JAMAICA:  Some basic figures
A. Socio-Economic indicators:	1990		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population	2,700,000		2,630,388	2,642,000	2,654,500	2,663,736
GDP (US$ billions)	4		8.29	8.89	9.75	10.53
GDP per capita (US$)	2,979		3,083	3,352	3,607	3,953
Total external debt (US $ million)			4,645.4	5,339.6	5,897.4	6,500.0
Total debt service (as % of GDP)	14.4		12	12	10	11
Total debt service (as % of exports of goods & services)	26.9		17	15.0	16.3
Rate of unemployment (%): 1996-2004			10.9	10.9	11.3
Rate of inflation (%)	60.7	*		15.3	15.3	15.3
Life expectancy at birth (years)	73.1		70.8	70.7	72.2
% Adult literary rate (age 15+)	98.4		87.6	79.9	79.9
% people living below $1 a day (1990-2004)	2.0		2.0	2.0
Prevalence of HIV (% of population aged 15-49)	1.22		1.2		1.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)	4.5		6.1	4.9	5.3
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)	3.4		2.7	2.8
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)			2.6	2.4
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6			0.7	0.6
Total Net Official Development Assistance (US$ million)	270.62		5.14	83.14	39.19	36.72
Foreign Direct Investment (US$ million)			720.70	601.50	682.48
Workers' remittances & compensation of employees (US $ million)			1,399.0	1,623.1	1,783.0	1,783.0
B. Other Key Indicators/Indices & Rank
Human Development Index (rank among countries)**	69		98	104	101
Overall Economic Freedom Index (rank among countries)			42	38	32	38	45	45
Fiscal Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			75.6	76.7	76.4	77.9	75.1
Investment Freedom (scale 0 to 100)***			90	90	90	90	80
Freedom from corruption (scale 0 to 100)***			38	40	38	33	36
Corruption Perception Index (rank among countries)****			57	74	64	61	84
Footnotes:
* refers to 1991
** Among 173 in 1990, and 177 countries for the years 2003-2005
*** 100 represents the maximum freedom
**** Ranking among 179 countries with 1 being the least corrupt and 179 the most corrupt
Sources:
http://stats.oecd.org/
http://www.heritage.org/
http://www.transparency.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://www.worldbank.org