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

UNGA Addresses Need for Coordinated Action on Climate Change

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: 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...

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ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR CARICOM 32ND SUMMIT

Submitted by: Beth | Date: 29 Jun 2011 | Source:

http://caricom.org/jsp/...

(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...

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Use more remittance money for development, study says

Submitted by: Da | Date: 20 Jun 2011 | Source:

http://www.jamaicaobserver....

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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