Jamaica

Official Name:

Jamaica

Area:

10.991 km ²

Population (2007):

2.780.132 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.022 km

Capital:

Kingston

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Monte¬ go Bay, Ocho Ríos, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Longswharf

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland

Language(s):

English, English patois

National holiday:

Independence Day, 6 August (1962)

Nationality:

Jamaican(s)

Official time:

UTC-5

Member of:

ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.jm

Economic Profile

Currency:

Jamaican dollar (JMD)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 4.600 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 9.230.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

2,3% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 5,2%
• Industry: 27,3%
• Services: 67,5%

Labor force:

1.100.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 18,1%
• Industry: 17,3%
• Services 64,6%

Unemployment rate:

11,3% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5,8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

30,8% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD2.850.000.000
• Expenditures: USD3.174.000.000

Public debt:

133,3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -970.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 2.087.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels

Exports - Partners:

US 25,8%, Canada 19,3%, UK 10,7%, Netherlands 8,6%, China 7%, Norway 6,4%, Germany 5,6% (2005)

Imports:

USD 4.682.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials

Imports - partners:

US 41,4%, Trinidad and Tobago 14%, Venezuela 5,5%, Japan 4,6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 2.317.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 7.384.000.000 (2006)