# Jamaica Government Budget Balance

Jamaica Government Budget Balance was 0.2% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2023.

- Source agency: Jamaica Ministry of Finance and the Public Service
- Makrognosis code: `JM.BUDGET.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2020-03-01 to 2025-03-01 (6 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/jamaica/government-budget-balance

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | −3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JM.BUDGET.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/JM.BUDGET.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```