france
France
Birth rate : 11.9
Death rate : 9.6
Infant mortality rate : 3.2
Life expectancy : 82.2
Literacy rate :
GDP per capita : 130,200
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
Jamaica Economy
Economy Outdoor market in Jamaica Roasting coffee beans Jamaica is a developing country. The country has a high rate of unemployment and underemployment. Foreign aid and remittances (money sent home) from Jamaicans working abroad are helpful sources of national income. Tourism also provides much income for the nation. The leading tourist centers in Jamaica include Kingston, Montego Bay, Negril, and Ocho Rios. About a sixth of Jamaica’s people work in agriculture. Sugar cane is the most important crop. Other crop products include bananas, citrus fruits, coconuts, coffee, and yams. Farmers raise beef cattle, chickens, goats, and hogs. But the nation’s farms do not produce enough food for all the people, and so Jamaica must import much of its food. Mining provides much of Jamaica’s income. Jamaica is one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. Plants near some of the bauxite mines remove a mineral compound called alumina from the bauxite ore. Jamaicans also mine gypsum and li
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