Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica
Jamaica: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 84.61 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
84.61
Change on year
down 3.5%
World rank
65th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.36
in 1993
All-time low
84.61
in 2021
Years of data
9
1988–2021
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica, 1988–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica stood at 84.61. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 3.5% over five years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica peaked at 99.36 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 84.61, in 2021.
That places Jamaica 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.76 | 96.76 | 96.76 | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.49 | 92.59 | 99.36 | 4 |
| 2000s | 91 | 90.89 | 91.12 | 2 |
| 2010s | 87.72 | 87.72 | 87.72 | 1 |
| 2020s | 84.61 | 84.61 | 84.61 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More poverty & inequality data for Jamaica
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.36 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,140 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 27.77 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.358 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 21.99 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1141 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1141 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1372 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.3368 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Jamaica was 84.61 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.36 in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.61 in 2021.
- How does Jamaica rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Jamaica ranks 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).