Jamaica: labor market gender gap index 2020, by area

In 2020, Jamaica scored 0.77 in the gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity, which means that women are 23 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities than men. That year, Jamaica scored 0.62 in estimated earned income, which shows a gender pay gap of approximately 38 percent (on average, women's income was estimated to be around 38 percent lower than men's).