Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$1.767 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 113 $1.879 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$10.65 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 85 $9.657 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Exchange rates:

Jamaican dollars (JMD) per US dollar - 72.236 (2008 est.), 69.034 (2007), 65.768 (2006), 62.51 (2005), 61.197 (2004)

Communications ::Jamaica

Telephones - main lines in use:

316,600 (2008) country comparison to the world: 112

Telephones - mobile cellular: