Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica
Jamaica: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0839 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
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 0.0839 million SLC per person. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 99.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Jamaica peaked at 0.0839 million SLC per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 million SLC per person, in 1970.
That places Jamaica 44th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +33.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +10.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +30.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +27.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +30.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0015 million SLC per person | +16.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0019 million SLC per person | +19.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0025 million SLC per person | +28.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0035 million SLC per person | +41.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0061 million SLC per person | +72.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0074 million SLC per person | +22.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0098 million SLC per person | +32.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0113 million SLC per person | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0132 million SLC per person | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 0.013 million SLC per person | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.013 million SLC per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0134 million SLC per person | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0139 million SLC per person | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0144 million SLC per person | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.015 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.017 million SLC per person | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0191 million SLC per person | +12.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0202 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0221 million SLC per person | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0251 million SLC per person | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0294 million SLC per person | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 0.032 million SLC per person | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0325 million SLC per person | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0354 million SLC per person | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0383 million SLC per person | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.042 million SLC per person | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0449 million SLC per person | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0471 million SLC per person | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0481 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0519 million SLC per person | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0552 million SLC per person | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0578 million SLC per person | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0553 million SLC per person | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0638 million SLC per person | +15.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0786 million SLC per person | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0839 million SLC per person | +6.7% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.0839 million SLC per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0119 million SLC per person, 7.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.0839 million SLC per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0032 million SLC per person, 26.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +72.4% | 0.0035 million SLC per person | 0.0061 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0003 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0004 million SLC per person | 0.0019 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0093 million SLC per person | 0.0025 million SLC per person | 0.0134 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0208 million SLC per person | 0.0139 million SLC per person | 0.032 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0453 million SLC per person | 0.0325 million SLC per person | 0.0578 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0704 million SLC per person | 0.0553 million SLC per person | 0.0839 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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 0.0839 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 0.0839 million SLC per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Jamaica rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Jamaica ranks 44th 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 99.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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, 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 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 ÷ 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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.