Dollar: The Jamaican Currency

Exchange rate history 1 USD in JMDs

The graph shown here illustrates the exchange rate development from February 2016 to February 2026. During this period, the exchange rate for 1 USD moved from 121.55 to 155.86 Jamaica dollars. In these 121 months it rose by 28.2 percent.

Over the past week, the closing price fluctuated between 155.63 and 156.42 JMDs.

› Inflation development in Jamaica

Exchange rates to other currencies

1 Euro=183.4018 J$
1 Canadian dollar=113.8293 J$
1 Australian dollar=109.8412 J$
1 Sterling pounds=210.1304 J$
1 Mexican peso=9.0613 J$
1 Brazilian real=29.8904 J$
1 Chinese yuán=22.5603 J$
1 Japanese yen=1.0042 J$
1 Indian rupee=1.7138 J$
100 J$=0.5453 Euro
100 J$=0.8785 Canadian dollar
100 J$=0.9104 Australian dollar
100 J$=0.4759 Sterling pounds
100 J$=11.0360 Mexican peso
100 J$=3.3456 Brazilian real
100 J$=4.4326 Chinese yuán
100 J$=99.5792 Japanese yen
100 J$=58.3503 Indian rupees

Currency reserves for the Jamaica dollar

According to the International Monetary Fund, the total broad money (M3) amounted to JMD 2.102 trillion at the end of 2024. For currency hedging, reserves were held in a total amount of 881.21 billion dollars. This corresponds to a ratio of 1:2.4. Or in other words, 10 of 24 dollars are deposited with a countervalue in gold, which is internationally already above average.

All currency reserves are only held as foreign currencies, special drawing rights in the International Monetary Fund and other reserve positions. There are no governmental gold stocks.

› Worldwide currency and gold reserves

Sources

All conversion rates are based on data from the European Central Bank.Data on currency and gold reserves are from the International Monetary Fund.

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