Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Jamaica

Jamaica: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 43.6% in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
43.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
168th
of 190 countries
All-time high
43.9%
in 2003
All-time low
43.6%
in 2017
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Jamaica, 2003–2019

0102030402003201120192003: 43.92004: 43.92005: 43.92006: 43.92007: 43.92008: 43.92009: 43.92010: 43.92011: 43.92012: 43.92013: 43.92014: 43.92015: 43.92016: 43.92017: 43.62018: 43.62019: 43.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Jamaica is 43.6%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Jamaica peaked at 43.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 43.6%, in 2017.

That places Jamaica 168th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 43.9% 43.9% 43.9% 7
2010s 43.8% 43.6% 43.9% 10

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 165 Cameroon 47.7% compare
  2. 166 Kyrgyz Republic 47.2% compare
  3. 167 Togo 46.7% compare
  4. 169 Myanmar 42.2% compare
  5. 170 Mali 41.6% compare
  6. 171 Niger 40.9% compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

More reference data data for Jamaica

All data for Jamaica β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Jamaica?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Jamaica was 43.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 43.9% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 43.6% in 2017.
How does Jamaica rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Jamaica ranks 168th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Jamaica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The score for cost to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.