Jamaica's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) was 31.05% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 26.17 percentage points from 4.88% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31.05% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 17.25% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.88% | 2011 |
| Highest | 31.05% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 1.09% | 2008 |
| Average since 2012 | 16.65% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 12.58% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Jamaica's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) rose 7.56 percentage points on 2020 (from 23.49% to 31.05%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.58 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.79 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.26 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 31.58% for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.9%, against 6.01% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2021, Jamaica had the 4th highest value of the 121 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Jamaica in the 2021 ranking
- Vanuatu — 1st of 121: 37.27%
- Bangladesh — 2nd of 121: 32.8%
- Singapore — 3rd of 121: 31.63%
- Nepal — 5th of 121: 26.12%
- Qatar — 6th of 121: 25.54%
- Mauritania — 7th of 121: 25.17%
What this measures
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 31.05 |
| 2020 | 23.49 |
| 2019 | 18.52 |
| 2018 | 18.34 |
| 2017 | 17.61 |
| 2016 | 17.25 |
| 2015 | 14.29 |
| 2014 | 10.27 |
| 2013 | 8.16 |
| 2012 | 7.49 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Jamaica
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$6.3 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$6.3 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current US$) — US$19.27 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current LCU) — 3.07 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$22.7 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 3.61 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$8,003 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 1.27 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$22.36 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 3.56 trillion (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?
- 31.05% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 18.48 percentage points from 12.58% in 1990. The highest value was 31.05% in 2021 and the lowest 1.09% in 2008.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNX.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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