| Jamaica : Geographic coordinates |
18 15 N, 77 30 W |
| Jamaica : Population growth rate |
0.51% |
| Jamaica : Birth rate |
18.12 births/1,000 population |
| Jamaica : Death rate |
5.48 deaths/1,000 population |
| Jamaica : People living with HIV/AIDS |
9,900 |
| Jamaica : Independence |
6 August 1962 |
| Jamaica : National holiday |
Independence Day, first Monday in August |
| Jamaica : Constitution |
6 August 1962 |
| Jamaica : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion |
| Jamaica : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $3,700 |
| Jamaica : Electricity - consumption |
6.073 billion kWh |
| Jamaica : Exports |
$1.7 billion alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas, rum |
| Jamaica : Imports |
$3 billion machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals, fertilizers |
| Jamaica : Telephones |
353,000 |
| Jamaica : Mobile cellular |
54,640 |
| Jamaica : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 |
| Jamaica : Radios |
1.215 million |
| Jamaica : Television broadcast stations |
7 |
| Jamaica : Televisions |
460,000 |
| Jamaica : Internet country code |
.jm |
| Jamaica : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
21 |
| Jamaica : Internet users |
60,000 |
| Jamaica : Railways |
272 km |
| Jamaica : Highways |
19,000 km |
| Jamaica : Waterways |
N/A |
| Jamaica : Pipelines |
petroleum products 10 km |
| Jamaica : Ports and harbors |
Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf) |
| Jamaica : Merchant marine |
1 ship |
| Jamaica : Airports |
35 |
| Jamaica : Heliports |
N/A |
| Jamaica : Military branches |
Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing, Jamaica Constabulary Force |
| Jamaica : Military expenditures |
$30 million |