 2022 -3.2 % 0.7
Suriname 2022 -1.7 % 5.2
Venezuela 2022 3.5 % -1.1
Belize 2022 -8.8 % -6.3
Cameroon 2022 -1.6 % -4.1
Cape Verde 2022 -3.4 % -11.8
Cuba 2020 0.9 % 1.9
Dominican Republic 2022 -5.8 % -2.8
El Salvador 2022 -8.3 % -5.1
Guyana 2022 27.3 % -25.6
Haiti 2022 -2.3 % 0.5
Nicaragua 2022 -1.4 % -3.1
Trinidad and Tobago 2022 19.9 % 9.9