About: Health in Jamaica

Life expectancy in Jamaica was 73 years in 2012. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Jamaica is fulfilling 91.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Jamaica achieves 97.7% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 89.2% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Jamaica falls into the "fair" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling 86.4% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.