International Rankings of Jamaica 2024, 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	41	13.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	101	385603	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	82.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	129	2.296 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	17.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	99	446831	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	103.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	142	2.905 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	123	4.564 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	119	4.029 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	26	0.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	67	125.275 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	106	13.876 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	41	150.79	N/A
Exports	136	4.385 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	127	15.847 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	116	30.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	95	13.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	29	81.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	100	47.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	80	21.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	94	7.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	113	21.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	52	71.90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	78	35 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	65	29.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	128	7.414 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	124	2.38 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	53	5.86 %	2021
Labor force	135	1.418 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	107	17 %	2016
Public debt	18	106.28 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	143	27.136 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	96	4.60 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	122	9600 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	7	25	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	103	4.838 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	42	25.71 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	73	9.18 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	51	31.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	50	22.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	48	26.10 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	109	177000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	104	549000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	95	9.276 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	107	10.002 million	2019
Coal - consumption	106	61000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	87	82000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	138	3.051 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	131	1.216 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	109	1.149 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	45	87.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	116	4.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	37	6.80 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	101	49.700 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	98	693.422 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	67	667.115 million cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	66	20100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	98	61100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	94	3000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	111	823 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	102	30580 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	89	24250 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	107	8 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	157	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	107	15 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	88	41	2018
Land use - arable land	90	11	2018
Land use - forest	98	31	2018
Land use - permanent crops	32	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	138	10.820 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	119	110.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	46	1.100 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	100	140.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.79	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	105	57	2023
Geography
Area - land	165	10831 sq km	N/A
Area - total	169	10991 sq km	N/A
Area - water	133	160 sq km	N/A
Coastline	84	1022 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	93	2256 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	150	18 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	125	250 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	88	41	2018
Land use - arable land	90	11	2018
Land use - forest	98	31	2018
Land use - permanent crops	32	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	21	2018
Population Density	51	260.45 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	36	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	101	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	59	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	95	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	88	15.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	74	3 %	1819
Current health expenditure	52	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	160	33 %	2023
Death rate	54	7.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	85	13.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	88	7.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	170	38.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	16	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	78	6 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	71	4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	49	2 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	26	6 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	70	1.00 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	111	9.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	111	12.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	111	10.90 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	67	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	69	76 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	47	93 %	2015
Literacy - male	64	84 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	56	89 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	66	99.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	95	31 years	N/A
Median age - male	95	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	88	31 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	66	21	2008
Net migration rate	111	7.40 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	47	24.70 %	2016
Physicians density	129	0.53 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	140	2.821 million	2023
Population growth rate	145	0.09 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	14	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	114	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	110	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.91 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	87	2.05 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.79	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	105	57	2023
Transportation
Airports	107	20	2024
Heliports	64	2	2024
Merchant marine - total	113	40	2023

*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.

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