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Jamaica

Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle incomeCapital: Kingston219,450 observations
Population
2.84M
world rank #140 / 217
GDP
22.7B
world rank #123 / 186
GDP / capita
11,357.9
world rank #117 / 185
Life expectancy
71.6
world rank #142 / 217

Governance

591 indicators
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile45.9#91Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile54.7#89Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile74#75Rule of Law0-100 percentile55.6#101
World Bank (WGI) CC BY 4.0World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0Our World in Data CC BY 4.0 · updated 2025

Economy

1,733 indicators
GDPcurrent US$22.7B#123GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $11,357.9#117GDP growth%0.08%#176Inflation%4%#115
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0Our World in Data CC BY 4.0UNDP (HDRO) CC BY 3.0 IGOILOSTAT CC BY 4.0Penn World Table CC BY 4.0 · updated 2026

Trade

124 indicators
Merchandise exportscurrent US$1.69B#149Merchandise importscurrent US$7.68B#127
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0 · updated 2025

Health

1,513 indicators
Life expectancyyears71.6#142Infant mortalityper 1k births16.4#79Maternal mortalityper 100k130#66Health spending% GDP7.6%#68
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0Our World in Data CC BY 4.0UNICEF CC BY 3.0 IGO · updated 2024

Education

3,118 indicators
Secondary enrollment% gross84.5%#82Education spending% GDP5.5%#10Adult literacy%79.9%#6Primary enrollment% gross97.3%#84
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0UNDP (HDRO) CC BY 3.0 IGO · updated 2024

Demography

420 indicators
Populationpeople2.84M#140Population growth%-0.07%#177Urban population%59.4%#118Fertility ratebirths/woman1.4#174
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0UN WPP CC BY 3.0 IGO · updated 2025

Climate

277 indicators
Electricity access% pop97.7%#14Renewable energy share%10.5%#128Forest area% land56.2%#36Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,204.7#102
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0Our World in Data CC BY 4.0Ember CC BY 4.0Climate Watch CC BY 4.0 · updated 2024

Energy

210 indicators
Electricity access, rural% rural pop95.7%#17Electricity access, urban% urban pop99.1%#9Energy use per capitakg oil eq.934.9#95Electricity from coal% of output0%#1
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0 · updated 2024

Environment

375 indicators
Terrestrial protected areas% land area19.9%#74Freshwater withdrawals% internal resources12.4%#99Capture fisheries productiontonnes12,769.8#141
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0 · updated 2025

Agriculture

306 indicators
Agricultural land% land area38.5%#102Cereal yieldkg per hectare1,140.4#154Aquaculture productiontonnes675#138Food production index2014-16 = 100113.3#67
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0 · updated 2024

Technology

94 indicators
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 people117.7#82Secure internet serversper 1M people192#151Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 people16#50
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0 · updated 2024

Society

2,236 indicators
Gini indexindex39.9#52Extreme poverty% pop1.4%#12Internet users% pop90.1%#53Homicide rateper 100k49.4#81
World Bank (WDI) CC BY 4.0Our World in Data CC BY 4.0UNDP (HDRO) CC BY 3.0 IGOILOSTAT CC BY 4.0World Bank (PIP) CC BY 4.0UNHCR CC BY 4.0 · updated 2026

Risk

368 indicators
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0#1INFORM risk score0-103.8#27Hazard & exposure0-104.1#35Vulnerability0-103.7#26
Our World in Data CC BY 4.0EC JRC (INFORM) CC BY 4.0UCDP CC BY 4.0 · updated 2026

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