International Rankings of Jamaica 2021, country comparisons

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	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	11.3	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	104	317907	0
Internet users - percent of population	127	55.07 %	2018
Internet users - total	129	1.549 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	104	14.15	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	102	398048	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	110	107.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	139	3.024 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	124	4.314 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	114	4.382 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	26	0.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	89	53.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	54	69.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	4	97.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	109	61.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	126	15.847 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	112	30.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	95	13.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	29	81.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	98	47.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	79	21.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	94	7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	112	21.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	48	71.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	64	29.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	78	0.9 %	2017
Labor force	138	1.113 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	79	16.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	89	16 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	54	67.9 %	2017
Population below poverty line	104	17.1	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	139	28.779 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	117	9762 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	71	29.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	111	8.900 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	61	24360	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	137	2.847 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	16	83	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	66	3	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	26	15	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	126	1.078 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	126	4.007 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	97	198.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	70	198.200 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	97	55000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	109	823 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	100	30580 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	87	24250 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	106	8.23 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	155	1.08 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	139	13.25 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	86	41.4	2018
Land use - arable land	89	11.1	2018
Land use - forest	96	31.1	2018
Land use - other	87	27.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	32	9.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	70	21.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	81	0.15 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	135	10.823 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	127	114.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	48	1.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	124	140.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	123	0.79	2025
Urbanization - urban population	109	56.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	162	10831 sq km	0
Area - total	164	10991 sq km	0
Area - water	105	160166 sq km	0
Coastline	82	1022 km	0
Elevation - highest point	86	2256 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	148	18 meters	0
Irrigated land	118	250 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	86	41.4	2018
Land use - arable land	89	11.1	2018
Land use - forest	96	31.1	2018
Land use - other	87	27.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	32	9.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	70	21.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	134	10.823 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	68	17.95 %	8927
Age structure - 25-54 years	134	38.06 %	0410
Age structure - 55-64 years	97	9.63 %	6442
Birth rate	100	16.03 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	50	6.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	90	7.42 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	68	13.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	85	7.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	115	48 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	100	34.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	78	7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	74	4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	1.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	27	5.2 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	24	1.4	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	41	1000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	56	32000	2020
Hospital bed density	52	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	119	10.06 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	124	12.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	123	11.42 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	105	77.35 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	88	73.71 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	102	75.49 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	71	80	2017
Median age - female	93	30.1 years	2020
Median age - male	90	28.6 years	0
Median age - total	89	29.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	62	21.2	2008
Net migration rate	173	7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	47	24.7 %	2016
Physicians density	97	1.31 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	138	2.817 million	2021
Population growth rate	140	0.06 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	15	98.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	118	0.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	106	1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	1.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	31	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	81	2.06 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	53	25.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	60	16.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	54	20.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	123	0.79	2025
Urbanization - urban population	109	56.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	96	28	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	80	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	60	16148 km	2011
Roadways - total	88	22121 km	44
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Jamaica on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.