Population at risk of poverty as a share of total population reached 19.9% in 2012 in Jamaica, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0% more than in the previous year.
Historically, population at risk of poverty as a share of total population in Jamaica reached an all time high of 44.6% in 1991 and an all time low of 9.90% in 2007.
Jamaica has been ranked 36th within the group of 81 countries we follow in terms of population at risk of poverty as a share of total population.
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