Jamaica                            
US$ million, unless indicated source 1970 1980 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
                             
Overall indebtedness                            
Total Debt Stock (EDT) GDF   1,913 4,724 4,553 4,560 4,671 4,409 4,262 4,110 4,315 4,273 4,041  
annual change (%) calc       -3.6 0.2 2.4 -5.6 -3.3 -3.6 5.0 -1.0 -5.4  
ten-year change 1987-96 (%) calc                       -14.5  
Present value of debt (PV) GDF                   3,688 3,895 3,638  
Debt-to-export ratio (EDT/XGS) GDF   129.9 289.1 246.4 214.6 189.8 184.9 173.7 153.9 132.4 113.3 106.5  
PV debt-to-export ratio (94-96) (PV/XGS) GDF                          
Debt-to-GNP ratio (EDT/GNP) GDF   78.0 178.4 132.4 122.5 122.5 134.1 147.4 110.3 117.7 108.6 94.3  
Debt per capita ($) calc   898 2010 1929 1908 1938 1860 1783 1705 1726 1689 1616  
ten-year change 1987-96 (%) calc                       -19.6  
Composition of debt                            
Long-term debt (LDOD) GDF 982 1,505 3,808 3,774 3,785 3,968 3,737 3,594 3,486 3,515 3,536 3,306  
annual change (%) calc       -0.9 0.3 4.8 -5.8 -3.8 -3.0 0.8 0.6 -6.5  
% of total calc   78.7 80.6 82.9 83.0 84.9 84.8 84.3 84.8 81.5 82.8 81.8  
Multilateral GDF 30 284 1,151 1,083 1,092 1,168 1,181 1,117 1,152 1,182 1,215 1,104  
% of long-term debt calc 3.1 18.9 30.2 28.7 28.9 29.4 31.6 31.1 33.0 33.6 34.4 33.4  
Bilateral GDF 29 636     2,064 2,239 2,087 2,038 1,901 1,909 1,877 1,742  
% of long-term debt calc 3.0 42.3 0.0 0.0 54.5 56.4 55.8 56.7 54.5 54.3 53.1 52.7  
Private GDF 101 510 657 619 587 528 441 411 405 346 316 337  
% of long-term debt calc 10.3 33.9 17.3 16.4 15.5 13.3 11.8 11.4 11.6 9.8 8.9 10.2  
Debt service                            
Actual debt service (TDS) GDF   280 750 736 643 662 692 681 542 597 673 682  
annual change (%) calc       -1.9 -12.6 3.0 4.5 -1.6 -20.4 10.1 12.7 1.3  
Long-term debt service (LTDS)                            
Paid GDF 234 223 448 458 418 492 556 558 433 478 537 575  
Scheduled GDF                     533 586 531
paid as % of scheduled calc                     100.8 98.1  
Debt service-to-exports ratio (TDS/XGS) GDF   19.0 45.9 39.8 30.2 26.9 29.0 27.8 20.3 18.3 17.9 18.0  
Debt service-to-GNP ratio calc 17.4 11.4 28.3 21.4 17.3 17.4 21.1 23.5 14.5 16.3 17.1 15.9  
Debt service per capita ($) calc   131.5 319.1 311.9 269.0 274.7 292.0 284.9 224.9 238.8 266.0 272.8  
ten-year change (%) calc                       -14.5  
General flows                            
Grants (excl.technical co-operation) GDF 3 13 71 87 123 117 282 57 242 91 63 40  
Debt service for every $ received in grants ($) calc 78.00 21.54 10.56 8.46 5.23 5.66 2.45 11.95 2.24 6.56 10.68 17.05  
Foreign Direct Investment GDF 162 28 53 -12 57 138 133 142 78 117 167 175  
Net Transfers GDF 6 66 -67 -172 -38 -142 110 -87 107 -134 -37 -116  
General indicators                            
Population (millions) IFS   2.13 2.35 2.36 2.39 2.41 2.37 2.39 2.41 2.50 2.53 2.50  
GNP GDF 1,344 2,451 2,648 3,438 3,721 3,813 3,287 2,893 3,727 3,668 3,934 4,284  
GNP per capita ($) calc   1,150.7 1,126.8 1,456.8 1,556.9 1,582.2 1,386.9 1,210.5 1,546.5 1,467.2 1,554.9 1,713.6  
Export values IFS                          
Import values IFS                          
Terms of trade IFS                          
GDP IFS   2,680 3,031 3,541 4,065 4,248 3,732 3,353 4,022 3,995      
GDP per capita calc   1,258.2 1,289.6 1,500.4 1,700.9 1,762.7 1,574.7 1,403.1 1,668.8 1,597.8 0.0 0.0  
Social indicators                            
% of GDP spent on health HDRp177           5.4              
% of GNP spent on education HDRp180   5.7                 8.2    
Human Development Index (HDI) HDRp148                     0.735    
                             
NOTE                            
Developing countries total EDT                         2095428  
Developing countries total GNP                         5815129