Atlas Country Page: Jamaica
Jamaica
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Poverty and Income Inequality


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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

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 Food price index (1995 = 100)     4.21 18.09 38.34
Graph Inflation, food prices (annual %)       22.5 7

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