Historical Government Finance Indicators

This page shows longer time series derived from data in the Jamaica Statistical Digest. Total revenues, total expenditures, fiscal surplus and primary surplus as percentages of Gross Domestic Product are shown for the fiscal years since 2005-2006 in a vertical bar chart. The fiscal surplus is the difference between all revenues and all expenditures, while the primary surplus is the difference between all revenues and all expenditures except interest on government debt.

A line chart further below shows the fiscal surplus (deficit) in constant (real) dollars for each fiscal year since 1980-1981. After 2009-2010, Jamaica's deficits declined rapidly.