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Country or Region: Jamaica › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Jamaica indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of 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

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2010 National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Start/end months of reporting year: January/December Base year: 2003 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: Jamaica dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Jamaica in year 2010 is 5.879 %

This makes Jamaica No. 154 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Jamaica is 12.76 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Jamaica was 5.71 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Jamaica in 2010 was or will be 3.03% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Jamaica was or will be 6.64 %, which is 12.88% more than the 2010 figure.