total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)
Education expenditures:
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Government
Jamaica
Country name:
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Jamaica
Government type:
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Capital:
name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 76 48 W time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)