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Jamaica vs North Macedonia
Price level and homicide-based safety head to head, plus every ICP category both Jamaica and North Macedonia publish. Statistics, not reviews.
1Visa-free travelPassport Index open dataset · MIT
Do I need a visa for Jamaica or North Macedonia
Tourist entry rules in both directions: a passport from Jamaica travelling to North Macedonia, and a passport from North Macedonia travelling to Jamaica.
Tourist stays only, from the openly licensed Passport Index dataset — refreshed with each release. Long stays always need a consular check.
2Moving to North Macedonia
2Moving to Jamaica
3Climate · capital cities NASA POWER · PUBLIC DOMAIN
Weather and climate: Jamaica against North Macedonia, month by month
How warm and how wet each month is, averaged over twenty years. Measured in Kingston and Skopje — the capital city, not the whole country.
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Kingston · Jamaica Skopje · North Macedonia
Warmest
August in both — 28.1° vs 23.1°
Coldest
January — 25.5° vs -1.3°
Kinder months to visit
Jan–Feb in Kingston · Jun–Sep in Skopje
Source: NASA POWER, MERRA-2 monthly climatology 2001–2020, grid cell of the capital · U.S. public domain. “Kinder months” is our reading: 15–26 °C mean and moderate rain.
4The basket
25 price tags, Jamaica against North Macedonia
World = 100, benchmark 2021 — sorted by the size of the gap. Diff is North Macedonia relative to Jamaica.
Third column from the same ICP 2021 series; a dash means the country publishes no value for that line.
Download CSV →3Price level · US = 100
on the World Bank price-level index · gap 50% · North Macedonia cheaper
6Three movers, three answersderived from the figures above
The earner
Wages usually track local prices: the 34% gap matters less when the paycheck is local too.
North MacedoniaThe remote worker
A salary pegged elsewhere buys more where prices are lower — here that is North Macedonia.
North MacedoniaThe cautious
The homicide-based score is 59 points apart, favouring North Macedonia.
North Macedonia8Where this pair sits
Price twins
Jamaica’s price zone
North Macedonia’s price zone
nearest price levels worldwide · tap to compare
Same lifestyle, new price
$1,000 in North Macedonia buys what $1,505 buys in Jamaica
because the same basket of goods and services is priced 34% lower in North Macedonia — 41.0 against 61.7 on the World Bank index. The amount is a round sum for illustration, not a converted price.
average across the economy · estimate
Safety ranks · of 84
#82JAMAICA #39NORTH MACEDONIA
by homicide-based score, safest first
Jamaica’s safety zone
North Macedonia’s safety zone
nearest world ranks · tap to compare
categories cheaper, of the 25 both countries publish · widest gap: Transport services +105%
9Reader verdict
Your call — which one fits you better?
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10What the numbers say
The split: cost favours North Macedonia by 34%, the homicide-based score favours North Macedonia by 59 points. Which matters more depends on whose paycheck crosses the border.
Editor’s note. Averages hide category stories: the widest single gap here is Transport services at +105%. Budget the move by category, not by the headline number.
Release v2026-08; homicide rates carry their own year per country. World ranks — #82 and #39 of 85 by score.
10bPlan your move
Which one suits you?
Fill in your situation — we score this pair against your numbers, then check the other 81 countries for a better fit.
Guidance from published statistics, not immigration or financial advice — see the disclaimer.
11FAQ
Is North Macedonia really 34% cheaper?
What does the homicide-based score measure?
Why is there only one page per pair?
Do the two data years match?
12Keep exploring
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∑Plan your budget
What your month would cost after the move
Enter what you spend today. Each line is repriced with the ICP ratio for that category — your numbers, our coefficients.
Filling uses average household spending per person in each country, scaled to your household on the OECD-modified scale — the first adult counts as 1.0, every further adult as 0.5, every child as 0.3, because a second person in the same home does not double the rent or the heating. Two adults therefore stand at 1.5 people, not 2.
