Jamaica's net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$) was US$1.01 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 43.99% from US$701,425 in 2013 (3.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.01 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.24 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$701,425 | 2013 |
| Highest | US$2.1 million | 1994 |
| Lowest | US$20,000 | 1972 |
| Average since 2014 | US$1.01 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$40,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Jamaica's net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$) fell 1.3% on 2022 (from US$1.02 million to US$1.01 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +4% and a typical year strayed about 32% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 1,150% in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 88.9% in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Jamaica had the 102nd highest value of the 120 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | US$1.01 million | 2023 |
| World | US$901 million | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$26.75 million | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | US$53.29 million | 2023 |
Closest to Jamaica in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 51 values
| Year | Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,010,000 |
| 2022 | 1,023,000 |
| 2021 | 796,000 |
| 2020 | 892,000 |
| 2019 | 1,054,000 |
| 2018 | 1,240,027 |
| 2017 | 965,000 |
| 2016 | 884,758 |
| 2015 | 1,172,904 |
| 2014 | 1,065,915 |
| 2013 |
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$1.11 million (2023)
- Belize — US$958,000 (2023)
- Bolivia — US$1.31 million (2023)
- Brazil — US$1.12 million (2023)
- Chile — US$983,000 (2017)
- Colombia — US$1.28 million (2023)
- Costa Rica — US$776,000 (2023)
- Cuba — −US$6.72 million (2023)
- Dominican Republic — US$911,000 (2023)
More economic policy & debt data for Jamaica
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — 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$22.36 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 3.56 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$)?
- US$1.01 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 2,425% from US$40,000 in 1971 (6.41% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$2.1 million in 1994 and the lowest US$20,000 in 1972.
- How does Jamaica rank?
- 102nd highest of 120 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF (current US$) unusual for Jamaica?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.UNCF.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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