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NXS-GRX-JAM · Caribbean

Jamaika

Country risk profile on The Global Risks Index: hazard and threat exposure, vulnerability, macro-financial fragility, coping capacity and systemic coupling, with intervals, sources and corrections on every value.

Halaman GRX-JAMEdisi Edisi Dasar 2026Penutupan bukti 2026-09-30ISO JAM / JMStatus UN member stateNilai belum diterbitkanMetode v1.0.0-draft
GBR 1 · Jamaica in Caribbean
Memuat peta
Amerika SerikatHaitiRepublik DominikaBahamaMeksikoBrasilKolombiaPanamaKosta RikaNikaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuela (Republik Bolivarian)GuyanaSurinamePrancisJamaikaKubaTrinidad dan TobagoAntigua dan BarbudaBarbadosDominikaGrenadaSaint Kitts dan NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent dan Grenadine
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110m · locatorNilai saat dirilis
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indeks domain
443
country indicators
14
hazard domains
12
sub-regional peers
02Humanitarian data

Jamaica in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2011-12-31

2,697,983

people. OCHA Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2018-12-31

2.8%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

Refugees hosted · 2022-12-31

98

refugees and asylum-seekers in the country. UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Refugees from the country · 2025-12-31

10,183

refugees and asylum-seekers abroad, most in United States of America, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago. UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

03Area

The full profile of Jamaica, area by area

Fourteen areas from macroeconomy to frontier technology, and the planned innovation index. Each card says whether its sources are cleared, shows the mix, and gives two actions: what the area needs, and a scenario you can run now on open data.

Cara membacaAdmitted: usableUnder legal review: waitingProhibited: excludedNot in the register: not yet assessedAcross the 14 areas: 113 admitted · 63 under legal review · 23 prohibited · 170 not in the register
Partly admitted14 indicators · 2 composites

Macroeconomy and external position

Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition.

GDP
US$ 22.7 billion 2025
GDP per person
US$ 8,003 2025
GDP growth
0.1% 2025
4 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 not in the register
Partly admitted37 indicators · 7 composites

Fiscal position and public debt

Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published.

Government revenue
26.9% 2020
Government expense
27.5% 2020
Central government debt
97.9% 2020
7 admitted · 13 under legal review · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted32 indicators · 7 composites

Financial system

Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network.

Domestic credit from the financial sector
152.3% 2021
Lending interest rate
12.1% 2025
9 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted18 indicators · 5 composites

Trade, economic structure and supply chains

Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector.

Fuel exports
23.9% 2025
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
1.3% 2025
8 admitted · 6 under legal review · 5 not in the register
Partly admitted13 indicators · 5 composites

Air

Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus.

Water stress
12.4% 2022
Renewable internal freshwater per person
3,812 m³ 2022
3 admitted · 2 under legal review · 2 prohibited · 4 not in the register
Partly admitted23 indicators · 6 composites

Energi

Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access.

Access to electricity
97.7% 2024
Renewable energy
10.5% 2021
Energy imports, net
112.2% 2024
7 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 18 not in the register
Partly admitted23 indicators · 6 composites

Food systems

Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict.

Undernourishment
8% 2024
Cereal yield
1,342 2024
Stunting, under 5
4.6% 2018
14 admitted · 4 under legal review · 2 not in the register
Partly admitted31 indicators · 6 composites

Ketahanan kesehatan

Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems.

Life expectancy
71.6 years 2024
Under-5 mortality
17.8 2024
Health spending
7.6% 2023
4 admitted · 2 under legal review · 15 prohibited · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted22 indicators · 6 composites

Environment and biodiversity

Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy.

Forest area
56.5% 2024
Protected areas
1.6% 2025
PM2.5 air pollution
21.6 µg/m³ 2023
9 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 22 not in the register
Partly admitted31 indicators · 8 composites

Climate: physical and transition

Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet.

CO₂ emissions per person
2.8 t CO₂e 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
9.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
People below 5 m elevation
9.2% 2015
10 admitted · 7 under legal review · 24 not in the register
Partly admitted39 indicators · 10 composites

Conflict, governance and security

Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity.

Intentional homicides
49.4 2023
9 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 14 not in the register
Partly admitted27 indicators · 10 composites

Frontier technology and innovation

Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below.

High-technology exports
2.6% 2023
Internet users
90.1% 2024
Fixed broadband subscriptions
16 2024
9 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 26 not in the register
Partly admitted18 indicators · 5 composites

Coping capacity and disaster finance

Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection.

Social protection coverage
7% 2017
9 admitted · 1 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 18 not in the register
Partly admitted46 indicators · 11 composites

Society, demography and mobility

Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement.

Penduduk
2.8 million 2025
Urban population
59.4% 2025
Poverty at $3.00 a day
1.4% 2021
11 admitted · 1 under legal review · 12 not in the register
Planned12 planned indicators

Innovation index

Research, patents, talent, compute, digital infrastructure and capital for Jamaica, read beside frontier technology risk. Not in Indicator Standard yet; each indicator needs its source admitted.

04Quote

Jamaica composite risk

Value, change since the previous edition, 90% interval and class probability; the history and the published indicators follow.

NXS-GRX-JAM · CRI · Caribbean · 0–10 scale
Jamaica composite risk
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Values publish with the edition; the interval, class and change appear here.
Previous edition
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Range since 2016
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Coupled composite
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Coupling score S
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Pulse, latest week
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Outlook, 12 months
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Metode
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Draws
1,000
Jamaica composite risk, by edition

No released values yet. The first edition draws the history here with its interval band and class bounds.

The line is the point value by edition; the band is the 90% interval; dashed lines are the class bounds at 2, 3.5, 5 and 6.5.

“Jamaica: published indicators” is not connected: the Foundry connection it needs is switched off on this network.

05Profile

Four pillars, composite and coupled composite

The composite is shown only with its four pillars and twenty domain indices beside it; each value carries a 90% interval and a class with its probability.

InstrumenNilaiPerubahanPerubahan %Interval 90%Kelas · probabilitasTrenRentang
NXS-GRX Risiko KompositNXS-GRX-JAM · CRI–––––
NXS-GRX Risiko TerkopelNXS-GRX-JAM · CPL–––––
Keterpaparan terhadap bahaya dan ancamanNXS-GRX-JAM · HTE–––––
Kerentanan manusia dan sistemNXS-GRX-JAM · VUL–––––
Kerapuhan makrofinansial dan strukturalNXS-GRX-JAM · MSF–––––
Kurangnya kapasitas penanggulangan dan adaptasiNXS-GRX-JAM · LCC–––––
Sangat rendah0.0 hingga < 2.0
Rendah2.0 hingga < 3.5
Sedang3.5 hingga < 5.0
Tinggi5.0 hingga < 6.5
Sangat tinggi6.5 hingga 10.0
07Keterkaitan

How Jamaica is coupled to the world

Not yet estimated. Coupling strengths through trade and inputs, finance and debt, energy, food trade, infrastructure and information are ◆ ESTIMATED per edition with their method and references; the coupled composite is reported beside the standalone one.
09Peers

Profiles in Caribbean

A peer group is a reading context, not a ranking; profiles are listed by name.

Explore Jamaica

Indices, hazards, the map and the data behind every value.

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