97%Population: 2.715 million
GNI PPP Per Capita: $8,640
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 48%
Women as % of Parliament: 13%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 2.9
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 68%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel: 97%
CPIA Gender Equality Rating: No data available
Big Mac Index: $2.70
Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -4.2%
Human Development Index: .738
Technology Index: 4.12
Average Years of School for Adults: 5.3
Education Spending (as % of GDP): 6.1%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 21
Teachers as % of Labor Force: no data available
Expenditure Per Capita: $305
Hospital Beds Per 1000: 1.7
Physicians Per 1000: .85
Televisions (total number): 460,000
Per Capita Televisions: .17
% of GDP as Industry: 21.4
Total Labor Force: 1.308 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 19%
Unemployment Rate: 14%
Public Debt % of GDP: 122.5%
Inflation Rate: 4.2%
Industries: tourism, bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
Value of Exports: $1.192 billion
Export Commodities: alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, apparel, mineral fuels
Export Partners and %: US 39.5%, Canada 15.3%, Netherlands 5.7%, UK 5.2%, Russia 5.1%, Iceland 4.4% (2014)
Value of Imports: $4.056 billion
Import Commodities: food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials
Import Partners and %: US 39.3%, Venezuela 11.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.2%, China 6.8%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 116.8 Jamaican Dollars
Electricity Production: 4.041 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 3.008 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 91.7% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 2.5% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 5.9% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 24,640 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 53,000 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 0 cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 250,000
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 2.9 million
# of Internet Hosts: 3,906
# of Internet Users: 1.5 million
# of Airports (total): 28
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 11
# of km of Roadways (total): 22,121 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 16,148 km
# km of Waterways: No data available
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point
GNI PPP Per Capita: $8,640
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 48%
Women as % of Parliament: 13%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 2.9
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 68%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel: 97%
CPIA Gender Equality Rating: No data available
Big Mac Index: $2.70
Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -4.2%
Human Development Index: .738
Technology Index: 4.12
Average Years of School for Adults: 5.3
Education Spending (as % of GDP): 6.1%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 21
Teachers as % of Labor Force: no data available
Expenditure Per Capita: $305
Hospital Beds Per 1000: 1.7
Physicians Per 1000: .85
Televisions (total number): 460,000
Per Capita Televisions: .17
% of GDP as Industry: 21.4
Total Labor Force: 1.308 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 19%
Unemployment Rate: 14%
Public Debt % of GDP: 122.5%
Inflation Rate: 4.2%
Industries: tourism, bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
Value of Exports: $1.192 billion
Export Commodities: alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, apparel, mineral fuels
Export Partners and %: US 39.5%, Canada 15.3%, Netherlands 5.7%, UK 5.2%, Russia 5.1%, Iceland 4.4% (2014)
Value of Imports: $4.056 billion
Import Commodities: food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials
Import Partners and %: US 39.3%, Venezuela 11.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.2%, China 6.8%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 116.8 Jamaican Dollars
Electricity Production: 4.041 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 3.008 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 91.7% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 2.5% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 5.9% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 24,640 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 53,000 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 0 cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 250,000
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 2.9 million
# of Internet Hosts: 3,906
# of Internet Users: 1.5 million
# of Airports (total): 28
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 11
# of km of Roadways (total): 22,121 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 16,148 km
# km of Waterways: No data available
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point