Caribbean · sovereign state

Jamaica

Capital: Kingston
Languages: English, Jamaican Patois
Currency: Jamaican dollar
People: 2.84 million (2025)
Neighbours: none by land

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Surprising facts about Jamaica

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Jamaica’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Jamaica among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Jamaica sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

Total area

10,990 km²

161st of 205

2023

Coastline

1,022 km

79th of 213

2026 edition

Highest point

2,256 m

110th of 213

2026 edition

Forest cover

56.2%

35th of 207

2023

Population

2.84 million

140th of 210

2025

Population density

262 per km²

47th of 209

2025

Height of men

177 cm

43rd of 196

2019

Height of women

164.3 cm

43rd of 196

2019

Median age

31.7 years

102nd of 213

2023

Fertility rate

1.35 children per woman

181st of 210

2024

Aged 65 and over

8.6%

105th of 210

2025

Economy size (GDP)

$22.7 billion

127th of 207

2025

GDP per person (PPP)

Int$13,291

126th of 198

2025

Income inequality (Gini)

39.9

40th of 155

2021

Unemployment

3.3%

137th of 186

2025

Health spending per person

$520

88th of 193

2023

Military spending

1.3%

102nd of 158

2024

Life expectancy

71.6 years

135th of 210

2024

Infant mortality

16.4 per 1,000

77th of 194

2024

Doctors

0.5 per 1,000

141st of 190

2023

Adult obesity

35.7%

32nd of 195

2024

Smoking

11.5%

123rd of 166

2024

Life satisfaction

6.31

51st of 163

2025

Alcohol consumption

4.4 litres

97th of 195

2023

Meat supply

67 kg

71st of 189

2023

Daily calories

2,892 kcal

104th of 189

2023

Working hours

1,963 hours

68th of 130

2023

Years of schooling

10 years

96th of 193

2023

Internet users

90%

59th of 208

2024

Access to electricity

97.7%

137th of 209

2024

Urban population

59%

124th of 210

2025

Mobile subscriptions

118

96th of 208

2024

CO₂ per person

3 t

104th of 203

2024

Renewable electricity

12.6%

148th of 201

2024

Air pollution (PM2.5)

17.6 µg/m³

95th of 213

2024

Homicide rate

49.4 per 100k

3rd of 160

2023

Road deaths

17.8 per 100k

51st of 193

2021

Average temperature

26.4°C

40th of 187

2016–2025 avg

Rainfall

1,102 mm

85th of 187

2016–2025 avg

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

79th of 160

2025

Air passengers per resident

0.06

117th of 165

2018

Tourists per resident

0.87

57th of 179

2022

Official languages

31st of 213

2026

Price level (US = 100)

60%

60th of 198

2025

World twins

The countries most like Jamaica across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.