Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Baldwin Spencer
Population
2,889,187
89,018
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
75.690 years
Capital City
Kingston
Saint John's
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Saint John's (population: 24,226)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.83
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$18,200 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
85.8%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
16.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
11.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
1 November 1981 (from UK)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census)
