Jamaica Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Jamaica Country Formation Date 1962 Jamaica United Kingdom August 6, 1962

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Jamaica Jamaica 7.1 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Jamaica Jamaica Gold 214 214 200 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Jamaica Life Expectancy Jamaica World Fact Book 73.12 99

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Jamaica Oil Production Jamaica 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Jamaica Jamaica 2007 34 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Jamaica Jamaica 11.30 2006 est. Wikipedia

Database: Legal Driving Blood Alcohol Limits

Record Name Country Region Blood Alcohol Limit (Percent)
Driving Blood Alcohol Limit for Jamaica Jamaica Caribbean 0.08

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Jamaica Literacy Rate Jamaica UNESCO 88.7 percent 84.9 percent 92.3 percent 2005

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Jamaica Railway Length Jamaica 2003 Train 272 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
JM Jamaica Jamaica JM

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Jamaica 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Sucide Rates By Country

Record Name Country Source Year Male (per 100,000) Female (per 100,000)
JAMAICA suicide rate Jamaica World Health Organization 90 0.3 0.0

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Jamaica Jamaica n/a n/a 1.74 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Jamaica Jamaica Kingston 2002 10,991 2,680,029 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Jamaica CO2 Carbon Emissions Jamaica World Resources Institute 10,319.7 3.77182

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Jamaica Ocean Coastline Length Jamaica 1,022

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
JAMAICA Inflation Rate Jamaica International Monetary Fund n.a. n.a. 5 6.4

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
(no long-form name) (Jamaica) Jamaica Kingston (no long-form name) JM

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Jamaica Jamaica J$ 100 cents dollar

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Jamaica GDP Jamaica 2005 The World Factbook 2006 12.17 billion 4,400 1.5 12.9

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