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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Economy

JAMAICAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, vegetables, poultry, goats, milk, crustaceans, and mollusks
Aid as % of GDP 0.1% [124th of 129]
Big Mac Index $2.70 [20th of 65]
Debt > External $9,657,000,000.00 Time series [77th of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index 45.5 Time series [7th of 43]
Economic freedom 2.2 [61st of 156]
Exports $2,331,000,000.00 Time series [117th of 189]
GDP $10,533,300,000.00 Time series [95th of 203]
GDP > PPP $10,531,000,000.00 [122nd of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate 1.2% Time series [177th of 198]
GINI index 45.51 Time series [8th of 40]
Gross National Income $7,256,730,000.00 [89th of 172]
Human Development Index 0.738 [97th of 178]
Income category Lower middle income
Income distribution > Richest 10% 30.3% [56th of 114]
Population below poverty line 14.8% Time series [36th of 46]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.01 % of world's poor [73rd of 80]
Public debt 126.5 % of GDP Time series [4th of 121]
Technological achievement 0.26 [46th of 68]
Tourist arrivals 1,192,000 [46th of 152]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Economist.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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