Capital: Kingston
Head of state: Patrick Allen
Currency: Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Languages: Jamaican Patois and English
Population: 2.711Millions
Surface area: 11,100km2
GDP: US$11.923Billion
GDP per capita: US$4,397.483

Inflation: 16.87%
Value of exports (2008): US$2.134Billion
Exports of percentage of GDP: 17.90%
Largest companies: Bank of Commerce Jamaica Ltd, Bank of Jamaica Ltd, Century National Bank, Dr. Bird, Export Development Fund Jamaica Ltd, Jamaica Private Power, National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Ltd, National Development Bank of Jamaica Ltd, National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica Ltd, Pan Caribbean Merchant Bank Ltd, Union Bank of Jamaica Ltd, West India Company of Merchant Bankers, Workers Bank Trust Ltd, Workers Savings & Loan Bank Ltd, Workers Trust & Merchant Bank,
Top business schools: The University of the West Indies, Mona,University of Technology, Jamaica
Literacy rate: 87.9%
Human development index (2009): 100
Electricity industry: 89.4% was from fossil fuels, 3.2% from hydropower, and the remainder from other sources.
Sources of energy: no coal deposits and very little hydroelectric potential

Contact: Jamaica Trade and Invest
www.jamaicatradeandinvest.org
Jamaica Export Association
www.exportjamaica.org