Jamaica External Debt and Public Sector Debt Statistics from World Bank

World Bank Group data on Jamaica's external debt stocks and flows, part of the Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases. The dataset includes details on debt instruments, valuation methods, and government tiers, gathered from national organizations, central banks, and multilateral institutions. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling sovereign debt sustainability based on detailed debt stock and flow statistics.
• Analyzing public sector financial health based on data covering central, state, and local government tiers.
• Researching global financial flows to emerging markets using quarterly external debt data.
• Comparing debt instrument structures and valuation methods across government sectors.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like national statistical organizations, central banks, and the World Bank.
• Covers multiple tiers of government debt, including central, state, local, and extra-budgetary agencies.
• Provides both stock and flow perspectives on debt, enabling dynamic analysis.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.

Time Range

Quarterly time series (specific range not stated).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 04:10:46.000912; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica