Social Development in Jamaica 153 indicators covering social development for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 7,541 2025 up 798.8% 71st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0027 units per person 2025 up 787.9% 30th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 492.4% 52nd Political Rights Score 34 2025 unchanged 60th Freedom Score 81 2025 up 8.0% 67th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 2022 — 158th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2022 — 158th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 — 160th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -20.29 % change on previous year 2025 down 150.0% 83rd Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 — 153rd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.837 2025 up 38.3% 30th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.812 2025 down 4.7% 80th Political Corruption Index 0.207 2025 up 58.0% 130th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.207 2025 up 58.0% 130th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.14 2024 up 5.4% 106th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.6523 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,021.3% 16th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 2022 — 157th LGBT+ Rights Index -1.29 2019 unchanged 167th Forcibly displaced people 31 2022 up 63.2% 164th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 64 years 2025 up 18.5% 25th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 44 2024 up 15.8% 73rd Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.36 2024 up 8.6% 103rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.89 2024 up 10.1% 87th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.6219 2024 up 0.9% 88th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1484 2024 down 14.8% 165th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.3 2025 up 14.4% 49th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.3 2025 up 14.4% 49th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 31.2% 2024 up 0.8% 128th Homicide rate 49.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 14.5% 5th Homicides 1,404 homicides 2023 up 16.8% 29th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 49.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 14.5% 5th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 49.44 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 14.5% 5th Age of electoral democracy 42 years 2025 up 31.2% 33rd States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -1.39 2020 down 544.2% 130th Homicides 30 deaths 2014 up 200.0% 79th Child homicide rate 0.1055 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 up 17.3% 85th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.8788 2020 down 330.0% 110th Homicide rate 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 up 184.3% 65th Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 up 184.3% 65th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 1,467 deaths 2021 up 1.7% 48th Homicide rate 51.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 1.2% 4th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 51.87 2021 down 0.8% 4th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 225,000 2030 down 14.1% 131st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 3.59 2030 up 12.6% 114th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →