Jamaica: Imports, billion dollars
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| Jamaica |
Imports of goods and services, billion USD |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 8.24 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Measure | billion U.S. dollars |
| Data availability | 1960 - 2019 |
| Average | 3.25 |
| Min - Max | 0.26 - 9.82 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2019 is 8.24 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 8.09 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 139.88 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 170 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1960 to 2019 is 3.25 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.26 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 9.82 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2008.
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Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 102.48 | 2021 | percent |
| Trade openness | 90.11 | 2019 | percent |
| Financial openness | -1.242 | 2021 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 38.04 | 2019 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 6.02 | 2019 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 3.63 | 2019 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 52.07 | 2019 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 8.24 | 2019 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 1.86 | 2022 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 0.32 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | -32.69 | 2022 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -0.76 | 2022 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -0.13 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -14.04 | 2019 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -3.30 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 4.87 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 19.10 | 2023 | percent |
| Remittances | 3,709.09 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -398.01 | 2022 | million USD |
| External debt | 104.83 | 2022 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 12.69 | 2022 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 49.28 | 2022 | percent |
| Foreign exchange reserves | 5.26 | 6/2024 | billion |