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Jamaica — statistics

All indicators in the section for Jamaica — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

315 indicators Region: Latin America & Caribbean Subregion: Caribbean Income group: Upper middle income ISO: JAM
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 2.84M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 71.6 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 1.35 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 11.5 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8.2 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % -0.07 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 59.4 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.69M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 40.6 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 262.2 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 8.6 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 18.3 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 36.7 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -11,053 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.56 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.4M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.43M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 518,759 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 2.07M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 243,395 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 69.08 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 74.15 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 36.1 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 60.6 2022 UN DESA
Rural population people 1.15M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 2 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.1 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 28,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.57 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 64 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 8 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 20.2 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 16.4 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 17.8 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 130 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 1.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 68.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 16.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 9.2 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 15.1 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 502 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 35.9 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 2.3 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.1 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 61.7 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 200.2 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 121.8 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 60.5 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 23.67 2020 World Bank
Government revenue % 26.94 2020 World Bank
Government expense % 27.47 2020 World Bank
Budget balance % -1.5 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 14.84B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 2,291 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,140 2023 FAO
Food production index index 113.3 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 114.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 38.5 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 11.08 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0423 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 59.2 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 7.29 2010 FAO
Agricultural land km² 4,170 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 120,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 2,009 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 111.7 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 56.19 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 6,085 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 1.6 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 12.38 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 21.7 2023 WHO
Land area km² 10,830 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 10,990 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 11 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 3,812 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 1 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 0.9 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 9.15 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 10.5 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.121 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 42.7 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.002 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 180,951 2018 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 1,215 2018 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2019 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 2.35M 2024 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.5 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 90.11 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 117.7 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 15.98 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 15.99 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 192 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 2.43 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 128M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 3.34M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 453,746 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 49.44 2023 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 1,404 2023 UNODC
Homicides: male victims people 1,286 2023 UNODC
Homicides: female victims people 118 2023 UNODC
Homicides of men per 100,000 per 100k 91.55 2023 UNODC
Homicides of women per 100,000 per 100k 8.22 2023 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 124 2023 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 87 2023 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.72 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 1.013 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.358 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 44 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.53 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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