2017 in Jamaica

Events in the year 2017 in Jamaica.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Elizabeth II
 * Governor-General: Patrick Allen
 * Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
 * Chief Justice: Zaila McCalla

Sports

 * 4 to 13 August – Jamaica participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, with 54 competitors in 24 events

Deaths

 * 18 January – Peter Abrahams, novelist, journalist and political commentator (b. 1919).
 * 25 January – Ronnie Davis, reggae singer (b. 1950).
 * 26 January – Lindy Delapenha, footballer and sports journalist (b. 1927).


 * 6 June – Horace Burrell, football executive (b. 1950)