Jamaica vs Lower middle income: Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and)
Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and) over time
- Jamaica
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 19.8% against 8.9% in Lower middle income, a difference of 10.9%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 2.2 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 13th and Lower middle income ranks 16th of 118 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 40.2% | 27.1% | 13.1% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 22.2% | 1.6% | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 19.9% | 9.9% | 10.0% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 26.1% | 5.2% | 20.9% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 23.5% | 7.8% | 15.6% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and), Jamaica or Lower middle income?
- Jamaica, at 19.8% against 8.9% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and) between Jamaica and Lower middle income?
- 10.9%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lower middle income?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Lower middle income rank globally for debt service (ppg and imf only, % of exports of goods, services and)?
- Jamaica ranks 13th and Lower middle income ranks 16th of 118 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Debt service (PPG and IMF only, % of exports of goods, services and primary income). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Debt service, the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services, is expressed as a percentage of exports of goods and services--all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series in that it covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.