Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Jamaica's real interest rate stands at 7% as of 2025-12-31, up from 6.8% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1976 to 2025 (50 observations).
In 2025, Jamaica's real interest rate was 7%, up from 6.8% in 2024.
In 2024, Jamaica's real interest rate was 6.8%, up from 0.2858% in 2023.
In 2023, Jamaica's real interest rate was 0.2858%, up from -1.11% in 2022.
In 2022, Jamaica's real interest rate was -1.11%, down from 4.58% in 2021.
In 2021, Jamaica's real interest rate was 4.58%, down from 9.19% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7% | +0.1993% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | +6.52% |
| 2023 | 0.2858% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | -1.11% | -5.69% |
| 2021 | 4.58% | -4.61% |
| 2020 | 9.19% | -0.9066% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +1.34% |
| 2018 | 8.76% | +0.2913% |
| 2017 | 8.46% | -3.95% |
| 2016 | 12.41% | +8.42% |
| 2015 | 4% | -5.62% |
| 2014 | 9.62% | +1.04% |
| 2013 | 8.58% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 10.37% | -2.59% |
| 2011 | 12.96% | +3.27% |
| 2010 | 9.69% | +5.42% |
| 2009 | 4.28% | +1.39% |
| 2008 | 2.89% | -2.39% |
| 2007 | 5.28% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 8.08% | +2.79% |
| 2005 | 5.29% | +0.6084% |
| 2004 | 4.68% | -1.83% |
| 2003 | 6.51% | -2.13% |
| 2002 | 8.63% | -3.24% |
| 2001 | 11.87% | +0.3336% |
| 2000 | 11.54% | -7.25% |
| 1999 | 18.79% | -0.2134% |
| 1998 | 19% | -2.21% |
| 1997 | 21.22% | +3.58% |
| 1996 | 17.63% | +2.94% |
| 1995 | 14.69% | +0.6935% |
| 1994 | 14% | +19.95% |
| 1993 | -5.95% | +3.56% |
| 1992 | -9.51% | -0.9383% |
| 1991 | -8.57% | -12.88% |
| 1990 | 4.3% | -7.13% |
| 1989 | 11.43% | -0.2881% |
| 1988 | 11.72% | -1.47% |
| 1987 | 13.2% | +12.82% |
| 1986 | 0.3775% | +3.19% |
| 1985 | -2.81% | +9.98% |
| 1984 | -12.79% | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0073% | -7.49% |
| 1982 | 7.5% | +0.351% |
| 1981 | 7.15% | +9.39% |
| 1980 | -2.24% | -0.5822% |
| 1979 | -1.66% | +8.52% |
| 1978 | -10.18% | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 1.22% | -1.15% |
| 1976 | 2.36% | — |
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Jamaica's real interest rate is 7% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 6.8% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 21.22% (1997); the lowest is -12.79% (1984), across data from 1976 to 2025.
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