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Jamaica Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Jamaica.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $19.93B $19.42B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate -0.72% 2.6% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $5,312.4 $5,349.71 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $10,260 $10,332.06 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $15.08B $15.19B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 5.41% 6.47% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 4.88% 4.4% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 61.3% 61.17% Yearly 2024
Unemployment Rate 3.3% 3.7% Quarterly Q2 2025
Annual Exports $2B $1.9B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $7.59B $7.73B Yearly 2023
Exports (% GDP) 38.04% 38.56% Yearly 2019
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 0.83% 1.94% Yearly 2024
Imports (% GDP) 52.07% 51.41% Yearly 2019
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$2.4B -$2.59B Yearly 2024
Tariff Rate 9.72% 8.95% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 90.11% 89.98% Yearly 2019
Private Credit (% GDP) 49.85% 49.14% Yearly 2024
Gini Index 39.9 points 35.3 points Yearly 2021
Happiness Index 5.87 points 5.84 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 52.13 47.26 Yearly 2021
Population 2.84M 2.84M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 1.4% 0.4% Yearly 2021
Primary Enrollment Rate 84.46% 90.74% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 38.5% 38.5% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 7.65M tonnes 7.14M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 55.83% 55.47% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.11 points -0.02 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0.38 points 0.36 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 18.3 18.3 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 71.48 71.48 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.55 0.47 Yearly 2018
Electricity Access 97.7% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 83.4% 82.4% Yearly 2023
Visitor Arrivals 1.33M 4.23M Yearly 2020