Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Jamaica
Jamaica: Proportion of total government spending on essential … social was 2.3% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Jamaica, 2000–2015
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Jamaica is 2.3%, measured in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 75.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Jamaica peaked at 3.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2003.
Jamaica ranks 114th of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.5% | — |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -28.8% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +276.1% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -75.1% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | -2.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 2.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.2%, 10% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 2.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.0%, 14% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +276.1% | 1.0% | 3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 111 Afghanistan 4.1% compare
- 112 Botswana 3.7%
- 113 Angola 2.4% compare
- 115 Marshall Islands 2.3% compare
- 116 Burkina Faso 2.3%
- 117 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.9% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Jamaica
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.36 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,140 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.77 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Jamaica?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Jamaica was 2.3% in 2015, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2003.
- How does Jamaica rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Jamaica ranks 114th out of 128 countries with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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