Jamaica vs Middle income: Labor force, total, per capita
Jamaica
0.5685 units per person
in 2025
Middle income
0.4541 units per person
in 2025
Jamaica rank
16th
Middle income rank
16th
Labor force, total, per capita over time
- Jamaica
- Middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.5685 units per person against 0.4541 units per person in Middle income, a difference of 0.1144 units per person.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.3 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 16th of 186 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4517 units per person | 0.4331 units per person | 0.0185 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.4507 units per person | 0.4491 units per person | 0.0016 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.4839 units per person | 0.4481 units per person | 0.0358 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.5465 units per person | 0.4478 units per person | 0.0987 units per person | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Jamaica or Middle income?
- Jamaica, at 0.5685 units per person against 0.4541 units per person in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Jamaica and Middle income?
- 0.1144 units per person, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Middle income?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Middle income rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 16th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.