Jamaica vs Nauru: Economic Indicators Comparison

Jamaica with a GDP of $15.7B ranked the 122nd largest economy in the world, while Nauru ranked 195th with $125.6M. By GDP per capita, Jamaica and Nauru ranked 106th vs 74th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Jamaica	Nauru
GDP	$15.7B	$125.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	1.4%	5.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1%	N/A
Population	2.9M	14k
GDP per capita	$5.4k	$9.9k
GDP per capita growth	1.45%	7.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	73.98	0.77
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.57	0.6
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$9.4k	$17k
GNI, Atlas method	$14.6B	$153.2M
GNI per capita	$5k	$12k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$26.1B	$266.1M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$8.9k	$21k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Jamaica	Nauru
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	3.7%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.8%	1.5%
Unemployment	9.5%	13.3%
Economic Freedom Index	68.5	60
Personal Freedom Index	7.29	6.3
Human Freedom Index	7.16	6.2
Property Rights Index	62.1	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	50.5	N/A
Business Freedom Index	77.7	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	80.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	74	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	80	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	68.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	77.7	N/A
Government Spending Index	74.8	N/A
Tax Burden Index	80	N/A
Government Integrity Index	46.8	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	44	56
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.3	59.7
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.2	0.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	13.6	1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	57	0
International tourism, number of arrivals	2.5M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Jamaica	Nauru
Central government debt, % of GDP	99.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	108%	N/A
External debt stocks	$16.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	56.4%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	20.4%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	15.9%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	21.3%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.3%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$3.5B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$774.6M	$0

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Jamaica	Nauru
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	38%	48.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	51.1%	101.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$287.6M	$8.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	29.3%	96.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$96.8M	$23.7M
Personal remittances received	$2.5B	$6.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	20.3%	5.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	6.6%	3.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$50.8M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$5.3M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	26.7%	85%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29%	N/A