Poverty & Inequality in Jamaica 88 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 — 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 — 56th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 — 53rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.36 live births per woman 2023 down 14.6% 202nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,140 kg per hectare 2023 down 5.0% 157th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 36.7% 79th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year 2023 up 70.6% 127th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.77 2023 up 17.8% 50th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% 2023 up 17.8% 50th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 21.5% 52nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year 2023 up 300.0% 97th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.358 2023 down 14.1% 81st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.0% 2023 up 11.1% 66th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1141 2023 up 2.2% 90th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1141 2023 up 2.2% 90th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1372 2023 up 5.6% 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2021 — 61st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2021 — 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 5.1% 2021 — 57th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 22.9% 2021 — 56th Prosperity gap 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 — 59th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3368 2023 down 11.9% 60th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2021 — 60th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.7% 2021 — 44th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.0% 2021 — 57th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.59 2023 up 3.3% 94th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.59 2023 up 3.3% 94th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.59 2023 up 3.3% 94th Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.4% 2021 — 64th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 105.31 2023 down 10.5% 102nd Income share held by second 20% 10.3% 2021 — 100th Income share held by third 20% 15.3% 2021 — 87th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.8% 2021 — 25th Income share held by highest 20% 45.8% 2021 — 35th Income share held by highest 10% 29.6% 2021 — 40th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.2% 2021 — 90th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.7% 2021 — 96th Gini index 39.9 2021 — 28th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 17.2% 2021 — 23rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 10.06 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 — 87th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.3% 2021 — 69th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.099 2024 down 5.3% 84th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 unchanged 77th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 7,135 2017 up 0.9% 104th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 2.3% 2015 up 75.5% 113th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.4% 2021 — 59th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3987 2021 — 27th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 39,357 people 2021 — 83rd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 1.4% 2021 — 59th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 1.4% 2021 — 59th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 1.4% 2021 — 59th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.94 million people 2021 — 87th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 1.4% 2021 — 59th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 1.4% 2021 — 59th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 234,618 people 2021 — 78th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 84.6% 2021 — 65th Share of population living in extreme poverty 1.4% 2021 — 59th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 22.9% 2021 — 54th Number of people living in extreme poverty 2.80 million people 2021 — 105th Page 1 of 2 Next →