Contingent short-term net: Guidelines … liabilities month Up 1 in Jamaica
Jamaica: Contingent short-term net: Guidelines … liabilities month Up 1 was -669.02 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Jamaica, 2013–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Jamaica stood at -669.02 million. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 8.6% on the previous year and down 194.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Jamaica peaked at -210.62 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, -669.02 million, in 2025.
That places Jamaica 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Contingent short-term net: Guidelines … liabilities month Up 1 in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -210.99 million | — |
| 2014 | -210.62 million | -0.2% |
| 2015 | -226.98 million | +7.8% |
| 2016 | -335.04 million | +47.6% |
| 2017 | -514.28 million | +53.5% |
| 2018 | -500.38 million | -2.7% |
| 2019 | -513.16 million | +2.6% |
| 2020 | -489.12 million | -4.7% |
| 2021 | -531.91 million | +8.7% |
| 2022 | -570.32 million | +7.2% |
| 2023 | -608.45 million | +6.7% |
| 2024 | -616.04 million | +1.2% |
| 2025 | -669.02 million | +8.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's -669.02 million is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -669.02 million, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's -669.02 million is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -1.67 billion, 40% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contingent short-term net: Guidelines … liabilities month Up 1 in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -53.5% | -335.04 million | -514.28 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -358.78 million | -514.28 million | -210.62 million | 7 |
| 2020s | -580.81 million | -669.02 million | -489.12 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More external debt data for Jamaica
- Net financial flows, IBRD 160.84 million NFL, current US$ (2025)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -3,693 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 1.66 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 8.27 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 10.72 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, short-term 2.92 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- Short-term debt 19.1% (2025)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 49.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Jamaica?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Jamaica was -669.02 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was -210.62 million in 2014.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was -669.02 million in 2025.
- How does Jamaica rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- Jamaica ranks 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 194.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Up to 1 month, Contingent liabilities (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.