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International Rankings of Jamaica - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 40 13 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 98 385603 2020
Internet users - percent of population 47 55 % 2019
Internet users - total 131 1.622 million 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 40 15 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 96 436249 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 78 97 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 139 2.873 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 122 4.314 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 112 4.382 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 23 0.5 % of GDP 0
Exports 65 N/A US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 124 15.847 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 108 30.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 90 13.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 28 81.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 94 47.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 77 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 90 7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 107 21.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 44 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 77 0.9 % 2017
Labor force 136 1.113 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 73 16.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 85 16 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 51 67.9 % 2017
Population below poverty line 100 17.1 2016
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 139 25.890 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 98 8700 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 67 29.7 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 45 26.7 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 50 19 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 44 22.4 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 104 177000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 102 549000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 93 9.276 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 101 61000 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 58 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 84 82000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 72 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 71 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 134 3.051 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 94 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 113 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 128 1.216 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 107 1.149 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 51 0.6 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 41 87.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 111 4 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 55 1.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 35 6.8 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 97 49.700 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 96 693.422 million cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - exports 55 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 65 667.115 million cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - production 94 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 90 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 70 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 64 20100 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 87 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 96 61100 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 89 3000 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 107 823 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 99 30580 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 85 24250 bbl/day 2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 104 8.23 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 151 1.08 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 136 13.25 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 83 41.4 2018
Land use - arable land 86 11.1 2018
Land use - forest 88 31.1 2018
Land use - other 82 27.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 30 9.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 67 21.1 2018
Revenue from coal 29 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 80 0.15 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 132 10.823 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 123 114.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 46 1.100 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 122 140.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 120 0.79 2025
Urbanization - urban population 96 57.4 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 118 N/A tons 2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 86 N/A % 2022
Geography
Area - land 155 10831 sq km 0
Area - total 157 10991 sq km 0
Area - water 102 160166 sq km 0
Coastline 76 1022 km 0
Elevation - highest point 87 2256 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 32 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 145 18 meters 0
Irrigated land 119 250 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 151 N/A km 2022
Land use - agricultural land 83 41.4 2018
Land use - arable land 86 11.1 2018
Land use - forest 88 31.1 2018
Land use - other 82 27.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 30 9.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 67 21.1 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 66 17.95 8927
Age structure - 25-54 years 127 38.06 0410
Age structure - 55-64 years 90 9.63 6442
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 99 1.19 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 38 0.35 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 56 1.66 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 92 3.46 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 69 0.25 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 98 15.91 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 69 4.4 % 2016
Contraceptive prevalence rate 125 N/A % 0
Current health expenditure 51 6.1 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 86 7.43 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 76 13.4 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 87 7.4 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 159 38 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 124 28 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 16 98.3 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 74 6.1 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 68 3.6 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 46 1.7 % of population 0
Education expenditures 24 6 % of GDP 2021
Hospital bed density 53 1.7 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 117 9.84 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 120 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 120 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 99 77.6 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 83 73.98 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 89 75.75 years 0
Literacy - female 44 93.1 % 2015
Literacy - male 64 84 % 0
Literacy - total population 54 88.7 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 70 80 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 89 30.1 years 2020
Median age - male 88 28.6 years 0
Median age - total 84 29.4 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 64 21.2 2008
Net migration rate 167 7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 44 24.7 % 2016
Physicians density 125 0.53 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 136 2.819 million 2022
Population growth rate 132 0.08 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 14 98.6 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 107 0.6 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 103 1.1 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 79 1.4 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 10 13 years 2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 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 20 1.03 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 27 0.94 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 23 0.98 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 22 0.75 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 19 0.98 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 77 3.8 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 114 15 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 100 9.4 % 2020
Total fertility rate 76 2.06 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 120 0.79 2025
Urbanization - urban population 96 57.4 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 45 26.7 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 50 19 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 44 22.4 0
Transportation
Airports 96 28 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 44 N/A 2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 36 2 0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 39 4 0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 26 N/A 2022
Airports - with paved runways - total 65 11 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 30 5 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 30 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 57 1 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 80 17 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 52 16 2021
Heliports 23 N/A 2022
Merchant marine - total 104 43 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 133 N/A 2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 153 N/A 2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 100 N/A 2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 28 N/A 2022
Railways - standard gauge 71 N/A 2022
Railways - total 128 N/A km 2022
Roadways - paved 59 16148 km 2011
Roadways - total 86 22121 km 2011
Waterways 105 N/A km 2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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