Jamaica vs Palau: Central government debt, total
Central government debt, total over time
- Jamaica
- Palau
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 97.9% against 85.2% in Palau, a difference of 12.7%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 10th and Palau ranks 13th of 83 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 127.5% | 24.1% | 103.4% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 121.4% | 47.1% | 74.3% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher central government debt, total, Jamaica or Palau?
- Jamaica, at 97.9% against 85.2% in Palau as of 2020.
- What is the difference in central government debt, total between Jamaica and Palau?
- 12.7%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Palau?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2019.
- How do Jamaica and Palau rank globally for central government debt, total?
- Jamaica ranks 10th and Palau ranks 13th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.