Jamaica is considered part of which continent?

Jamaica is considered part of North America. Geographically, the island lies in the Caribbean Sea, but the Caribbean islands are conventionally grouped within the continent of North America.

Jamaica is the third-largest island in the Caribbean, after Cuba and Hispaniola. It lies south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola, and its capital and largest city is Kingston. The island is part of the Greater Antilles, the major island group in the northern Caribbean that also includes Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

A common mix-up is treating the Caribbean as a separate continent. The Caribbean is a region, not generally a continent in standard geographic classifications. Some countries and educational systems describe North and South America together as one continent, “America,” but under the common seven-continent model Jamaica belongs to North America.