Jamaica
Jamaica in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Jamaica recorded GDP per capita: 8,003 (2025), ranking 113 of 212 worldwide; Population: 2.84 million (2025), ranking 140 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 71.6 (2024), ranking 142 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 4.00% (2025), ranking 62 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+3148%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-105%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 2.84 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 22,704,903,217.56 | 2025 | +3147.9% |
| GDP per capita | 8,002.92 | 2025 | +1788.9% |
| GDP growth | 0.08% | 2025 | -95.5% |
| Population | 2,837,077 | 2025 | +71.9% |
| Population growth | -0.07% | 2025 | -105.3% |
| Urban population | 59.43% | 2025 | +99.7% |
| Inflation | 4% | 2025 | +22.3% |
| Life expectancy | 71.61 | 2024 | +12.2% |
| Infant mortality | 16.4 | 2024 | -74.9% |
| Education spending | 5.51% | 2024 | +51.8% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.84 | 2024 | -33.7% |
| GDP (PPP) | 37,708,310,365.75 | 2025 | +210.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 13,291.25 | 2025 | +160.3% |
| Labor participation | 69.57% | 2025 | -2.3% |
| Unemployment | 3.29% | 2025 | -47.3% |
| Electricity access | 97.7% | 2024 | +38.9% |
| Internet users | 90.11% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 56.19% | 2023 | +16.7% |
| Health spending | 7.6% | 2023 | +27.2% |