Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Missouri instead of Jamaica, you would:

Economy

make 5.5 times more money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $10,300 as of 2023, while in Missouri, the GDP per capita is $56,344 as of 2024.

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be 25.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Missouri, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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