Climate Change in Jamaica

1,254 indicators covering climate change for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita 0.2508 2024 down 4.1% 25th
Cropland organic soils — Area 3,739 ha 2024 down 6.6% 70th
Cropland organic soils — Emissions 0.0261 kt 2024 down 7.1% 77th
Cropland organic soils — Emissions 170.55 kt 2024 down 7.1% 66th
Grassland organic soils — Area 2,129 ha 2024 down 6.1% 71st
Grassland organic soils — Emissions 0.0162 kt 2024 down 5.8% 70th
Grassland organic soils — Emissions 72.55 kt 2024 down 5.9% 63rd
Drained organic soils — Area 5,868 ha 2024 down 6.4% 76th
Drained organic soils — Emissions 0.0423 kt 2024 down 6.6% 79th
Drained organic soils — Emissions 243.09 kt 2024 down 6.7% 71st
Forest fires — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 112th
Forest fires — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 112th
Forest fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 112th
Forest fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 112th
Other forest — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 93rd
Other forest — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 93rd
Other forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 93rd
Other forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 93rd
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues 4,078 t 2024 up 13.9% 115th
Savanna fires — Burned Area 770.33 ha 2024 up 33.3% 115th
Savanna fires — Emissions 0.0094 kt 2024 up 14.6% 115th
Savanna fires — Emissions 0.0009 kt 2024 up 12.5% 114th
Grassland — Burning crop residues 866.61 t 2024 up 289.4% 116th
Grassland — Burned Area 171.18 ha 2024 up 300.0% 117th
Grassland — Emissions 0.002 kt 2024 up 300.0% 116th
Grassland — Emissions 0.0002 kt 2024 113th
Savanna — Burning crop residues 149.79 t 2024 down 85.7% 115th
Savanna — Burned Area 21.4 ha 2024 down 85.7% 118th
Savanna — Emissions 0.0003 kt 2024 down 87.5% 114th
Savanna — Emissions 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 111th
Woody savanna — Burning crop residues 3,062 t 2024 up 32.5% 73rd
Woody savanna — Burned Area 577.75 ha 2024 up 50.0% 75th
Woody savanna — Emissions 0.007 kt 2024 up 32.1% 73rd
Woody savanna — Emissions 0.0006 kt 2024 up 20.0% 73rd
Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues 3,212 t 2024 down 4.4% 95th
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area 599.15 ha 2024 up 12.0% 99th
Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 72nd
Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 34th
Open shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 44th
Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Emissions 0 kt 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Emissions 0 kt 2024 5th
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 56th
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 56th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 24,939 t 2050 48th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 0.0017 kt 2050 48th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 0.0673 kt 2050 48th
All Crops — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.7% 146th
All Crops — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% 136th
All Crops — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.3% 151st