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Windrush scandal victim dies months after quitting UK for 'fresh start' in Jamaica
Read: Independent
2024-04-16
'Jamaica is one of the only countries to have halved its debt, in just 10 years'
Read: Le Monde
2024-04-03
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General information
Business
| Central government debt | 106.28 % of GDP |
| Expense | 29.83 % of GDP |
| GDP | 17,097,800,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 10.35 annual % |
| Self-employed | 38.18 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 25.71 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 5.38 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 33.99 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 4,170.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.57 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 5,835.60 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 3.13 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 89.74 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 7.13 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 82.04 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman |
| Forest area | 6,007 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 80.97 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -926.58 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 27.30 years |
| Methane emissions | 825.93 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 409.69 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 1,424,998 |
| Male Population | 1,402,379 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 11.43 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 10,006.20 km² |
| Rural population | 1,215,546 |
| Urban land area | 1,022.33 km² |
| Urban population | 1,611,831 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 7.33 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 11.71 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 8.80 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 325.72 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 6.61 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.50 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 1.72 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 70 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 2.40 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 82.36 % of population |
| Net migration | -10,999 |
| Press freedom | 7.03 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 6,000 |
| Democracy score | 7.02 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 1.31 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 28.57 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
