Current account balance | Jamaica – yearly data, chart and table
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The account balance of Jamaica in 2024 amounted to 200 million USD. In 2023 it was 569 million USD. This is the first year of decline after a period of growth. Over the entire data period of International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 1980, this indicator has increased 317million USD. The lowest account balance was recorded in 2008, when it was -2 794 million USD. The highest value of Jamaica was in 2023, when it reached 569 million USD. This indicator is related to the balance of payments, which is a statement that summarizes economic transactions between residents and nonresidents during a specific time period. It consists of the goods and services account (the trade balance), the primary account, the secondary income account, the capital account, and the financial account.
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The balance of payments is a double-entry accounting system that shows all flows of goods and services into and out of an economy; all transfers that are the counterpart of real resources or financial claims provided to or by the rest of the world without a quid pro quo, such as donations and grants; and all changes in residents' claims on and liabilities to nonresidents that arise from economic transactions. All transactions are recorded twice - once as a credit and once as a debit. In principle the net balance should be zero, but in practice the accounts often do not balance, requiring inclusion of a balancing item, net errors and omissions.
