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Jamaica Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Jamaica › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Jamaica indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Currency Symbol: JMD

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Jamaica , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Jamaica in year 2010 is -8.108 %

This makes Jamaica No. 131 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Jamaica is 5.43 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Jamaica was -10.89 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Jamaica in 2010 was or will be 25.55% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Jamaica was or will be -8.27 %, which is 2.05% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Jamaica, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -4.315
  2015 -5.002
  2014 -5.642
  2013 -6.823
  2012 -7.662
  2011 -8.274
2010 -8.108
  2009 -10.891
  2008 -17.842
  2007 -16.475
  2006 -10.015
  2005 -9.479
  2004 -6.373
  2003 -7.646
  2002 -10.953
  2001 -7.345
  2000 -4.367
  1999 -3.515
  1998 -3.408
  1997 -4.794
  1996 -6.991
  1995 -1.402
  1994 -0.266
  1993 -1.133
  1992 -3.198
  1991 -4.117
  1990 -11.321
  1989 -8.071
  1988 -1.756
  1987 -4.847
  1986 -3.24
  1985 -11.731
  1984 -10.65
  1983 -9.582
  1982 -15.345
  1981 -14.19
  1980 -4.217