Labor force, total, per capita in Jamaica
Jamaica: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.5685 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Jamaica, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 0.5685 units per person for labor force, total, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Jamaica peaked at 0.5685 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4419 units per person, in 2010.
That places Jamaica 16th out of 188 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4517 units per person | 0.4454 units per person | 0.4577 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4507 units per person | 0.4448 units per person | 0.4604 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4839 units per person | 0.4419 units per person | 0.5282 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5465 units per person | 0.515 units per person | 0.5685 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 13 Bahrain 0.5746 units per person compare
- 14 Netherlands 0.5721 units per person compare
- 15 Thailand 0.5707 units per person compare
- 17 Switzerland 0.5681 units per person compare
- 18 Saint Lucia 0.5649 units per person compare
- 19 Japan 0.5632 units per person compare
More education data for Jamaica
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11,768 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0041 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Jamaica?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Jamaica was 0.5685 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5685 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4419 units per person in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 16th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.