GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

This table lists the international rankings of Jamaica in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Jamaica can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	3,906	149	2012
Internet users	1,581,000	80	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	265,000	120	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	2,665,000	132	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$4,088,000,000	124	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$3,826,000,000	119	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-1.80	53	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	2	53	31 Dec 2010 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	17.63	24	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$1,583,000,000	132	2013 est.
Debt - external	$13,820,000,000	90	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	45.5	36	2004
Exports	$1,775,000,000	144	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	34.50	98	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	15.70	68	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	86.60	20	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-58.40	114	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	21.20	74	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.50	37	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	6.50	95	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	29.40	74	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	64.10	80	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$14,390,000,000	126	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$9,000	108	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$25,130,000,000	126	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	0.40	74	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	10.80	105	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	35.80	37	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.10	27	2004
Imports	$5,559,000,000	124	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	1.50	62	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	9.40	16	2013 est.
Labor force	1,261,000	138	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	17.00	68	2006
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	19.00	64	2006
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	64.00	55	2006
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 7,223,000,000	74	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	16.50	94	2009 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	123.60	8	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$1,900,000,000	123	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 5,928,000,000	124	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$7,197,000,000	103	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,671,000,000	132	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	26.6	100	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	16.30	47	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	9,557,000	101	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	22,940	66	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	2,120	103	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	3,066,000,000	130	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	94.8	21	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2.1	124	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	3.0	53	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,175,000	122	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	3,957,000,000	124	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1,046.40	138	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	78,520	87	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	32,920	88	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	23,120	89	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,022	89	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2256	111	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	369.9	82	2009
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.93	109	2009
Irrigated land (sq km)	252	125	2003
Land Area - sq km	10,831.00	165	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	10.92	96	2011
Land use - other (%)	79.98	136	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	9.10	35	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	270.52	47	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	10,991.00	168	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	9.40	136	2011
Water Area - sq km	160	132	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	742,958	126	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	726,263	136	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	596,414	135	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	590,673	136	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	32,702	118	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	33,369	119	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.86	85	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	409,651	129	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	423,855	130	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	28.40	68	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	316,773	126	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	319,291	129	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	21.70	9	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	542,015	141	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	525,288	143	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	36.40	94	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	84,562	143	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	79,875	142	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	5.60	81	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	126,363	133	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	102,377	134	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	7.70	73	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	18.41	100	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	6.00	39	2005 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	38,516	82	2005 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	3.20	87	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	69.00	37	2002/03
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.67	133	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	12.20	60	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	8.20	89	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	52.60	88	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	40.50	91	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	88.8	48	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	93.1	47	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	97.1	28	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	11.2	85	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	6.9	78	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	2.9	68	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.10	22	2012
Health expenditures	5.20	62	2010
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	1.70	26	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1,300	56	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	28,400	72	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.80	57	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	13.08	109	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	14.27	121	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	13.69	114	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	75.17	133	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	71.87	101	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	73.48	113	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	91.80	46	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	82.10	78	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	87.00	66	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	110.00	45	2010
Median age - female (years)	25.40	105	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	24.40	112	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	24.90	102	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.20	56	2008 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-4.83	148	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	24.10	54	2008
Physicians density	0.41	113	2008
Population	2,930,050	140	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.69	113	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	82.2	55	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	17.8	100	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	80.2	68	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	19.8	81	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	78.4	78	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	21.6	61	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	12	10	2002
School life expectancy - male (years)	12	9	2002
School life expectancy - total (years)	12	9	2002
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	29	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.81	30	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.98	24	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.05	94	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	43	16	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	27	24	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	34	18	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	0.51	144	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	52	104	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	28	94	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	11	68	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	17	84	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	14	90	2010
Roadways (km)	22,121	104	2011

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