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Haiti vs Jamaica

104 shared metrics.

HaitiLeads in 41

vs104 shared

JamaicaLeads in 63

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Haiti

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Haiti.

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Identity

Name origin: derived from the Arawak name Ayti, meaning "Land of Mountains," that was originally applied to the entire island of Hispaniola.

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Jamaica

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Identity

Name origin: from the Arawak word xaymaca, meaning "Land of Wood and Water" or possibly "Land of Springs".

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Geography

Size snapshot: about half the size of New Jersey.

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Analysis

Jamaica leads in 63 of 104 shared metrics, while Haiti leads in 41.

Haiti's Broadband Access (%) is 11.6x that of Jamaica (202 per 100 people vs 16 per 100 people).

Haiti's Capital Elevation is 9.9x that of Jamaica (98 m vs 9.0 m).

Haiti's Renewable Energy (%) is 6.3x that of Jamaica (76.7% vs 10.5%).

Haiti's Inflation Rate is 4.0x that of Jamaica (26.9% vs 5.4%).

Haiti's Suicide Rate is 3.6x that of Jamaica (7.8 per 100k vs 1.7 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Haiti leads

Haiti

202 per 100 people

Jamaica

16 per 100 people

Capital ElevationHaiti leads

Haiti

98 m

Jamaica

9.0 m

Renewable Energy (%)Haiti leads

Haiti

76.7%

Jamaica

10.5%

Inflation RateHaiti leads

Haiti

26.9%

Jamaica

5.4%

Suicide RateHaiti leads

Haiti

7.8 per 100k

Jamaica

1.7 per 100k

PopulationHaiti leads

Haiti

11.90M

Jamaica

2.94M

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Haiti

202 per 100 people

Jamaica

16 per 100 people

1163% higher

Capital Elevation

Haiti

98 m

Jamaica

9.0 m

989% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Haiti

76.7%

Jamaica

10.5%

630% higher

Inflation Rate

Haiti

26.9%

Jamaica

5.4%

398% higher

Suicide Rate

Haiti

7.8 per 100k

Jamaica

1.7 per 100k

362% higher

Population

Haiti

11.90M

Jamaica

2.94M

305% higher

Political Corruption Index

Haiti

0.79

Jamaica

0.21

280% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Haiti

37.52% of youth labor force

Jamaica

10.81% of youth labor force

247% higher

Irrigated Land

Haiti

800 km²

Jamaica

250 km²

220% higher

Unemployment Rate

Haiti

15.06%

Jamaica

4.9%

208% higher

Child Mortality

Haiti

55.1 per 1k births

Jamaica

19.3 per 1k births

185% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Haiti

4.8 per 1k

Jamaica

1.7 per 1k

182% higher

Land Area

Haiti

27.6K km²

Jamaica

10.8K km²

154% higher

Infant Mortality

Haiti

40.3 per 1k births

Jamaica

18.3 per 1k births

120% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Jamaica

Haiti

2.0 medals

Jamaica

94 medals

98% lower

Military Spending

Jamaica

Haiti

0.07% of GDP

Jamaica

1.3% of GDP

95% lower

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Jamaica

Haiti

0.08% of GDP

Jamaica

1.4% of GDP

94% lower

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Jamaica

Haiti

74.85 kWh/person

Jamaica

1.1K kWh/person

93% lower

Shipping Traffic

Jamaica

Haiti

177.0K

Jamaica

2.14M

92% lower

CO2 Per Capita

Jamaica

Haiti

0.25 t/person/yr

Jamaica

3.0 t/person/yr

91% lower

Comparison of Haiti and Jamaica across 104 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	16 per 100 people	1163% higher	Haiti
Capital Elevation	98 m	9.0 m	989% higher	Haiti
Renewable Energy (%)	76.7%	10.5%	630% higher	Haiti
Inflation Rate	26.9%	5.4%	398% higher	Haiti
Suicide Rate	7.8 per 100k	1.7 per 100k	362% higher	Haiti
Population	11.90M	2.94M	305% higher	Haiti
Political Corruption Index	0.79	0.21	280% higher	Haiti
Youth Unemployment Rate	37.52% of youth labor force	10.81% of youth labor force	247% higher	Haiti
Irrigated Land	800 km²	250 km²	220% higher	Haiti
Unemployment Rate	15.06%	4.9%	208% higher	Haiti
Child Mortality	55.1 per 1k births	19.3 per 1k births	185% higher	Haiti
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	4.8 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	182% higher	Haiti
Land Area	27.6K km²	10.8K km²	154% higher	Haiti
Infant Mortality	40.3 per 1k births	18.3 per 1k births	120% higher	Haiti
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	94 medals	98% lower	Jamaica
Military Spending	0.07% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	95% lower	Jamaica
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.08% of GDP	1.4% of GDP	94% lower	Jamaica
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	74.85 kWh/person	1.1K kWh/person	93% lower	Jamaica
Shipping Traffic	177.0K	2.14M	92% lower	Jamaica
CO2 Per Capita	0.25 t/person/yr	3.0 t/person/yr	91% lower	Jamaica
Merchant Fleet Size	4.0	40	90% lower	Jamaica
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	3.8 per 100k	38.04 per 100k	90% lower	Jamaica
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.04 per 100k people	0.41 per 100k people	90% lower	Jamaica
Health Spending Per Capita	$52.3	$468.35	89% lower	Jamaica
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.68	86% lower	Jamaica
