|
Geographics
| Location |
Carribean |
| Capital |
Kingston |
| Type
of Government |
Parliamentary
democracy |
| Total
Area |
10,990
sq. km |
| Coastline |
1,022
km |
Economy
| GDP |
J$202,137.8
million (1996) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
J$79,896.3
thousand |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (sugarcane,
bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables, cocoa, coconut,
pimento, livestock & livestock products, i.e. poultry, cattle,
goats, milk) |
about
8.2% |
| -
Industry (bauxite mining,
textiles, food processing, light manufactures) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (tourism) |
n/a
%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations
767 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10017,
Telephone: 935-7509, Telefax: 935-7607,
Email: jamun@undp.org |
| Contact
in Jamaica: |
Ms.
Cecille Blake
Office of the Prime Minister
2a Devon Road
P.O. Box, Kingston 6
Telephone: +1-876-929-8880-5
Fax: 929-7349
Email: cblake@cwjamaica.com
The Planning Institute of Jamaica
8 Ocean Boulevard
Kingston
Jamaica, West Indies
Tel: +1-876-967-3690-2, Fax: +1-876-967-4878
Email: telcorp@mail.colis.com
Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme
Valerie Gordon, National Coordinator
Department of Geography and Geology
University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, WI
Tel: (876) 702-4478
Fax: (876) 702-4479
Email: sdnp@undp.org.jm |
|
Demographics
| Population |
2,527,700 |
| Population
Growth |
1.1% |
| Labor
Force |
1,149,100 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
74.65
years |
| Literacy |
76.4% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
US$1.3795
billion (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| alumina,
bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, gypsum, citrus, coffee and coffee
products, pimento, cocoa and cocao products |
| Partners: |
| US
(47%), UK (11%), Canada (9%), Norway (7%), France (4%) - 1993 |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
US$2.9067 billion (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| machinery
and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food,
chemicals, grain, meat and dairy products |
| Partners: |
| US
(54%), Japan (4%), Mexico (6%), UK (4%), Venezuela (3%) - 1993 |
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