Jamaica

Capital City:

Kingston

Languages:

English, Jamaican Patois

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	91.5	91.2	90.40000000000001	89.5	91.8	91		86.7				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	13.3	13.3	13.3	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	13.3	13.3	13.3	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)									85.90000000000001			World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	479	479	474	474	472	467	467	464	464	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	3,410	3,406	3,402	3,398	3,394	3,390	3,386	3,382		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	31.49	31.45	31.41	31.38	31.34	31.3	31.27	31.23		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	1,577	1,494	1,482	1,621	1,733	1,783	2,094					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	2,589,390	2,604,790	2,617,500	2,625,700	2,638,100	2,650,400	2,663,100	2,675,800	2,687,200	2,699,620	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.584825	0.592976	0.486631	0.312969	0.471143	0.465161	0.478029	0.475754	0.425136	0.461	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	91					87			89		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.665					0.676	0.68	0.682	0.685	0.686	0.688	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	5,570	5,680	5,700	6,130	6,370	6,600	7,040	7,230	7,550	7,230	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	0.1	0.62	0.27	0.07	0.87	0.38	0.33	0.23	0.55		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	892,000,000	1,058,000,000	1,261,000,000	1,399,000,000	1,623,200,000	1,783,800,000	1,946,450,000	2,143,580,000	2,220,000,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)	477	477	455	458	478	469	483	484	World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)	86.98	87.42	87.5	87.83	87.37	86.81	88.43000000000001	89.84999999999999	World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	10,319	10,627	10,301	10,722	10,561	10,165	12,152	13,964				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	93		93		93	93			94			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34	7.34		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Jamaica	Jamaica's first national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).	Strategy Description	2000
NBSAP - Jamaica	Convention on Biological Diversity: Third national Report	Strategy Description	2009
NSDS - Jamaica		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

CIF Calls for Proposals that Involve the Private Sector in REDD+ and Climate Resilience

Date: 27 Apr 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

April 2013: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is calling for proposals to enhance the involvement of the private sector under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) and the Forest Investment Program (FIP). PPCR distributes US$70 million to stimulate innovative programmes and projects enabling the private sector to reduce countries’ exposure to climate risk and uncertainty, while FIP distributes over US$50 million to engage the private sector in REDD+. With respect to the PPCR,...

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UNEP and St. Kitts and Nevis Host Caribbean Ozone Officers Meeting

Date: 02 Apr 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 March 2013: The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) hosted a discussion of the successes and challenges involved with implementing Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plans under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The meeting convened the English speaking Caribbean and Haiti Ozone Officers Regional Network Meeting in Basseterre, St. Kitts from 18-...

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Global Mechanism Launches Sustainable Land Management Web Platform

Date: 08 Feb 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS). The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...

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