Democracy in Jamaica
Jamaica: Democracy was 5 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Democracy in Jamaica, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 5 for democracy in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Jamaica peaked at 5 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2005.
Jamaica ranks 1st of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Democracy in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5 | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 5 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 5 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
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 democracy in Jamaica?
- Democracy in Jamaica was 5 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- How does Jamaica rank for democracy?
- Jamaica ranks 1st out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).