Jamaica, year by year

Every index this site holds for Jamaica, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.664 → 0.706 (+0.042)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth71.5 → 71.6 (+0.1)

Internet users16 → 90 (+74)

Urban population53 → 59 (+6)

Births per woman2.15 → 1.35 (-0.80)

Renewable share of energy6 → 11 (+4)

Access to electricity88 → 98 (+10)

Infant mortality17 → 16 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person4 → 2.8 (-1.1)

Forest area49 → 56 (+7)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.664	71.7	—	—	2.96	13	70	25	3.2	48.1	—	—
1991	0.664	71.8	—	50	3.00	12	77	24	3.2	48.1	—	—
1992	0.665	71.8	—	50	3.03	13	78	24	3.4	48.1	—	—
1993	0.665	71.8	—	50	2.99	14	79	23	3.4	48.1	—	—
1994	0.665	71.6	0	50	2.93	13	80	22	3.4	48.1	—	—
1995	0.665	71.5	0	51	2.85	14	80	22	3.5	48.1	—	—
1996	0.665	71.3	1	51	2.77	13	86	21	3.6	48.1	—	—
1997	0.662	71.2	1	51	2.68	13	82	20	3.7	48.1	—	—
1998	0.661	71.2	2	51	2.57	11	83	20	3.9	48.1	—	—
1999	0.661	71.2	2	51	2.47	10	85	19	3.9	48.1	—	—
2000	0.657	71.3	3	52	2.35	9	84	19	3.9	48.1	—	—
2001	0.666	71.3	4	52	2.30	8	88	18	3.9	48.5	—	—
2002	0.669	71.5	6	52	2.27	8	87	18	3.9	48.8	—	—
2003	0.665	71.6	8	52	2.24	8	87	18	4.0	49.1	—	—
2004	0.680	71.5	10	53	2.20	6	87	17	4.0	49.5	—	—
2005	0.685	71.5	13	53	2.15	5	88	17	4.0	49.8	—	—
2006	0.695	71.4	16	53	2.09	5	89	17	4.6	50.2	4417	8577
2007	0.703	71.4	21	53	2.02	5	89	17	4.5	50.5	4716	8893
2008	0.712	71.5	24	53	1.95	6	92	17	3.6	50.9	5030	8952
2009	0.712	71.7	24	54	1.88	7	91	17	2.9	51.2	4428	8580
2010	0.711	72.0	28	54	1.80	9	92	17	2.8	51.6	4810	8521
2011	0.715	72.3	37	54	1.72	10	91	17	2.8	51.9	5233	8809
2012	0.716	72.4	34	54	1.65	12	93	17	2.5	52.3	5341	8831
2013	0.715	72.4	37	55	1.59	11	94	17	2.7	52.6	5124	9101
2014	0.714	72.4	40	55	1.54	12	93	17	2.6	53.0	4975	9210
2015	0.712	72.2	42	55	1.51	12	95	17	2.5	53.3	5339	9476
2016	0.710	72.0	44	56	1.46	11	97	17	2.7	53.7	5302	9948
2017	0.711	71.9	55	56	1.43	11	97	17	2.6	54.0	5605	10466
2018	0.711	71.6	68	56	1.40	9	98	17	3.1	54.4	5977	10753
2019	0.712	71.5	71	57	1.39	9	99	17	3.0	54.8	6031	10845
2020	0.707	71.5	76	57	1.38	12	100	17	2.1	55.1	5299	9764
2021	0.704	69.1	82	58	1.38	11	100	17	2.3	55.5	5626	10431
2022	0.706	71.5	86	58	1.37	—	100	17	2.6	55.8	6626	11886
2023	—	71.5	89	58	1.36	—	98	17	2.7	56.2	7542	12661
2024	—	71.6	90	59	1.35	—	98	16	2.8	—	7754	12909
2025	—	—	—	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	8003	13291
Profile shows	0.706	71.6	90	59	1.35	11	—	—	2.8	56.2	8003	13291

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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