Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Jamaica
Jamaica: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 7,020 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Jamaica, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Jamaica is 7,020 USD, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Jamaica peaked at 7,020 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 924.07 USD, in 1970.
Jamaica ranks 115th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 924.07 USD | — |
| 1971 | 997.84 USD | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 1,197 USD | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 USD | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 1,480 USD | +23.3% |
| 1975 | 1,757 USD | +18.8% |
| 1976 | 1,798 USD | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1,946 USD | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 1,566 USD | -19.6% |
| 1979 | 1,424 USD | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 1,549 USD | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 1,700 USD | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 1,853 USD | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 2,008 USD | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 1,300 USD | -35.3% |
| 1985 | 1,137 USD | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 1,361 USD | +19.7% |
| 1987 | 1,614 USD | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 1,874 USD | +16.1% |
| 1989 | 2,138 USD | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 2,217 USD | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,965 USD | -11.4% |
| 1992 | 1,742 USD | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 2,221 USD | +27.5% |
| 1994 | 2,203 USD | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 2,631 USD | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 2,929 USD | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 3,297 USD | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 3,419 USD | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 3,432 USD | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3,453 USD | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 3,504 USD | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,681 USD | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 3,550 USD | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,808 USD | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 4,184 USD | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 4,417 USD | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 4,716 USD | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 5,030 USD | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 4,428 USD | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 4,810 USD | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 5,233 USD | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 5,341 USD | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 5,124 USD | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 4,975 USD | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 5,063 USD | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 5,010 USD | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 5,259 USD | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 5,578 USD | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 5,607 USD | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,879 USD | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 5,165 USD | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 6,022 USD | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 6,840 USD | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 7,020 USD | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,429 USD | 924.07 USD | 1,946 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,653 USD | 1,137 USD | 2,138 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,605 USD | 1,742 USD | 3,432 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,077 USD | 3,453 USD | 5,030 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,200 USD | 4,810 USD | 5,607 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,985 USD | 4,879 USD | 7,020 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)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 2.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5984 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 4,789 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 95.21 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 761,935 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -0.2275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.4694 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Jamaica?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Jamaica was 7,020 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 7,020 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 924.07 USD in 1970.
- How does Jamaica rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 115th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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. 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).