Atlas Country Page: Jamaica
Jamaica
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Income

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph GDP per capita (constant 1995 US$) 1387.07 1935.69 1566.05 1772.69 1785.48
Graph GNP per capita (constant 1995 US$) 1368.01 1873.51 1453.39 1592.29  
Graph GINI index         37.9

Trade

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Trade (% of GDP) 71.29 70.64 102.1 108.03 99.11
Graph Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)   27.96 21.43 9.75 4.06
Graph Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)   0.12 0.26 0.36 0.16
Graph Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$)     27700000 137900000 381700000

Labor

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Labor force, children 10-14 (% of age group) 1.18 0.55 0.45 0.21  

Food Prices

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Labor force, children 10-14 (% of age group) 1.18 0.55 0.45 0.21  

Debt & Aid

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Present value of debt (% of GNI)         62.07
Graph Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services)     19.03 26.89 14.1
Graph Aid per capita (current US$)   5.71 59.08 112.75 3.79

Goverment

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Privatization proceeds (current US$)       49000000  
Graph General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 59607100 171625000 536778000 594750000 1202970000

Environmental Impact

 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph GDP per unit of energy use (PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)     1.72 2.58  
Graph CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP)     2.06 1.01  
Graph CO2 emissions (kt) 1468.53 4987.07 8444.05 7958.57  
Graph CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) 0.9 2.66 3.95 3.31  
Graph CO2 emissions (kg per 1995 US$ of GDP) 0.64 1.37 2.52 1.86