Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 75.13 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Jamaica, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - governance score in Jamaica is 75.13 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Jamaica peaked at 75.13 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 55.01 0-100, in 2003.
That places Jamaica 77th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 59.54 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 59.64 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 60.27 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 56.99 0-100 | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 55.01 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 59.52 0-100 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 59.84 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 59.61 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 62.02 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 60.87 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 59.57 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 58.55 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 63.1 0-100 | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 66.38 0-100 | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 67.75 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 66.29 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 66.8 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 67.07 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 67.76 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 68.38 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 68.53 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 68.02 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 67.85 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 73.27 0-100 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 73.86 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 73.92 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 75.13 0-100 | +1.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 75.13 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 66.97 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 75.13 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 72.01 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.59 0-100 | 59.54 0-100 | 59.64 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.3 0-100 | 55.01 0-100 | 62.02 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 66.06 0-100 | 58.55 0-100 | 68.53 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.01 0-100 | 67.85 0-100 | 75.13 0-100 | 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 political stability - governance score in Jamaica?
- Political stability - governance score in Jamaica was 75.13 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest political stability - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 75.13 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.01 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Jamaica rank for political stability - governance score?
- Jamaica ranks 77th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Political Stability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).