Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Jamaica
Jamaica: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 48.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Jamaica, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Jamaica stood at 48.4%.
The figure is down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Jamaica peaked at 56.1% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 36.8%, in 2005.
Jamaica ranks 88th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.2% | — |
| 1998 | 39.1% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 40.5% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 40.6% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 40.7% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 42.4% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 36.8% | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 47.1% | +27.9% |
| 2007 | 46.6% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 49.0% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 50.3% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 50.0% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 49.4% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 49.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 50.3% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 55.1% | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 54.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 55.4% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 55.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 56.1% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 56.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 53.9% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 53.0% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 48.6% | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 47.7% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 48.4% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 48.4% | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 48.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 43.9%, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 48.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 44.2%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +27.9% | 36.8% | 47.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.1% | 39.1% | 39.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 43.8% | 36.8% | 50.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 53.2% | 49.4% | 56.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.0% | 47.7% | 53.9% | 6 |
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 government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Jamaica?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Jamaica was 48.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 56.1% in 2018.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.8% in 2005.
- How does Jamaica rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Jamaica ranks 88th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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