Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square in Jamaica
Jamaica: Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square was 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$), per square in Jamaica, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Jamaica is 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and up 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Jamaica peaked at 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,358 current US$ per square kilometre, in 1990.
Jamaica ranks 48th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) … square in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8,358 current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 8,764 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 10,081 current US$ per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1993 | 10,772 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 11,331 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 12,252 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 13,286 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 14,064 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 15,364 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 16,358 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 17,242 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 18,063 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 19,074 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 20,547 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 21,533 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 22,686 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 27,309 current US$ per square kilometre | +20.4% |
| 2007 | 28,583 current US$ per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 23,839 current US$ per square kilometre | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 20,095 current US$ per square kilometre | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 19,738 current US$ per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 20,739 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 19,968 current US$ per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 22,088 current US$ per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 22,354 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 22,764 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 25,102 current US$ per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 24,945 current US$ per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 31,148 current US$ per square kilometre | +24.9% |
| 2019 | 31,591 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 29,583 current US$ per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,139 current US$ per square kilometre, 2.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,782 current US$ per square kilometre, 3.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,063 current US$ per square kilometre | 8,358 current US$ per square kilometre | 16,358 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,897 current US$ per square kilometre | 17,242 current US$ per square kilometre | 28,583 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,044 current US$ per square kilometre | 19,738 current US$ per square kilometre | 31,591 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,396 current US$ per square kilometre | 29,583 current US$ per square kilometre | 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre | 2 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 45 Bangladesh 34,785 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 46 Cyprus 34,434 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 33,870 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 49 Austria 33,203 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 50 Saint Lucia 32,276 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 51 Malaysia 32,195 current US$ per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Jamaica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.76 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -17.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0091 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 72.88 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -20.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0066 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 53.22 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -21.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.022 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Jamaica?
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square in Jamaica was 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 33,209 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,358 current US$ per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Jamaica rank for adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square?
- Jamaica ranks 48th out of 208 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current us$), per square rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.