Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Jamaica instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 16.7% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Jamaica, that number is 1.4% of people as of 2020.
Economy
make 42.6% more money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $6,100 as of 2020, while in Jamaica, the GDP per capita is $8,700 as of 2020.
be 14.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Jamaica, that number is 7.7% as of 2019.
be 58.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Jamaica, however, that number is 17.1% as of 2016.
Life
be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Jamaica, 80.0 women do as of 2017.
have 25.2% fewer children
In Belize, there are approximately 21.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Jamaica, there are 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 31.6% less on education
Belize spends 7.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Jamaica spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 2.6 times more coastline
Belize has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Jamaica, that number is 1,022 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Jamaica: At a glance
How big is Jamaica compared to Belize? See an in-depth size comparison.