Country profile · JAM
Jamaica
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 2.8M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.7%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 99 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.36
- Expected years of schooling
- 12.4 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 26%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 20% / 5%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.40
- Urban population
- 58%
- Employment in agriculture
- 15%
- Internet use
- 89%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.20%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 51.9 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 22%
- Women married before age 18
- 8%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 5.84
Religion
- Christianity77%
- No religion20%
- Other religions3%
Major cities
- Kingston
Common hazards
- Storms and typhoons
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- the United Kingdom
- Canada