🇯🇲 Jamaica
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Kingston
Money4.3 / 10
Safety0.4 / 10
Health3.9 / 10
Quality of life5.7 / 10
Passport4.8 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.3 / 10
GDP per capita, PPP$13,291128 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$7,790105 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth0.08 %195 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation4.0 %128 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.3 %50 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)39.9113 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2021
Central government debt97.9 % GDP56 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2020
Reserves$6B92 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power34.6112 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety0.4 / 10
Crime67.4140 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k49.4160 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health3.9 / 10
Life expectancy71.6 yr142 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100016.4118 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$52088 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending7.6 % GDP71 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10000.46141 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2023
Hospital beds per 10001.6103 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life5.7 / 10
Pollution65.669 of 115Numbeo
Purity11447 of 115Numbeo
Internet users90.1 %59 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending5.5 % GDP34 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Urban population59.4 %129 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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⇄Trade
Foreign direct investment$305,079,506130 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism1.3M ppl85 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population2.8M140 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth-0.07 %177 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.4187 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10011898 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity97.7 %143 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.8 t108 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy10.5 %144 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending1.3 % GDP57 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport4.8 / 10
No visa needed in advance86 of 198103 of 199
Visa free56 of 198
Visa on arrival26 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)4 of 198
E-visa37 of 198
Visa required75 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not