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Jamaica Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics

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Country or Region: Jamaica › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Jamaica indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Jamaican Dollar
Currency Symbol: JMD

Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2009 Primary domestic currency: Jamaica dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics for Jamaica , Year 2010 - In Detail

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Jamaica in year 2010 is 11.746 %

This makes Jamaica No. 25 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2010. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.82 %; Jamaica is 6.93 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Jamaica was 11.35 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Jamaica in 2010 was or will be 3.49% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Jamaica was or will be 11.58 %, which is 1.42% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Jamaica, in other Years
Year %
  2016 9.761
  2015 10.211
  2014 10.536
  2013 10.893
  2012 11.261
  2011 11.579
2010 11.746
  2009 11.35
  2008 10.575
  2007 9.85
  2006 10.325
  2005 11.225
  2004 12.2
  2003 11.8
  2002 14.2
  2001 15
  2000 15.5
  1999 15.7
  1998 15.5
  1997 16.5
  1996 16
  1995 16.2
  1994 15.4
  1993 16.2
  1992 15.7
  1991 15.4
  1990 14.289
  1989 15.2
  1988 19.089
  1987 20.968
  1986 23.654
  1985 25.01
  1984 25.512
  1983 26.378
  1982 27.577
  1981 25.941
  1980 27.262