Where the money moves
Starting figures are actual household spending per person (World Bank, 2025), scaled to your household on the OECD-modified scale and split by typical consumption shares. Category ratios come from ICP 2021. Rent varies enormously by city and district — replace it with the figure you actually pay. Estimate, not advice.
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All comparisons with North Macedonia 82
- North Macedonia vs Albania
- North Macedonia vs Antigua and Barbuda
- North Macedonia vs Argentina
- North Macedonia vs Australia
- North Macedonia vs Austria
- North Macedonia vs Bahamas
- North Macedonia vs Barbados
- North Macedonia vs Belgium
- North Macedonia vs Belize
- North Macedonia vs Bolivia
- North Macedonia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
- North Macedonia vs Brazil
- North Macedonia vs Bulgaria
- North Macedonia vs Canada
- North Macedonia vs Chile
- North Macedonia vs Colombia
- North Macedonia vs Costa Rica
- North Macedonia vs Croatia
- North Macedonia vs Cyprus
- North Macedonia vs Czech Republic
- North Macedonia vs Denmark
- North Macedonia vs Dominica
- North Macedonia vs Dominican Republic
- North Macedonia vs Ecuador
- North Macedonia vs El Salvador
- North Macedonia vs Estonia
- North Macedonia vs Fiji
- North Macedonia vs Finland
- North Macedonia vs France
- North Macedonia vs Germany
- North Macedonia vs Greece
- North Macedonia vs Grenada
- North Macedonia vs Guatemala
- North Macedonia vs Guyana
- North Macedonia vs Haiti
- North Macedonia vs Honduras
- North Macedonia vs Hungary
- North Macedonia vs Iceland
- North Macedonia vs Ireland
- North Macedonia vs Italy
- North Macedonia vs Jamaica
- North Macedonia vs Kiribati
- North Macedonia vs Latvia
- North Macedonia vs Lithuania
- North Macedonia vs Luxembourg
- North Macedonia vs Malta
- North Macedonia vs Marshall Islands
- North Macedonia vs Mexico
- North Macedonia vs Micronesia
- North Macedonia vs Montenegro
- North Macedonia vs Netherlands
- North Macedonia vs New Zealand
- North Macedonia vs Nicaragua
- North Macedonia vs Norway
- North Macedonia vs Palau
- North Macedonia vs Panama
- North Macedonia vs Papua New Guinea
- North Macedonia vs Paraguay
- North Macedonia vs Peru
- North Macedonia vs Poland
- North Macedonia vs Portugal
- North Macedonia vs Romania
- North Macedonia vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
- North Macedonia vs Saint Lucia
- North Macedonia vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- North Macedonia vs Samoa
- North Macedonia vs Serbia
- North Macedonia vs Slovakia
- North Macedonia vs Slovenia
- North Macedonia vs Solomon Islands
- North Macedonia vs Spain
- North Macedonia vs Suriname
- North Macedonia vs Sweden
- North Macedonia vs Switzerland
- North Macedonia vs Tonga
- North Macedonia vs Trinidad and Tobago
- North Macedonia vs Tuvalu
- North Macedonia vs United Kingdom
- North Macedonia vs United States
- North Macedonia vs Uruguay
- North Macedonia vs Vanuatu
- North Macedonia vs Venezuela
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13Sources & licences
Sources behind this comparison
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Sources: World Bank WDI · ICP 2021 · UNODC via WDI · Passport Index · NASA POWER · Eurostat · BLS · Statistics Canada · release v2026-08
Rights holder: The World Bank · World Development Indicators, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI · reference year 2025 · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0, reuse subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. Values are reproduced as published; United States = 100 is the indicator’s own base. Every ranking, gap and comment is a Costely calculation. Note: The World Bank does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: The World Bank · International Comparison Program 2021, measure PX.WL · benchmark year 2021, published May 2024 · accessed 22 July 2026 · worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — commercial use permitted, subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. World = 100 — a different base from the summary index above; the two are deliberately not merged.
