Jamaica's total public debt is now US$14.6 billion or 70 per cent of GDP.
Of this amount, some $8.3 billion, or 62 per cent is owed to external sources.
Some US$2.8 billion is owed to multilateral agencies such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - the country's largest multilateral lender.
Jamaica owes the World Bank US$500 million; the IMF, US$528 million; and US$1.45 billion to the Inter-American Development Bank.
Meanwhile US$5 billion is owed to the international bond market and $617 million to other governments or bilateral sources.
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