Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	1.27 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	263,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	6,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	10,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	No authoritative open source found
Military & security forces	Jamaica Defense Force (JDF): Jamaica Regiment (Land Force), Maritime, Air, and Cyber Command (MACC), Support Brigade, Caribbean Military Academy, Jamaica National Reserve (2025); note: the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the country’s police force; it has primary responsibility for internal security and has units for community policing, special response, intelligence gathering, and internal affairs; both it and the JDF are under the Ministry of National SecurityCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	18-23 for voluntary military service (17 with parental consent) for men and women; 18-28 for the reserves; no conscription; since 2017, the JDF's standard mode of recruitment is to enroll recruits ages 18-23 through the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC), which has a service requirement of 12 months (2025); note: note 1: the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), a youth organization under the Ministry of Security, also provides a recruitment pool for the JDF, as well as other government agencies note 2: as of 2022, women made up about 20% of the JDF's uniformed personnelCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	10,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	No authoritative open source found
Military spending (% of GDP)	1.27 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	263,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]