Armed Forces Personnel	1.0K	6.0K	83% lower	Jamaica
Education Spending (% GDP)	0.96% of GDP	5.5% of GDP	83% lower	Jamaica
Seafood Consumption per Person	5.0 kg/person/yr	26.42 kg/person/yr	81% lower	Jamaica
Milk Consumption per Person	18.98 kg/person/yr	91.13 kg/person/yr	79% lower	Jamaica
Forest Coverage (%)	12.26%	56.19%	78% lower	Jamaica
Scientific Publications	37.56	168.07	78% lower	Jamaica
Electricity Generation	1.0 TWh	4.5 TWh	78% lower	Jamaica
GNI Per Capita	$1,760	$7,210	76% lower	Jamaica
Road Traffic Death Rate	31.3 per 100k	17.8 per 100k	76% higher	Haiti
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,193.67	$12,890.27	75% lower	Jamaica
Coastline Length	1.8K km	1.0K km	73% higher	Haiti
Obesity Rate	10.23%	34.18%	70% lower	Jamaica
Meat Consumption per Person	17.61 kg/person/yr	58.97 kg/person/yr	70% lower	Jamaica
Electoral Democracy Index	0.24	0.81	70% lower	Jamaica
Agricultural Land (%)	65.13%	38.5%	69% higher	Haiti
Sanitation Access (%)	29.11%	91.63%	68% lower	Jamaica
Government Debt (% GDP)	33.9% of GDP	106.3% of GDP	68% lower	Jamaica
Informal Employment Share	91.61% of employed people	54.64% of employed people	68% higher	Haiti
Youth Population (%)	31.19%	18.7%	67% higher	Haiti
Corruption Perceptions Index	16 pts	44 pts	64% lower	Jamaica
Electric Generating Capacity	472.0K kW	1.24M kW	62% lower	Jamaica
Population Density	422.26 /km²	262.21 /km²	61% higher	Haiti
Energy Use (Per Capita)	377.53 kg oil eq/person	968.88 kg oil eq/person	61% lower	Jamaica
Beer Consumption	0.41 L/person/yr	1.0 L/person/yr	60% lower	Jamaica
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	7.8% of GDP	59% lower	Jamaica
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	1.4 L/person/yr	58% higher	Haiti
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.9% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	58% higher	Haiti
Women's Political Empowerment	0.40	0.93	57% lower	Jamaica
Protected Land (%)	8.6%	19.9%	57% lower	Jamaica
Total CO2 Emissions	3.5 Mt CO2e	8.1 Mt CO2e	56% lower	Jamaica
Internet Users (%)	39%	83%	53% lower	Jamaica
Dependency Ratio	55.99% of working-age pop.	36.82% of working-age pop.	52% higher	Haiti
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% lower	Jamaica
Electricity Access (%)	51.3%	97.7%	47% lower	Jamaica
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	65 per 100 people	118 per 100 people	45% lower	Jamaica
Digital Payments Used	27.52% of adults	49.67% of adults	45% lower	Jamaica
Forest Area	3.4K km²	6.1K km²	44% lower	Jamaica
Elderly Population (%)	4.7%	8.2%	43% lower	Jamaica
Credit Card Ownership	6.9% of adults	11.81% of adults	42% lower	Jamaica
Can Raise Emergency Money	46.07% of adults	78.59% of adults	41% lower	Jamaica
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.29 per 1k	0.46 per 1k	37% lower	Jamaica
Teen Birth Rate	49.77 per 1k	36.54 per 1k	36% higher	Haiti
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.9% of adults	11.2% of adults	29% lower	Jamaica
Birth Rate	20.76 per 1k	16.08 per 1k	29% higher	Haiti
Fertility Rate	2.4 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	28% higher	Haiti
Insufficient Physical Activity	27.91% of adults	38.11% of adults	27% lower	Jamaica
Median Age	23.5 years	31.7 years	26% lower	Jamaica
Human Development Index	0.55	0.72	23% lower	Jamaica
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	21.35 µg/m³	17.41 µg/m³	23% higher	Haiti
Highest Elevation	2.7K m	2.3K m	19% higher	Haiti
Homicide Rate	41.15 per 100k	49.44 per 100k	17% lower	Jamaica
Smoking Rate	8.1%	9.7%	16% lower	Jamaica
GDP (Nominal)	$25,224,154,990.79	$22,014,397,089.77	15% higher	Haiti
Airports	17	20	15% lower	Jamaica
Freedom of Expression Index	0.80	0.92	13% lower	Jamaica
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	11 days/yr	10 days/yr	10% higher	Haiti
Water Stress (%)	11.15%	12.38%	10% lower	Jamaica
Life Expectancy	64.9 years	71.5 years	9% lower	Jamaica
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	1.3 B m³	8% higher	Haiti
Hypertension Prevalence	42.4% of adults	45.5% of adults	7% lower	Jamaica
Mobile Money Accounts	13.52% of adults	12.66% of adults	7% higher	Haiti
Urban Population (%)	55.04%	58.93%	7% lower	Jamaica
Death Rate	7.0 per 1k	7.4 per 1k	5% lower	Jamaica
Electricity Carbon Intensity	534.88 gCO2/kWh	563.01 gCO2/kWh	5% lower	Jamaica
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.94 hrs/week	43.63 hrs/week	4% lower	Jamaica
Food Waste per Person	151.3 kg/person/yr	152.69 kg/person/yr	1% lower	Jamaica
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Haiti
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Haiti
Wind Electricity Share	0%	5.9%	ranked lower	Jamaica
Solar Electricity Share	0%	3.0%	ranked lower	Jamaica
Alcohol Consumption	3.1 L/adult/yr	3.1 L/adult/yr	equal	Haiti
GDP Growth Rate	-4.17%	-0.54%	ranked lower	Jamaica
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Haiti
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Haiti
Land Border Length	376 km	0 km	ranked higher	Haiti
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	Haiti
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	27 gold medals	ranked lower	Jamaica
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Haiti
Border Neighbors	1.0	0	ranked higher	Haiti

