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Jamaica

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  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    2.8 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Refugees who fled

    10 183

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Jamaica, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
7.7%
2023
Refugees who fled
10,183
2025
Refugees hosted
—
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
19
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$8,003
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Jamaica: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Kingston

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2925…330.1 mm44 km/h
Wed, Sep 3025…330.8 mm58 km/hthunderstorm
Thu, Oct 125…320.7 mm61 km/h
Fri, Oct 225…323.2 mm71 km/hthunderstorm
Sat, Oct 324…313.6 mm60 km/h
Sun, Oct 425…311.8 mm45 km/h
Mon, Oct 525…312.4 mm54 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Disasters since 20007

032000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: Floods 1, Tropical cyclones 220202021: Tropical cyclones 12022: 02023: 02024: Tropical cyclones 22025: Tropical cyclones 120252026: 02026

Tropical cyclonesFloods

  • Tropical Cyclone MELISSA-25 · Oct 21, 2025 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 296 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone RAFAEL-24 · Nov 3, 2024 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 194 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone BERYL-24 · Jun 28, 2024 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone ELSA-21 · Jun 30, 2021 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
  • Flood in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States · Nov 3, 2020 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone LAURA-20 · Aug 20, 2020 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone ISAIAS-20 · Jul 28, 2020 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)