Population
2.8M
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,252
in 2031
Passport power
#104
55 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
8
Top: Montego Bay
Country overview
- Official name
- Jamaica
- Capital
- Kingston
- Continent
- North America / Caribbean
- Area
- 10,991 km²
- Population
- 2.8M
- Density
- 245.5/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .jm
- Calling code
- +1
- Timezone
- UTC-05:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #104 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 55
- Total accessible
- 84
- Digital nomad visa
- Jamaica Digital Nomad (US Citizens) Insufficient requirement data · 3 mo
- Immigration programs
- 1 Nomad
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Jamaican Patois
- Religions
- Christianity 68.9%, No religion 21.3%, Rastafari 1.1%, Other 6.5%
- Currencies
- $ JMD — Jamaican dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.720
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $16,252
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.6 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 90.1%
- Gini index (2004)
- 45.5
- Inflation (2031)
- 5.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 3.4%
- Urban population (2025)
- 59.4%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.3/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 17.6 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 49.4/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.54