Panama’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Jamaica’s

Jamaica: 1,022 km (2026 edition) · Panama: 2,490 km (2026 edition)

Panama’s highest peak towers 1,219 m above Jamaica’s

Jamaica: 2,256 m (2026 edition) · Panama: 3,475 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Jamaica, versus 23% of Panama

Jamaica: 39% (2024) · Panama: 23.1% (2024)

Panama has 61% more people than Jamaica

Jamaica: 2.84 million (2025) · Panama: 4.57 million (2025)

Jamaica is 4.3 times as densely populated as Panama

Jamaica: 262 per km² (2025) · Panama: 62 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Jamaica is 2.1 years older than in Panama

Jamaica: 31.7 years (2023) · Panama: 29.6 years (2023)

Women in Panama have 0.8 more children on average than in Jamaica

Jamaica: 1.35 children per woman (2024) · Panama: 2.11 children per woman (2024)

9.7% of people in Panama are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 8.6% (2025) · Panama: 9.7% (2025)

Panama hosts 54 times as many refugees per resident as Jamaica

Jamaica: 0.011 per 1,000 (2022) · Panama: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Jamaica and Panama are practically level

Jamaica: 0 (2026) · Panama: 0 (2026)

Jamaica has 2 official languages, Panama 1

Jamaica: 2 (2026) · Panama: 1 (2026)

Panama’s economy is 4 times the size of Jamaica’s

Jamaica: $22.7 billion (2025) · Panama: $90.5 billion (2025)

Panama produces 3.3 times as much per person as Jamaica

Jamaica: Int$13,291 (2025) · Panama: Int$43,902 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Panama than in Jamaica (Gini 9.8 points higher)

Jamaica: 39.9 (2021) · Panama: 49.7 (2024)

3.1% of people in Panama live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 1.4% (2021) · Panama: 3.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.4% in Panama, versus 3.3% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 3.3% (2025) · Panama: 8.4% (2025)

Jamaica spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Panama 0%

Jamaica: 1.4% (2025) · Panama: 0% (2025)

Jamaica’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Panama’s 7.2%

Jamaica: 23.7% (2020) · Panama: 7.2% (2024)

Jamaica’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Panama’s

Jamaica: 60% (2025) · Panama: 45% (2025)

Panama spends 3 times as much on health per person as Jamaica

Jamaica: $520 (2023) · Panama: $1,558 (2023)

A baby in Jamaica is 37% more likely to die before turning one than in Panama

Jamaica: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Panama: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Panama has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Jamaica

Jamaica: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Panama: 1.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Panama has 18% more hospital beds per person than Jamaica

Jamaica: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Panama: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Panama is 2.3 times that in Jamaica

Jamaica: 2 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 4.6 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Panama are obese, versus 36% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 35.7% (2024) · Panama: 37.8% (2024)

12% of adults in Jamaica smoke, versus 4.8% in Panama

Jamaica: 11.5% (2024) · Panama: 4.8% (2024)

People in Panama rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Jamaica

Jamaica: 6.31 (2025) · Panama: 6.55 (2025)

Adults in Panama drink 65% more alcohol than in Jamaica

Jamaica: 4.4 litres (2023) · Panama: 7.2 litres (2023)

Panama has 17% more meat per person than Jamaica

Jamaica: 67 kg (2023) · Panama: 78 kg (2023)

Panama has 213 kcal more food per person per day than Jamaica

Jamaica: 2,892 kcal (2023) · Panama: 3,105 kcal (2023)

Jamaica: 1,963 hours (2023) · Panama: no data

Adults in Panama went to school 0.87 years longer than in Jamaica

Jamaica: 10 years (2023) · Panama: 10.8 years (2023)

Jamaica welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Panama (2019)

Jamaica: 0.87 (2022) · Panama: 0.34 (2022)

Panama has 3 more World Heritage sites than Jamaica (5 against 2)

Jamaica: 2 (2026) · Panama: 5 (2026)

Jamaica has won 94 Olympic medals, Panama 4

Jamaica: 94 (2026 edition) · Panama: 4 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Jamaica are online, versus 73% in Panama

Jamaica: 90% (2024) · Panama: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Panama is 2.1 times as fast as in Jamaica

Jamaica: 138 Mbps (2026) · Panama: 291 Mbps (2026)

98% of people in Jamaica have electricity, versus 96% in Panama

Jamaica: 97.7% (2024) · Panama: 96% (2024)

66% of people in Panama live in cities, versus 59% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 59% (2025) · Panama: 66% (2025)

Panama has 157 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Jamaica 118

Jamaica: 118 (2024) · Panama: 157 (2023)

Jamaica: no data · Panama: 77 km (2014)

Airlines from Panama fly 54 times as many passengers per resident as those from Jamaica

Jamaica: 0.06 (2018) · Panama: 3.45 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of Panama, but only 57% of Jamaica

Jamaica: 56.5% (2024) · Panama: 62.2% (2024)

The average person in Jamaica emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Panama

Jamaica: 3 t (2024) · Panama: 2.8 t (2024)

68% of Panama’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Jamaica

Jamaica: 12.6% (2024) · Panama: 68% (2024)

The air in Jamaica carries 20% more fine dust than in Panama

Jamaica: 17.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Panama: 14.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.2 times as likely to be murdered in Jamaica as in Panama

Jamaica: 49.4 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 11.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Jamaica are 4 times as deadly as in Panama

Jamaica: 31.6 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 8 per 100k (2023)

Jamaica is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Panama

Jamaica: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Panama: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Panama gets 2.9 times as much rain as Jamaica

Jamaica: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Panama: 3,189 mm (2016–2025 avg)