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: