Jamaica: Foreign aid

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 Jamaica

Foreign aid and official development assistance received

 Latest value 95.14
 Year 2022
 Measure million U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1961 - 2022
 Average 76.25
 Min - Max -17.23 - 271.58
 Source World Bank
The latest value from 2022 is 95.14 million U.S. dollars, an increase from 58.58 million U.S. dollars in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 1147.12 million U.S. dollars, based on data from 130 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1961 to 2022 is 76.25 million U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -17.23 million U.S. dollars, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 271.58 million U.S. dollars was recorded in 1990. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Jamaica - Foreign aid - historical chart - 1961-2022




Definition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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