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Human development index — Jamaica

Human development index in Jamaica in 2023 — 0.72 index. Ranked 117 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 8.8%.

2023 0.72 index +0.28% vs 2022
World rank 117of 193
Period maximum 0.72 index2023
Period minimum 0.659 index2000

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Jamaica, 1990–20230.640.660.680.70.721990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.662 index1991: 0.662 index1992: 0.664 index1993: 0.664 index1994: 0.664 index1995: 0.665 index1996: 0.664 index1997: 0.663 index1998: 0.662 index1999: 0.662 index2000: 0.659 index2001: 0.668 index2002: 0.672 index2003: 0.668 index2004: 0.684 index2005: 0.687 index2006: 0.696 index2007: 0.704 index2008: 0.711 index2009: 0.711 index2010: 0.708 index2011: 0.711 index2012: 0.711 index2013: 0.711 index2014: 0.712 index2015: 0.713 index2016: 0.714 index2017: 0.715 index2018: 0.715 index2019: 0.716 index2020: 0.711 index2021: 0.703 index2022: 0.718 index2023: 0.72 index
Change over the period: +0.058 (+8.76%) Average annual rate: 0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 0.72 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.72 +0.002 +0.28%
2022 0.718 +0.015 +2.13%
2021 0.703 −0.008 −1.13%
2020 0.711 −0.005 −0.7%
2019 0.716 +0.001 +0.14%
2018 0.715 +0 +0%
2017 0.715 +0.001 +0.14%
2016 0.714 +0.001 +0.14%
2015 0.713 +0.001 +0.14%
2014 0.712 +0.001 +0.14%
2013 0.711 +0 +0%
2012 0.711 +0 +0%
2011 0.711 +0.003 +0.42%
2010 0.708 −0.003 −0.42%
2009 0.711 +0 +0%
2008 0.711 +0.007 +0.99%
2007 0.704 +0.008 +1.15%
2006 0.696 +0.009 +1.31%
2005 0.687 +0.003 +0.44%
2004 0.684 +0.016 +2.4%
2003 0.668 −0.004 −0.6%
2002 0.672 +0.004 +0.6%
2001 0.668 +0.009 +1.37%
2000 0.659 −0.003 −0.45%
1999 0.662 +0 +0%
1998 0.662 −0.001 −0.15%
1997 0.663 −0.001 −0.15%
1996 0.664 −0.001 −0.15%
1995 0.665 +0.001 +0.15%
1994 0.664 +0 +0%
1993 0.664 +0 +0%
1992 0.664 +0.002 +0.3%
1991 0.662 +0 +0%
1990 0.662 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.84 BS Bahamas 0.82 BB Barbados 0.811 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798 GD Grenada 0.791 DO Dominican Republic 0.776 CU Cuba 0.762 DM Dominica 0.761 LC Saint Lucia 0.748 JM Jamaica 0.72 HT Haiti 0.554
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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