Country
Jamaica
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Kingston
- ISO code
- JM · JAM
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 2.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 11,358 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 71.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 2.8M 2025 140th of 214
- Population density 262 people/km² 2024 47th of 212
- Population growth -0.07 % per year 2025 175th of 214
- Natural increase 3.5 per 1,000 people 2023 137th of 228
- Net migration -3.9 per 1,000 people 2025 183rd of 214
- Fertility rate 1.35 births per woman 2024 184th of 214
- Urban population 59.4 % 2025 127th of 214
- Median age 31.7 years 2023 117th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 8.6 % 2025 109th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 11.7 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 116th of 214
- Children under 15 18.3 % 2025 136th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 71.6 years 2024 140th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 74.1 years 2024 139th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 69.1 years 2024 138th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.1 years 2024 98th of 214
- Infant mortality 16.4 per 1,000 births 2024 76th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 17.8 per 1,000 births 2024 80th of 195
- Maternal mortality 130 per 100,000 births 2023 55th of 193
- Health spending per person 520 USD 2023 86th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 869 $ (PPP) 2023 109th of 191
- Physicians 0.46 per 1,000 people 2023 132nd of 179
- Hospital beds 1.6 per 1,000 people 2023 98th of 150
- Measles immunization 94 % 2024 67th of 191
- Undernourishment 8.0 % 2024 62nd of 165
- Tobacco use 11.5 % 2024 122nd of 165
- Calorie supply 2,892 kcal per day 2023 101st of 175
- Meat supply 67.0 kg per person per year 2023 69th of 175
Economy
- GDP 22.7B USD 2025 123rd of 185
- GDP per capita 8,003 USD 2025 92nd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 11,358 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 117th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 7,482 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 109th of 165
- GDP growth 0.1 % 2025 175th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.2 % 2025 158th of 185
- Inflation 4.0 % 2025 52nd of 169
- Unemployment 3.3 % 2025 132nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 10.8 % 2025 102nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 19.7 % 2023 59th of 150
- Income inequality (Gini) 39.9 2021 38th of 151
- Extreme poverty 1.4 % 2021 81st of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 8.0 % of GDP 2024 80th of 187
- Women in the labour force 63.0 % 2025 29th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.720 2023 117th of 192
- Literacy rate 79.9 % 1999 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 5.4 % of GDP 2022 35th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 85 % 2023 102nd of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 26 % 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 81 % 2023 108th of 135
- Women in parliament 30.2 % 2025 74th of 183
- Homicide rate 47.1 per 100,000 people 2020 2nd of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 90 % 2024 55th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 115 per 100 people 2023 97th of 172
- Fixed broadband 15.8 per 100 people 2023 86th of 169
- Access to electricity 97.7 % 2024 140th of 212
- Safely managed sanitation 74 % 2024 60th of 140
- Research and development 0.06 % of GDP 2002 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 8.1 Mt CO₂ 2024 119th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.8 t CO₂ 2024 95th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.96 t CO₂ 2024 112th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.5 Gt CO₂ 2024 104th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.3 t CO₂e 2024 114th of 201
- Forest area 56.5 % of land 2024 42nd of 208
- Water stress 12 % 2022 82nd of 176
- Arable land 11.5 % of land 2024 88th of 205
- Renewable energy 10.5 % of final energy 2021 144th of 210
- Renewable electricity 12.6 % of electricity 2024 141st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 5.9 % of electricity 2024 43rd of 193
- Electricity from solar 3.0 % of electricity 2024 99th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 562 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 64th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,733 kWh 2024 114th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 21.7 µg/m³ 2023 76th of 199
Jamaica on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldJamaican dollar (JMD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−5Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 110 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 7 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)