Violence in the news: 79 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×1.6 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Protests in the news: 5 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×0.7 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
1.4
last 90 days
Civilians
0%
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
2.8 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level0
Nothing in the open sources stands out.
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Refugees who fled
10 183
Severe weather warnings in force
1
Extreme weather warnings in force
0
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
3
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Jamaica, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 100%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- –
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- –
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- 8.0%
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 10,183
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- –
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 19
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $8,003
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence4
| Date | Place | Sides | Deaths | Civilians | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | Retirement, in St James | Unidentified armed group (Jamaica) – Unidentified armed group (Jamaica) | 4 | 0 | The Gleaner |
| 2026-05-22 | Papine Market in St Andrew | Unidentified armed group (Jamaica) – Civilians | 1 | 1 | The Gleaner |
| 2026-05-17 | town of Granville | Government of Jamaica – Civilians | 1 | 1 | Associated Press Newswires |
| 2026-01-01 – 2026-04-11 | Land Settlement area | Unidentified armed group (Jamaica) – Unidentified armed group (Jamaica) | 3 | 1 | Jamaica Observer |
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days1
- Unidentified armed group (Jamaica)4
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Kingston
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 19 | 24…32 | 1.0 mm | 39 km/h | |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 23…31 | 1.2 mm | 36 km/h | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 23…32 | 2.0 mm | 35 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 22…32 | 0.0 mm | 47 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 23…28 | 10.2 mm | 42 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 23…28 | 10.0 mm | 31 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 22…29 | 1.8 mm | 34 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Disasters since 20007
Tropical cyclonesFloods
- Tropical Cyclone MELISSA-25 · Oct 21, 2025 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 296 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone RAFAEL-24 · Nov 3, 2024 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 194 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone BERYL-24 · Jun 28, 2024 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone ELSA-21 · Jun 30, 2021 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
- Flood in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States · Nov 3, 2020 · Magnitude 0
- Tropical Cyclone LAURA-20 · Aug 20, 2020 · Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone ISAIAS-20 · Jul 28, 2020 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)