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Key facts

  • Currency: Jamaican dollar
  • Capital city: Kingston
  • Region: Caribbean
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 10,830 km²
  • Population: 2,827,377
  • Political Leader: Andrew Holness (Prime Minister)

Latest news

Jamaica condemns Frank Hester's Diane Abbott comments amid concern over contract

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-26

Panama vs. Jamaica odds, picks, how to watch, stream: Mar. 24, 2024 Concacaf Nations League score prediction

Read: CBS

2024-03-24

USMNT rallies from the brink to stun Jamaica in Nations League semis

Read: The Washington Post

2024-03-21

USMNT survives to beat Jamaica in ET, reach final

Read: ESPN

2024-03-21

USMNT vs. Jamaica live stream: How to watch Concacaf Nations League online, TV channel, odds, prediction

Read: CBS

2024-03-21

USA vs. Jamaica Livestream: How to Watch CONCACAF Nations League Semifinal Soccer From Anywhere

Read: CNET News

2024-03-21

Follow live: USMNT takes on Jamaica in the semifinals of the Concacaf Nations League

Read: ESPN

2024-03-21

Metrics

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 5.50 % 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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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 3 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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