Gender in Jamaica 233 indicators covering gender for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 468.29 2030 down 19.6% 145th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.89 % change on previous year 2030 up 21.0% 149th Population 2,341 2030 up 4.1% 141st Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 2,341 2030 up 4.1% 141st Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.0684 % change on previous year 2030 down 93.0% 155th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 15,460 2025 down 14.9% 141st Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 16,015 2025 down 15.0% 141st Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 15,603 2025 down 15.4% 142nd Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 16,169 2025 down 15.4% 141st Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 15,800 2025 down 16.0% 142nd Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 16,375 2025 down 16.0% 142nd Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 15,981 2025 down 17.2% 142nd Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 16,562 2025 down 17.2% 143rd Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 16,075 2025 down 19.2% 143rd Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 16,659 2025 down 19.3% 143rd Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 16,166 2025 down 21.4% 144th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 16,754 2025 down 21.4% 144th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 30.3 2027 down 11.7% 158th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.929 2025 up 3.9% 12th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.887 2025 up 3.7% 31st Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.933 2025 up 3.9% 1st Women's Political Participation Index 0.995 2025 up 4.6% 29th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.929 2025 up 3.9% 12th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.929 2025 up 3.9% 12th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year 2025 — 129th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.929 2025 up 3.9% 12th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 down 100.0% 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 50.1% 2024 up 22.9% 16th Prevalence of obesity, male 19.5% 2024 up 36.8% 101st Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.3 years 2024 down 0.9% 152nd Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.26 years 2024 up 41.4% 9th Share of women who are obese 50.1% 2024 up 23.0% 19th Share of women who are overweight or obese 75.8% 2024 up 10.2% 26th Share of overweight men vs. women 48.1% 2024 up 14.7% 126th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 80.2% 2024 down 0.7% 141st Share of women who are married or in a union 2.8% 2022 down 48.6% 156th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 35.8% 102nd Population, annual growth rate -0.0215 % change on previous year 2024 down 105.9% 158th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 31.5% 31st Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 194.68 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 9.6% 85th Women, Business and the Law Index 74.38 index (0–100) 2023 up 20.2% 127th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 21.9% 125th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 262.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% 32nd Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 6.7% 63rd Labor force, female 743,668 2025 up 16.5% 127th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2621 units per person 2025 up 15.1% 15th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 down 0.0% 81st Page 1 of 4 Next →