Jamaica, is a country located at Caribbean, it has an area of 10,990 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Jamaica, with a population of 2,839,786 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 258 people per km2.

It's capital is Kingston and its currency is Jamaican dollars

Jamaica is holding the 125 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 12,968 millions of euros (14,032 millions of dollars), ( 69.18% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €4,567 euros per inhabitant$4,941 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Jamaica, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.706 points in 2022, leaving it in 115th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Jamaica are business, you must know it's in the 71th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Jamaica, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Jamaica Economy
Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]2024-0.5%
Annual GDP [+]2024€20,239M
Annual GDP [+]2024$21,900M
GDP per capita [+]2024€7,361
GDP per capita [+]2024$7,965
Debt (M.€.) [+]202412,968
Debt ($M) [+]202414,032
Debt (%GDP) [+]202469.18%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€4,567
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,941
Deficit (M.€) [+]202448
Deficit ($M) [+]202452
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20240.26%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20246,219.3
Expenditure ($M) [+]20246,729.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20241,116.0
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20241,071.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202417.87%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2023879.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2023950.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202315.86%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024257.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2024279.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20244.07%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202433.18%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€2,190
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$2,370
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2024€406
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2024$439
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€310
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$335
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€94
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$101
Moody's Rating [+]12/19/2025Ba3
S&P Rating [+]12/18/2025BB
Fitch Rating [+]04/10/2020B+
Corruption Index [+]202344
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201980º
Fragile States Index [+]202459.3
RTI Raking [+]202463º
Innovation Ranking [+]202479º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q15.8%
Unemployed [+]2024Q181K
NMW [+]2023$365.1
Human Capital Ranking [+]201783º
Business
Doing Business [+]202071º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20195,232
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20192.62
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201569.88
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202329.0%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201916.50%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202025.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20222,478,400
Exports [+]2023€1,948.7M
Exports [+]2023$2,107.2M
Exports % GDP [+]20239.90%
Imports [+]2023€7,267.0M
Imports [+]2023$7,857.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202336.90%
Trade balance [+]2023€-5,318.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-5,750.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-27.01%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023258
Global Peace Ranking [+]202491º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,521.8
% Immigrant [+]20200.86%
% Emigrant [+]202040.88%
Birth Rate [+]202311.62‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201742.4
Crude death rate [+]20238.08‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.36
% risk of poverty [+]20238.2%
Population [+]20232,839,786
Immigrant stock [+]202023,629
Emigrant stock [+]20201,118,931
HDI [+]20220.706
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202437º
Life expectancy [+]202371.48
Suicides [+]201540
Suicide rate [+]20151.48
Number of homicides [+]20231,404
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202349.44
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.34
Consumption GWh [+]20243,624
Generation GWh [+]20244,922
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]02/08/20263,634
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]02/08/2026157,664
Fully vaccinated [+]12/29/2023760,800
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]02/08/20261,279.67
Doses administered [+]12/29/20231,529,113