Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 97.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 97.5% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica peaked at 97.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 94.9%, in 2012.
That places Jamaica 80th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 95.3% | — |
| 2010 | 95.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 95.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 94.9% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 95.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 97.1% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.5% | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 97.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 97.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.3% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.5% | 94.9% | 97.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 77 North Macedonia 97.7% compare
- 78 Trinidad and Tobago 97.7% compare
- 79 Brazil 97.5% compare
- 81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.4% compare
- 82 Dominican Republic 97.4% compare
- 83 Slovakia 97.3% compare
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Jamaica was 97.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.9% in 2012.
- How does Jamaica rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Jamaica ranks 80th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.