Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Kingston
High CommissionJamaica · High Commissioner: Shri Mayank Joshi
7 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s high commission in Jamaica records bilateral trade of $101.7m, a reported community of 75,000, 2 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 72%. Led by Shri Mayank Joshi, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$101.7m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Jamaica
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Investment” section
“In 2021, the total bilateral trade was US$ 66.29 million and jumped to US$ 82. 4 in 2021-22, USD 92.74 mn in 2022-23; USD 116.73 mn in FY 2023-24 and then decreased to USD 101.70 mn in FY 2024-25.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence75,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Jamaica"
“PIOs 70,000 + NRIs 5,000 = 75,000”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence2
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 10 February 1999)
“MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA — 10 February 1999”
Published: 10 February 1999 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
72%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Jamaica”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 85 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
People
Indian community in Jamaicapersons · as stated in the brief70,000
Bilateral Brief — Jamaica
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Diaspora” section
“Jamaica has an Indian diaspora numbering around 70,000 whose forefathers came from India, mostly from Eastern UP, Bihar, Basti, Deoria, Gorakhpur, as indentured labour from 1845-1917.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Jamaica
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Important visits and Interactions” section
“In a first-ever bilateral visit by a Minister of External Affairs , Dr. S. Jaishankar paid a historic visit to Jamaica from 2–4 May 2026.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (2)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN SPORTS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS, GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICACultural Relations and Sport01 October 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICADiplomatic Relations10 February 1999
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 19 sections, 28,275 characters of extractable text. Sections include: ***** · India- Jamaica Bilateral Relations · History and Background · From India to Jamaica · Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1975) · From Jamaica to India.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 7% apart
- Overseas Indians75,000
- Indian community in Jamaica70,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.