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Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Jamaica

Jamaica: Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score was 56.25 in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
56.25
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
54th
of 181 countries
All-time high
59.38
in 2003
All-time low
56.25
in 2008
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Jamaica, 2003–2014

02040602003200820142003: 59.42004: 59.42005: 59.42006: 59.42007: 59.42008: 56.22009: 56.22010: 56.22011: 56.22012: 56.22013: 56.22014: 56.2

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 181 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 58.48 56.25 59.38 7
2010s 56.25 56.25 56.25 5

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 54 Russia 56.25 compare
  2. 54 Denmark 56.25 compare
  3. 54 El Salvador 56.25 compare
  4. 54 Estonia 56.25 compare
  5. 54 Israel 56.25 compare
  6. 54 Tajikistan 56.25 compare
  7. 54 Turkey 56.25 compare
  8. 54 Zambia 56.25 compare

See the full ranking of 183 places →

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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 181 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

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,113 data points, 2003–2014
Last refreshed

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.