Social Development in Jamaica 153 indicators covering social development for Jamaica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age of full democracy 45 years 2025 up 28.6% 41st Freedom of Association Score 10 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom of Expression Score 9 2025 down 10.0% 4th Civil Rights Score 7 2025 unchanged 19th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 10.3% 2030 down 16.3% 119th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 225,000 2030 down 14.1% 133rd Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 35.4% 2020 down 4.0% 106th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 53.8% 2020 down 1.8% 103rd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 43.5% 2020 down 2.9% 81st Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 46.2% 2020 up 2.2% 84th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 18.5% 2020 up 2.8% 42nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 19.7% 2020 up 0.3% 84th Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 14.56 2020 down 0.6% 139th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 6.7 2020 down 0.6% 139th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 6.72 2020 up 1.7% 116th Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 10.3% 2030 down 14.9% 110th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 10.3% 2030 down 16.3% 111th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 2 2024 unchanged 156th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 1,463 2024 up 10.9% 33rd Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 — 104th Age of democracy 60 years 2018 up 20.0% 21st Homicides, by sex of the victim 118 homicides 2023 down 9.2% 39th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 91.55 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 17.9% 4th Press Freedom Index 9.96 2021 up 0.8% 171st Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 22.5% 2023 up 7.7% 106th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 1.25 2016 up 11.6% 104th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 1 2024 unchanged 112th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 0 2014 down 100.0% 131st Annual budget for tobacco control in currency reported 1.40 million 2022 unchanged 62nd Homicide rate from firearms 41.87 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 31.8% 3rd Homicides by firearm 1,189 homicides 2023 up 34.5% 10th Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner 0 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 100.0% 47th ← Previous Page 3 of 3