Jamaica's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) was 4.79% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.9 percentage points from 6.7% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.79% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 8.32% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.7% | 2015 |
| Highest | 25.06% | 1969 |
| Lowest | -28.33% | 2001 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.49% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 8.37% | 1961 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Jamaica's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) rose 0.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.25% to 4.79%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 35.7 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.98 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.19 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Jamaica had the 54th highest value of the 94 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 2025 ranking
What this measures
Claims on private sector include gross credit from the financial system to individuals, enterprises, nonfinancial public entities not included under net domestic credit, and financial institutions not included elsewhere. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money.
All 65 values
| Year | Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.79 |
| 2024 | 4.25 |
| 2023 | 7.95 |
| 2022 | 8.06 |
| 2021 | 6.07 |
| 2020 | 8.32 |
| 2019 | 13.32 |
| 2018 | 10.33 |
| 2017 | 23.48 |
| 2016 | 8.35 |
| 2015 |
Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 1.42% (2025)
- Argentina — 37.58% (2025)
- Aruba — 5.25% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 0.3% (2023)
- Barbados — 1.57% (2023)
- Belize — 4.59% (2025)
- Bolivia — 3.07% (2025)
- Brazil — 4.8% (2025)
- Chile — 2.05% (2025)
More financial sector data for Jamaica
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 45.67% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 2.02 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 45.82% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 2.38 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 65.77% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 2.37 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 233.16 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 4% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money)?
- 4.79% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is down 3.57 percentage points from 8.37% in 1961. The highest value was 25.06% in 1969 and the lowest -28.33% in 2001.
- How does Jamaica rank?
- 54th highest of 94 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) unusual for Jamaica?
- In 2025, Jamaica's claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) rose 0.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.25% to 4.79%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.PRVT.ZG.M3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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