Environment in Jamaica

2,012 indicators covering environment for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 1,642 t 2024 up 44.2% 93rd
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 539 t 2024 up 44.1% 72nd
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 468 t 2024 up 44.0% 86th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0 t per square kilometre 2023 97th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 586 t 2024 up 44.0% 86th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 39 t 2024 up 44.4% 20th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2019 unchanged 119th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 8 t 2024 up 33.3% 73rd
Forest land — Share in Land area 56.55 % 2024 up 6.8% 52nd
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 151st
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 152nd
Other land — Area 47.68 1000 ha 2024 down 44.8% 199th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.88 g/Int$ 2024 up 27.9% 43rd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 8,819 TJ 2024 down 1.9% 118th
Fuelwood — Energy production 7,737 TJ 2024 up 54.6% 116th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% 41st
Asses — Stocks 23,000 An 2023 unchanged 57th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 502,021 kg 2023 unchanged 52nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture 497,001 kg 2023 unchanged 52nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 99,400 kg 2023 unchanged 52nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 149,100 kg 2023 unchanged 52nd
Asses — Manure management 5,020 kg 2023 unchanged 64th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 5,020 kg 2023 unchanged 64th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 1,004 kg 2023 unchanged 64th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 1,506 kg 2023 unchanged 64th
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 1,443 1000 USD 2024 up 125.8% 92nd
Recovered paper — Export quantity 6,133 t 2024 down 16.9% 104th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 8,925 TJ 2024 down 0.8% 119th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 50 t 2024 108th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 70 1000 USD 2024 107th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 4,734 TJ 2024 down 21.9% 128th
Municipal water withdrawal 339.87 million cubic meters 2023 up 13.8% 95th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 2,931 TJ 2024 down 10.4% 129th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 6,745 TJ 2024 down 7.8% 123rd
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 12th
Asses — Share in total livestock 3.23 %LSU 2023 down 1.2% 27th
Asses — Stocks 11,500 LSU 2023 unchanged 57th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 8,649 t 2024 up 26.8% 76th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 11,218 1000 USD 2024 up 7.3% 77th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 152nd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 160th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 153rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 153rd
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 21.65 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 8.7% 76th
Charcoal — Energy production 720.98 TJ 2024 down 36.4% 69th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 1 m3 2016 down 95.0% 167th
Wood fuel — Import value 2 1000 USD 2016 down 75.0% 157th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 6,001 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.9% 111th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 148th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0 t per square kilometre 2023 148th
Land use hidden — Forest 6,085 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.8% 118th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 84.1 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% 122nd
Wood residues — Import quantity 14 m3 2024 down 90.3% 135th
Wood residues — Import value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 95.0% 146th
Watermelons — Gross Production Index Number 128.12 2024 up 31.5% 33rd
Watermelons — Gross per capita Production Index Number 126.46 2024 up 29.4% 27th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.0535 m3 per person 2024 down 1.3% 81st