Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica
Jamaica: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 5,291 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica stood at 5,291 USD.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica peaked at 5,561 USD in 1972 and was at its lowest, 3,881 USD, in 1985.
That places Jamaica 118th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,086 USD | — |
| 1971 | 5,169 USD | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 5,561 USD | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 5,547 USD | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 5,252 USD | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 5,163 USD | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 4,767 USD | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 4,597 USD | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 4,569 USD | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 4,432 USD | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 4,127 USD | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 4,178 USD | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 4,172 USD | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 4,208 USD | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 4,117 USD | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 3,881 USD | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 3,910 USD | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 4,180 USD | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 4,271 USD | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4,532 USD | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 4,744 USD | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 4,743 USD | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,182 USD | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 5,229 USD | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 5,222 USD | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 5,223 USD | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,189 USD | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 5,091 USD | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 4,986 USD | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 4,996 USD | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 4,996 USD | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,028 USD | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,031 USD | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,184 USD | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 5,221 USD | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,239 USD | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,363 USD | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 5,415 USD | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,348 USD | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 5,094 USD | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 4,999 USD | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 5,063 USD | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 5,010 USD | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 5,016 USD | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 5,032 USD | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 5,063 USD | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5,119 USD | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 5,159 USD | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 5,249 USD | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 5,290 USD | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,752 USD | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 4,959 USD | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 5,215 USD | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 5,329 USD | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 5,291 USD | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5,014 USD | 4,432 USD | 5,561 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,158 USD | 3,881 USD | 4,532 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,060 USD | 4,743 USD | 5,229 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,192 USD | 4,996 USD | 5,415 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,100 USD | 4,999 USD | 5,290 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,109 USD | 4,752 USD | 5,329 USD | 5 |
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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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 15.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 13.91 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 111,319 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0497 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 397.73 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU), per 5.81 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Jamaica was 5,291 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,561 USD in 1972.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,881 USD in 1985.
- How does Jamaica rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Jamaica ranks 118th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).