World Number Plates

Number Plates of Jamaica

Continent: North America

Capital: Kingston

Population: 2.7 million

Country ISO code: JM

Country OVAL code: JA

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1932

Number of vehicles:
cars 93,000 (1989), trucks and buses 16,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 18,700 km; paved: 13,109 km; unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.)

Located in the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica is the third largest island there.

The current series of car registrations in Jamaica came into effect in 1987. The number plates are white with blue lettering and a blue border. The format of the registration is NNNN LL, with N being a number and L a letter. The previous series had black number plates with white or silver characters.