Jamaica

Location

Kingston
United States
17° 55' 59.88" N, 76° 46' 59.88" W
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 2009 2010 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 2010 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 2010 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 2008 2009 2010 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
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
27 September 2010: As the UN General Assembly (UNGA) continued its annual general debate in New York, US, leaders of small island developing States (SIDS) underscored that they were unable to tackle alone the challenges posed by climate change, making it vital for the international community to develop a coordinated approach to this issue. Several speakers  welcomed the political declaration adopted at the conclusion of the Assembly’s two-day High-Level Review Meeting on the Implementation of...
Beth | 29 Jun 2011 |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - The upcoming 32nd regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community which opens in St Kitts and Nevis this Friday will focus on health, as the Community marks ten years of solid achievements in that sector, since the 2001 Nassau Declaration - the Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region. Acting CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite told journalists at a media conference...
Da | 20 Jun 2011 |
A study on migration in Commonwealth countries has recommended that a greater portion of remittances be used development purposes to help offset the loss to countries most negatively affected by migration. The report also called for international mechanisms to be established to help relocate persons who are forced to emigrate from their countries because of environmental phenomena. [Hide Description] PATTERSON... chaired the Ramphal Commission that conducted the study [Restore Description]...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Sustainable Development Council of Jamaica