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JAM JM $ Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Every statistic we track for Jamaica — 97 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$13,897
75.5 yrs
6.30
0.68
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📈 Economy
| Bank Branches | 6.9 | #111/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -6% | #149/190 | 2026 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 156.4 | #46/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #131/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -4.9% | #142/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 23 | #129/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 38.3 | #141/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 8,356 | #101/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 7,482 | #109/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 13,897 | #121/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 2.2% | #111/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 65.8% | #59/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 7,535 | #97/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 7,535 | #97/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 6.1% | #36/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 10.5 | #98/130 | 2023 |
| Listed Companies | 101 | #39/70 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | -1.2% | #185/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #135/191 | 2026 |
| Stock Market Capitalisation | 56.5% | #21/70 | 2024 |
| Stocks Traded | 2.2% | #38/69 | 2024 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 20,019,224,153 | #143/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.4 | #187/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 33.3 | #120/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 2.8 | #141/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 2.8 | #134/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 261.6 | #59/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 2,642 | #88/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 58.9% | #127/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 97.7% | #147/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 90.1% | #55/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 105.8 | #124/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 33.7% | #36/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 4.4 | #104/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 1.8 | #82/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 7.8% | #63/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 46.3% | #18/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 18.3 | #74/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 75.5 | #71/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 76.2 | #59/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 1.7 | #171/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 11.9% | #126/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 7.7% | #63/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 74 | #89/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 5.7% | #17/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 10.1 | #66/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 377 | #66/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 410 | #53/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 403 | #62/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 2.8 | #96/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 935 | #95/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 12.6% | #141/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #47/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #37/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -0.1 | #86/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 44 | #74/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 44 | #72/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #25/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #31/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #27/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 1 | #147/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 80 | #68/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #18/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #14/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | 0.2 | #83/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #34/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #32/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 1.4% | #90/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #33/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #134/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 77.3 | #24/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #42/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | 0.5 | #59/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 75.9 | #26/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 30.1 | #11/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 17.8 | #51/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 1.1 | #94/193 | 2025 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 3.8 | #91/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 4 | #99/193 | 2025 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 6.3 | #49/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1 | #55/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.4 | #94/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #113/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.4 | #125/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #105/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.6 | #21/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.7 | #117/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 5.7% | #127/151 | 2017 |
| Individualism | 39 | #34/65 | 2010 |
| Masculinity | 68 | #10/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 45 | #47/65 | 2010 |
| Signed a Petition | 2.1% | #119/121 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.5 | #65/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.2 | #99/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.8 | #51/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.7 | #93/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 13 | #64/65 | 2010 |
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