Unemployment rate: Jamaica
3.286% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.286 |
| 2024 | 3.151 |
| 2023 | 3.022 |
| 2022 | 4.083 |
| 2021 | 5.188 |
| 2020 | 6.501 |
| 2019 | 4.987 |
| 2018 | 5.47 |
| 2017 | 7.399 |
| 2016 | 8.634 |
| 2015 | 8.825 |
| 2014 | 9.046 |
| 2013 | 9.698 |
| 2012 | 8.695 |
| 2011 | 8.034 |
| 2010 | 7.63 |
| 2009 | 7.314 |
| 2008 | 6.666 |
| 2007 | 6.607 |
| 2006 | 6.605 |
| 2005 | 6.577 |
| 2004 | 6.539 |
| 2003 | 6.534 |
| 2002 | 6.616 |
| 2001 | 6.641 |
| 2000 | 6.752 |
| 1999 | 6.813 |
| 1998 | 6.846 |
| 1997 | 6.693 |
| 1996 | 6.611 |
| 1995 | 6.325 |
| 1994 | 6.335 |
| 1993 | 6.235 |
| 1992 | 6.383 |
| 1991 | 6.233 |