Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Grenada

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

St. Lucia

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Cuba

Martinique (France)

Caribbean

France

Europe

French Guiana (France)

Belize

Guyana

Suriname

Latin America

Guadeloupe (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Curaçao (Neth.)

None

Predominant Caribbean languages: Spanish (orange) in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. English (yellow) in Jamaica, Bahamas, in smaller islands. French (lavender) in Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. Dutch (mint green) in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten.

Languages of the Caribbean. The displayed areas indicate predominance, not exclusivity.

Caribbean Languages

nature

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Romania

Serbia

Ukraine

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Mauritania

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the total debt service of G N I. The highest debt service (over 20 percent) is shaded in dark blue in Zambia, around 23.1 percent. Lower levels (less than 5 percent) are shaded in light blue across Africa (Sudan) and Asia (India and China).

Costs of principal repayments and interest paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a percentage of total gross national income (GNI)

Caribbean Languages				Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)
Dutch	English	French	Spanish	Class	Rank	Percent of GNI

11.4%	93.4%	98.7%	99.5%



		9.48%
99.8%	99.7%	99.4%
89.2%		89.2%	97.4%