Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Texas instead of Jamaica, you would:
Economy
make 6.8 times more money
Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $10,300 as of 2023, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 as of 2024.
be 11.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Jamaica, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Texas, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.
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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