Rights holder: The World Bank (distribution); original data provider: UNODC (Intentional Homicide, UN-CTS) · WDI VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · latest available year per country, marked on the page · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — these terms describe the World Bank distribution, not a licence we assign to UNODC data. Rates are reproduced exactly as published, per 100,000 population. Note: the homicide-based score — clamp(105 − 20·ln(1 + rate), 0, 100) — is our construction, not a World Bank or UNODC indicator, and covers intentional homicide only.
Rights holder: Passport Index (Arton Capital) · open dataset · accessed 8 August 2026 · passport-index-dataset · licence: MIT — commercial use permitted with attribution. Codes cover tourist stays only; day counts are reproduced as published. Note: entry rules change frequently — always confirm with the consulate before booking.
Rights holder: NASA Langley Research Center · POWER Project, MERRA-2 monthly climatology, T2M and PRECTOTCORR · averaging period January 2001 – December 2020 · accessed 13 August 2026 · power.larc.nasa.gov · U.S. Government work, public domain — free to use, including commercially. Each figure is the model grid cell containing the capital city, reproduced as published. Note: the capital is not the whole country, and the “kinder months to visit” band (15–26 °C mean, moderate rain) is a Costely reading, not a NASA recommendation. NASA does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly — median and mean gross monthly earnings, all employees, industry, construction and services except public administration · reference year 2022 · accessed 14 August 2026 · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Figures are reproduced as published; PPS values are Eurostat’s own adjustment for price differences between countries. Note: gross pay before tax and social contributions; the survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest wave. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of earnings survey 2022 (earn_ses22_21), mean monthly earnings by occupation · mean gross monthly earnings in euro, enterprises with 10 employees or more, all ages, both sexes · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Earnings are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: These are means, not medians, so large salaries pull them up; they are gross, before tax and social contributions. The survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest round. Occupations are the nine broad ISCO-08 groups — Europe publishes nothing finer, unlike the United States. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. These are means, while the median wage card on the same page comes from the same survey but is a different measure, so the two figures will not match. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Purchasing power parities, price level indices by expenditure category (prc_ppp_ind) · EU27_2020 = 100, reference year 2024 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Index values are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: these are price levels, not prices — 100 is the EU average of the same year, so a value of 120 means dearer than the EU average by a fifth, and nothing about what a kilo costs. This measure is shown only when both countries of a pair are covered by Eurostat, which is the EU, EFTA and candidate countries; every other pair keeps the World Bank benchmark of 2021 on the World = 100 base, and the two must not be read against each other. A price level index says how a country compares with the EU average in the same year, not what anything costs. Values above 100 mean dearer than the EU average, below 100 cheaper. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, and this block is shown only when both countries are covered. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Energy prices for household consumers, bi-annual data (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas) · 2025-S2 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Consumption bands: electricity band DC, 2 500-4 999 kWh a year; gas band D2, 20-199 GJ a year; both including all taxes and levies. Prices are in euro and reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, because the reuse terms do not extend to data about other countries. Prices are per kilowatt-hour for a typical household band, including all taxes and levies, as published. Where a country has not reported the latest half-year, its most recent reported half-year is used and named in the row. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Current Employment Statistics, national — average weekly earnings of all employees, total private, CES0500000011 · retrieved 14 August 2026 via the BLS Public Data API · bls.gov/ces · work of the U.S. Government, public domain — free to reuse, including commercially. The monthly figure is a Costely conversion from weekly earnings. Note: this is an average, while the European figures are medians, so the two are not measured the same way; averages sit above medians. BLS.gov cannot vouch for data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. The BLS does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: Statistics Canada · Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, table 14-10-0223-01, vector 79311153 — average weekly earnings including overtime, all employees, industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses, seasonally adjusted · May 2026 · accessed 14 August 2026 · www150.statcan.gc.ca · Statistics Canada Open Licence — reuse and redistribution permitted, including commercially, with acknowledgement of source. Reproduced and distributed on an “as is” basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. The published value is weekly; the monthly figure and the conversion to US dollars are Costely calculations. Note: this is a mean, unlike the Eurostat medians. Statistics Canada does not endorse this website.