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 129 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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Kingston: Monthly Rainfall
Jamaica Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€17,858M
Annual GDP [+]2023$19,315M
GDP per capita [+]2023€6,289
GDP per capita [+]2023$6,802
Debt (M.€.) [+]202412,968
Debt ($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 ($M) [+]20246,729.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,009.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,092.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20235.66%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022962.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20221,013.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202218.96%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023218.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023236.5
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20234.06%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202433.18%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€2,190
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$2,370
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023€356
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023$385
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€339
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$357
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€77
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$83
Moody's Rating [+]10/18/2023B1
S&P Rating [+]09/24/2024BB-
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) [+]202229.3%
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 [+]202310.91%
Imports [+]2023€7,267.0M
Imports [+]2023$7,857.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202340.69%
Trade balance [+]2023€-5,318.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-5,750.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-29.78%
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 [+]202116.7%
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 [+]20231,400
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202349.30
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.34
Consumption GWh [+]20233,301
Generation GWh [+]20234,482
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20243,611
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024157,181
Fully vaccinated [+]10/03/2023760,132
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,271.57
Doses administered [+]10/03/20231,528,445