PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Jamaica | ||
| What is the capital city of Jamaica ? | Kingston |  |
| What is the total area of Jamaica ? (km2) | 10.991 | |
| What is the population in Jamaica ? (2020) | 2.961.167 | |
| What is the median age in Jamaica ? | 31 | |
| What is the iso country code for Jamaica ? (2lt) | JM | |
| What is the iso country code for Jamaica ? (3lt) | JAM | |
| What continent is Jamaica in ? | North & Central America | |
| What currency is used in Jamaica ? | Jamaican Dollar | |
| What is the currency code for Jamaica ? | JMD | |
| What is the tel code for Jamaica ? | +1 876 | |
| What language use in Jamaica ? | English (jamaican Eng.) | |
| What is the language code for English (jamaican Eng.) ? | EN | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Jamaica ? | .jm | |
| Where is the highest place in Jamaica ? | Blue Mountain Peak (2256 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Jamaica ? | Caribbean Sea (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Jamaica | |
 Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 11,3 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 17,46 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 5 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 18 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 140,5 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 35,1 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 13,6 |
| Tax payments (number) | 11 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 8,1 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 13,4 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 268 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 2 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 2 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 2 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 3 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 3 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 3 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 4,2 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 4,2 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 8 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 19 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 550 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 9 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 1,1 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 56 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 80 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 472.801.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 2.102.300 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 470.699.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 117.477.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 95.339.400 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 311.893.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 902.172.000 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 90 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 906 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 47 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 57,7 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 90 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 876 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 95 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 52,6 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 8 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 71 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 4 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 69,68 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 22.137.800 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 261.316.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 156.803.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 261.316.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 261.316.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 104.513.000 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 139.232.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 37.701.200 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 101.530.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 270.352.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 173.806.000 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,524 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,988 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,537 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,348 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 20,515 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,53 |
| Labor force, total | 1.514.940 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 45,7906 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,211 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,96 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 81,9876 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,638 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,739 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 78,194 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,352 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,698 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,605 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 36,598 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,943 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 54,403 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 85,047 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 409.584.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 466.630.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 876.214.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 96.546.100 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 15,657 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,287 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,019 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 18.143,6 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,924 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,574 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,366 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,79 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,8 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,093 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 35,641 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,744 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 30,457 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,81 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 68,791 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,036 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,21 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,2 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 32,907 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,569 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,455 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,451 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 30,382 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 35,455 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,058 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,4 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 22,309 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,934 |
| Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) | 4,97779 |
| Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) | 4,76891 |
| Stocks traded, total value (current US$) | 784.870.000 |
| Listed domestic companies, total | 87 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) | 95,8038 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) | 15.767.400.000 |
| S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change) | 26,8414 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 15,6407 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 2.574.160.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 4,0431 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 665.416.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 2,70986 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 445.991.000 |