Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score was 56.25 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Jamaica, 2003–2014
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 56.25 for enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Jamaica peaked at 59.38 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 56.25, in 2008.
That places Jamaica 54th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 59.38 | — |
| 2004 | 59.38 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 59.38 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 59.38 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 59.38 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 56.25 | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 56.25 | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 56.25 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 56.25 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 42.19, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.48 | 56.25 | 59.38 | 7 |
| 2010s | 56.25 | 56.25 | 56.25 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More reference data data for Jamaica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1508 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.8486 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Jamaica?
- Enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Jamaica was 56.25 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 59.38 in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.25 in 2008.
- How does Jamaica rank for enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 54th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
- Is enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for procedures 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB04-15 studies.