Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate

1985 - 2016 | Yearly | % | International Monetary Fund

Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate data was reported at 13.200 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.500 % for 2015. Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate data is updated yearly, averaging 15.400 % from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2016, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.000 % in 1985 and a record low of 9.850 % in 2007. Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jamaica – Table JM.IMF.IFS: Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment: Annual.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
13.20 2016	13.50 2015	9.85 2007	25.00 1985	%	yearly	1985 - 2016

Related Indicators for Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate (%)	13.20 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Unemployment (Person th)	178.53 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Labour Force (Person th)	1,353.65 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Employment (Person th)	1,175.15 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period (%)	-2.222 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Unemployment Rate: % Change (%)	-2.222 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: % Change over Previous Period (%)	0.351 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: % Change (%)	0.351 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Employment: % Change over Previous Period (%)	3.196 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Employment: % Change (%)	3.196 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Employment Index (2010=100)	107.327 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Labour Force: % Change over Previous Period (%)	2.820 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Labour Force: % Change (%)	2.820 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016

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Jamaica Key Series

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	14,751.510 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	7,621.283 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	1.600 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (JMD bn)	1,331.228 2030	yearly	1991 - 2030
Forecast: Government Net Debt (JMD bn)	2,370.493 2030	yearly	2000 - 2030
Forecast: Government Revenue (JMD bn)	1,364.649 2030	yearly	1991 - 2030

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	2.762 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	4.400 2023	yearly	1980 - 2023

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	5.000 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-0.506 2029	yearly	1980 - 2029

