Jamaica ranks 25th in earnings from prostitution -- website
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A website Havoscope.com, which provides data and information on black market activities around the world, ranks Jamaica 25th in Prostitution Revenue Worldwide.
According to the ranking posted March 2014, Jamaica earned US$58 million from the industry, falling behind the Czech Republic which earned US$200m.
The number one earner according to the Havoscope.com ranking is China, which it says hauled in US$73 billion in revenue from prostitution.
Spain ranked second with US$26.5 billion and Japan third with US$24 billion.
Other countries in the list were the United States with $14.6b in earnings, the United Kingdom with US$1b and Russia with US$540m.
There were 26 countries in total.
See full ranking here:
Prostitution revenue worldwide
April 10, 2014
Jamaica Observer