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

CEFF-CAC Calls for Clean Energy Proposals

Date: 16 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

13 July 2012: The Private Financing Advisory Network of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI PFAN) has issued a call for proposals from Central America and the Caribbean for the first Clean Energy Financing Forum for Central America and the Caribbean (CEFF-CAC) Business Plan Competition slated to be held on 26 April 2013, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. CEFF-CAC is looking for interested parties with business proposals that benefit the environment, for example through greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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Caribbean Ministers Adopt Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Agenda

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region. The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development of a regional strategy and action plan regarding disaster management and the impact of climate change on Caribbean fishing communities, along with steps to better mitigate impacts on...

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CRFM Scientific Meeting Assesses State of Caribbean Fisheries

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

30 June 2012: The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism’s (CRFM) scientific body evaluated major fisheries in the region to determine whether natural fish populations remain healthy and where fisheries management controls are necessary. The eighth annual Scientific Meeting met from 20-30 June 2012, in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with fisheries scientists from 12 of 17 CRFM member States participating. The Eighth Meeting evaluated the health and economic performance of...

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