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Jamaica

Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Capital City: Kingston
Country Code: JM

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Year: 2024 = 97.007751
Year: 2023 = 94.741653
Year: 2022 = 92.643662
Year: 2021 = 90.673439
Year: 2020 = 85.259567

Lending Interest Rate

Year: 2024 = 11.996%
Year: 2023 = 11.652%
Year: 2022 = 11.405%
Year: 2021 = 11.493%
Year: 2020 = 12.061%

Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Year: 2023 = 2.707
Year: 2022 = 2.524
Year: 2021 = 2.598
Year: 2020 = 2.447
Year: 2019 = 3.368

The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.


Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO
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