Similarities and differences between Jamaica and Singapore. Both are relatively tiny states, with under 5 million residents apiece. At the time of Singapore’s independence in 1965—three years after Jamaica—the two nations were about equal in wealth: the gross domestic product was US $2,850 per person in Jamaica, slightly higher than Singapore’s $2,650. Both nations had a centrally located port, a tradition of British colonial rule, although Jamaica had been subjected by the British to a terrible regime of brutal forced labour (Jamaica, in addition, had plentiful natural resources and a robust tourist industry.) But forty years later, their standing was dramatically different: Singapore had climbed to a per capita GDP of $31,400 (2006 data, in current dollars), while Jamaica’s figure was only $4,800.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:03:32 +0000
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