Country profile
Jamaica
Americas · Capital: Kingston · Currency: Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Jamaica is a country in Americas, with its capital at Kingston. It has a GDP of $22.01B (2024), a population of 2.8M (2025), a GDP per capita of $7,754.
- GDP
- $22.01B
- GDP per capita
- $7,754
- Population
- 2.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $13,291
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2024 · #101 of 200
2025 · #140 of 216
2025 · #117 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $22.01B2024 · #125
- GDP per capita
- $7,7542024 · #101
- GDP growth
- -0.54%2024 · #183
- Inflation
- 5.41%2024 · #135
- Unemployment
- 3.29%2025 · #50
- Population
- 2.8M2025 · #140
- GDP (PPP)
- $37.71B2025 · #138
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $13,2912025 · #117
- Gini index
- 39.92021 · #119
- Government debt
- 65.8%2026 · #125
People
- Median age
- 30.9 yrs2024 · #130
- Fertility rate
- 1.4 children/woman2024 · #186
- Urbanization
- 59.4%2025 · #129
- Net migration
- −11,053/yr2025 · #154
- Life expectancy
- 71.6 yrs2024 · #141
- HDI
- 0.7202023 · #117
- Homicide rate
- 49.4 per 100k2023 · #174
Money
- Corporate tax
- 25-33.3%2024 · #75
- Top income tax
- 30%2024 · #86
Figures
- Internet users
- 90.1%2024 · #55
- CO₂ per capita
- 2.8 t2024 · #96
- Area
- 10,991 km²#167
- Population density
- 258 /km²2025 · #50
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 85 destinations2026 · #107
- Corruption index
- 44/1002024 · #75
- Military spending
- 1.3%2024 · #94
- Renewable energy
- 10.5%2021 · #144