Jamaica: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Jamaica shows historical data for the Jamaican Dollars per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Jamaican Dollars per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Jamaica become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Jamaica.

The series for Jamaica are available from September 2004 to August 2024. For that period, the average exchange rate for Jamaica was 109.1947 Jamaican Dollars per USD with a minimum of 60.9756 Jamaican Dollars per USD in May 2005 and a maximum of 156.5816 Jamaican Dollars per USD in August 2024. The most recent available data point is 156.5816 Jamaican Dollars per USD, a change of 0.16% from the previous data point of 156.3329 Jamaican Dollars per USD and a change of 1.3% from a year ago when the level was 154.5681 Jamaican Dollars per USD.

Currency values in Jamaica and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.