Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica
Jamaica: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0525 million SLC per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Jamaica stood at 0.0525 million SLC per person.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Jamaica peaked at 0.1108 million SLC per person in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.0464 million SLC per person, in 2014.
Jamaica ranks 46th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0996 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.1006 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1108 million SLC per person | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1099 million SLC per person | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1046 million SLC per person | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1055 million SLC per person | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0995 million SLC per person | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 0.091 million SLC per person | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0858 million SLC per person | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0802 million SLC per person | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0705 million SLC per person | -12.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0701 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0744 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0748 million SLC per person | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0707 million SLC per person | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0702 million SLC per person | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0712 million SLC per person | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0747 million SLC per person | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0781 million SLC per person | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0833 million SLC per person | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0857 million SLC per person | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0785 million SLC per person | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0802 million SLC per person | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0785 million SLC per person | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0796 million SLC per person | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0758 million SLC per person | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0713 million SLC per person | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.066 million SLC per person | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0616 million SLC per person | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0588 million SLC per person | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0577 million SLC per person | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0569 million SLC per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0555 million SLC per person | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0549 million SLC per person | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0556 million SLC per person | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0531 million SLC per person | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.052 million SLC per person | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0524 million SLC per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0518 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0491 million SLC per person | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0469 million SLC per person | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0475 million SLC per person | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0472 million SLC per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0469 million SLC per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0464 million SLC per person | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0471 million SLC per person | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0479 million SLC per person | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0487 million SLC per person | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0491 million SLC per person | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0499 million SLC per person | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0471 million SLC per person | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0484 million SLC per person | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0514 million SLC per person | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0525 million SLC per person | +2.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.0525 million SLC per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0058 million SLC per person, 9.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.0525 million SLC per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0025 million SLC per person, 21.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0987 million SLC per person | 0.0802 million SLC per person | 0.1108 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0738 million SLC per person | 0.0701 million SLC per person | 0.0833 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0736 million SLC per person | 0.0588 million SLC per person | 0.0857 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0539 million SLC per person | 0.0491 million SLC per person | 0.0577 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0477 million SLC per person | 0.0464 million SLC per person | 0.0499 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0498 million SLC per person | 0.0471 million SLC per person | 0.0525 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 43 Thailand 0.0547 million SLC per person compare
- 44 Dominican Republic 0.0539 million SLC per person compare
- 45 Guinea-Bissau 0.0533 million SLC per person compare
- 47 Uruguay 0.0512 million SLC per person compare
- 48 Comoros 0.0496 million SLC per person compare
- 49 Albania 0.0477 million SLC per person 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.07 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.3763 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 305.08 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -38.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0139 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 107.45 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 11.9 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Jamaica?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Jamaica was 0.0525 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1108 million SLC per person in 1972.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0464 million SLC per person in 2014.
- How does Jamaica rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Jamaica ranks 46th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.