Jamaica recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 0.10 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Budget in Jamaica averaged -2.53 percent of GDP from 2000 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 0.70 percent of GDP in 2000 and a record low of -6.72 percent of GDP in 2009.
Government Budget in Jamaica is expected to be 0.30 percent of GDP by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Jamaica Government Budget is projected to trend around 0.40 percent of GDP in 2020, according to our econometric models.