Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Jamaica
7.8% of people in Jamaica lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2012.
Jamaica, 2024
7.8%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Jamaica over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.8% |
| 2023 | 8.2% |
| 2021 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 11.0% |
| 2018 | 12.7% |
| 2017 | 19.3% |
| 2016 | 17.1% |
| 2015 | 21.2% |
| 2014 | 20.0% |
| 2013 | 24.6% |
| 2012 | 19.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 8.2% in 2023.
- Since 2012, when it was 19.9%, the figure has changed by −12.1 percentage points.