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Analysis

Jamaica leads in 63 of 104 shared metrics, while Haiti leads in 41.

Haiti's Broadband Access (%) is 11.6x that of Jamaica (202 per 100 people vs 16 per 100 people).

Haiti's Capital Elevation is 9.9x that of Jamaica (98 m vs 9.0 m).

Haiti's Renewable Energy (%) is 6.3x that of Jamaica (76.7% vs 10.5%).

Haiti's Inflation Rate is 4.0x that of Jamaica (26.9% vs 5.4%).

Haiti's Suicide Rate is 3.6x that of Jamaica (7.8 per 100k vs 1.7 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Haiti leads

Haiti

202 per 100 people

Jamaica

16 per 100 people

Capital ElevationHaiti leads

Haiti

98 m

Jamaica

9.0 m

Renewable Energy (%)Haiti leads

Haiti

76.7%

Jamaica

10.5%

Inflation RateHaiti leads

Haiti

26.9%

Jamaica

5.4%

Suicide RateHaiti leads

Haiti

7.8 per 100k

Jamaica

1.7 per 100k

PopulationHaiti leads

Haiti

11.90M

Jamaica

2.94M

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

16 per 100 people

Capital Elevation

98 m

9.0 m

Renewable Energy (%)

76.7%

10.5%

Inflation Rate

26.9%

5.4%

Suicide Rate

7.8 per 100k

1.7 per 100k

Population

11.90M

2.94M

Political Corruption Index

0.79

0.21

Youth Unemployment Rate

37.52% of youth labor force

10.81% of youth labor force

Irrigated Land

800 km²

250 km²

Unemployment Rate

15.06%

4.9%

Child Mortality

55.1 per 1k births

19.3 per 1k births

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

4.8 per 1k

1.7 per 1k

Land Area

27.6K km²

10.8K km²

Infant Mortality

40.3 per 1k births

18.3 per 1k births

All-Time Olympic Medals

2.0 medals

94 medals

Military Spending

0.07% of GDP

1.3% of GDP

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

0.08% of GDP

1.4% of GDP

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

74.85 kWh/person

1.1K kWh/person

Shipping Traffic

177.0K

2.14M

CO2 Per Capita

0.25 t/person/yr

3.0 t/person/yr

Haiti vs Jamaica

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Capital Elevation

Renewable Energy (%)

Inflation Rate

Suicide Rate

Population

Political Corruption Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Irrigated Land

Unemployment Rate

Child Mortality

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Land Area

Infant Mortality

All-Time Olympic Medals

Military Spending

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Shipping Traffic

CO2 Per Capita

Merchant Fleet Size

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Health Spending Per Capita

Liberal Democracy Index

Armed Forces Personnel

Education Spending (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Milk Consumption per Person

Forest Coverage (%)

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

GNI Per Capita

Road Traffic Death Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Coastline Length

Obesity Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Electoral Democracy Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share

Youth Population (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Electric Generating Capacity

Population Density

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Beer Consumption

Health Spending (% GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Women's Political Empowerment

Protected Land (%)

Total CO2 Emissions

Internet Users (%)

Dependency Ratio

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Electricity Access (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Digital Payments Used

Forest Area

Elderly Population (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Can Raise Emergency Money

Doctors (per 1,000)

Teen Birth Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Birth Rate

Fertility Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Median Age