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Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Professional & Manag... (USD mn)	-18.78 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Professional & Manag... (USD mn)	0.04 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Professional & Manag... (USD mn)	18.82 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Technical, Trade Rel... (USD mn)	-106.78 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Technical, Trade Rel... (USD mn)	53.93 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Other Business: Technical, Trade Rel... (USD mn)	160.71 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
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Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Personal, Cultural & Recreational: A... (USD mn)	3.53 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Personal, Cultural & Recreational: O... (USD mn)	22.29 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Personal, Cultural & Recreational: O... (USD mn)	27.95 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Personal, Cultural & Recreational: O... (USD mn)	5.66 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Reserve Ass... (USD mn)	0.00 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: General Government: Current ... (USD mn)	1.12 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Reserves & Related Items: Credit & Loans from the IMF (USD mn)	0.00 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: Central Bank: MFSM 2000: Memo Item: Total Assets (JMD mn)	618,042.00 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Other Depository Corporations: MFSM 2000: Memo Item: Total Assets (JMD mn)	1,384,470.00 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Construction: In Reporting Economy (USD mn)	-94.52 2016	yearly	2012 - 2016
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Services: Construction: In Reporting Economy: ... (USD mn)	94.52 2016	yearly	2012 - 2016
Jamaica JM: BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Equity: G... (USD mn)	0.00 2016	yearly	2012 - 2016
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Others: Int... (USD mn)	21.40 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Others: Int... (USD mn)	50.37 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Investment Income: Others: Int... (USD mn)	28.97 Jun 2017	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2017
Jamaica JM: Number of Death: Infant (Person)	633.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Number of Death: Under-5 (Person)	736.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Number of Death: Neonatal (Person)	522.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: Aged ... (%)	29.96 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 15... (%)	57.28 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	43.89 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Jamaica JM: BOP: Financial Account: Net (USD mn)	540.59 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms (%)	66.40 2010	yearly	2010 - 2010
Jamaica JM: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms (%)	24.10 2010	yearly	2010 - 2010
Jamaica JM: GDP: per Capita (JMD)	610,285.44 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: GDP: GNI per Capita (JMD)	584,507.80 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Under 5 (%)	27.70 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Cause of Death: by Communicable Diseases & Maternal, Prenatal & Nutr... (%)	11.60 2015	yearly	2000 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Cause of Death: by Injury: % of Total (%)	9.50 2015	yearly	2000 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Cause of Death: by Non-Communicable Diseases: % of Total (%)	78.80 2015	yearly	2000 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	13.40 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	17.20 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Anemia among Pregnant Women: % (%)	27.00 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Diabetes Prevalence: % of Population Aged 20-79 (%)	11.28 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Underweight: Weight for Age: Female: % of Children Und... (%)	2.10 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Underweight: Weight for Age: Male: % of Children Under... (%)	2.80 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: Female: % of Children U... (%)	10.10 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: Male: % of Children Und... (%)	5.80 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: Female: % of Children Under ... (%)	5.80 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: Male: % of Children Under 5 (%)	5.60 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Wasting: Weight for Height: Female: % of Children Unde... (%)	2.90 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Prevalence of Wasting: Weight for Height: Male: % of Children Under ... (%)	3.00 2012	yearly	1994 - 2012
Jamaica JM: Children in Employment: Unpaid Family Workers: % of Children in Empl... (%)	79.16 2011	yearly	2005 - 2011
Jamaica JM: Children in Employment: Wage Workers: % of Children in Employment: A... (%)	16.87 2011	yearly	2005 - 2011
Jamaica JM: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day (kcal)	58.00 2016	yearly	1992 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Net Bilateral Aid Flows from Development Assistance Committee Donors... (USD mn)	0.02 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Diarrhea Treatment: % of Children Under 5 who Received ORS Packet (%)	64.10 2011	yearly	1986 - 2011
Jamaica JM: Mortality Rate: Infant: Female: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	11.50 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Mortality Rate: Infant: Male: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	14.80 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Domestic Credit: to Private Sector by Banks: % of GDP (%)	32.06 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	90.24 2015	yearly	1976 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	85.71 2015	yearly	1976 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Total: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	87.92 2015	yearly	1976 - 2015
Jamaica JM: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: Any of... (%)	4.90 2011	yearly	2011 - 2011
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24: Femal... (%)	21.83 2017	yearly	2012 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24: Male (%)	30.39 2017	yearly	2012 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	26.14 2017	yearly	2012 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female (%)	50.04 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Male (%)	65.24 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+ (%)	57.48 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: Aged 15-... (%)	33.27 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: Aged 15-24 (%)	39.59 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	36.44 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: % of Fem... (%)	59.13 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Ratio of Female ... (%)	82.98 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: % of Male ... (%)	71.26 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: % of Total Popul... (%)	65.07 2017	yearly	1960 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour Fo... (%)	34.36 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Male: % of Male Labour Force ... (%)	23.24 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Aged... (%)	28.25 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: Female: % of Female Labour Force (%)	15.39 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: Male: % of Male Labour Force (%)	8.45 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Unemployment: National Estimate: % of Total Labour Force (%)	11.66 2017	yearly	1969 - 2017
Jamaica JM:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: 2011 Price: PPP p... (Intl $/kg)	8.20 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Jamaica JM: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per 1000 PPP GDP: 2011 Price (kg)	121.88 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Jamaica JM: CO2 Emissions: Kg per PPP of(GDP) Gross Domestic Product2011 Price (kg)	0.32 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Jamaica JM: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price: Household Final Consumption Expenditure (Intl $ mn)	16,247.65 2016	yearly	2007 - 2016
Jamaica JM: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price (Intl $ mn)	23,568.39 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Capita (Intl $)	8,179.62 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Jamaica JM: GNI: PPP: 2011 Price (Intl $)	22,565,703,719.01 2016	yearly	2007 - 2016
Jamaica JM: GNI: PPP: 2011 Price: GNI per Capita (Intl $)	7,831.63 2016	yearly	2007 - 2016
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: World (USD mn)	1,459.46 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: United States (USD mn)	574.91 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: United Kingdom (USD mn)	50.20 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Austria (USD mn)	0.01 2017	yearly	1971 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Belgium (USD mn)	3.20 2017	yearly	1997 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Denmark (USD mn)	0.29 2017	yearly	1956 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: France (USD mn)	24.29 2017	yearly	1951 - 2017
Jamaica JM: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Germany (USD mn)	5.17 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017

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