Jamaica Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Jamaica decreased to 8 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 8.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Jamaica averaged 13.19 percent from 1991 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 16.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 1997 and a record low of 8 percent in the first quarter of 2019.

Unemployment Rate in Jamaica is expected to be 7.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Jamaica to stand at 6.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Jamaica Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Jamaica Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	8.00	8.70	16.50	8.00	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.70	22.20	37.00	19.40	percent	[+]
Population	2.73	2.73	2.73	1.63	Million	[+]
Unemployed Persons	107500.00	115600.00	215100.00	107500.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	64.20	64.00	65.50	61.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	1232700.00	1219700.00	1232700.00	1098700.00		[+]
Employment Rate	91.60	90.30	91.60	83.70	percent	[+]

In Jamaica, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Jamaica Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Jamaica Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	8.00	8.70	16.50	8.00	1991 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.10	Mar/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.50	Apr/19	12.7	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.20	Apr/19	10.2	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.60	Apr/19	7.7	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Dec/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.40	May/19	5.7	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	May/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.50	May/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.00	May/19	4.1	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Apr/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
United States	3.60	May/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.53	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Mexico	3.50	Apr/19	3.2	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.30	May/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.20	Apr/19	3.2	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	Apr/19	2.5	5.5 : 1	%
Switzerland	2.30	May/19	2.4	5.7 : 1.5	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%