Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 55.76 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Regulatory Quality - 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
Jamaica recorded 55.76 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica peaked at 61.21 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 55.76 0-100, in 2025.
That places Jamaica 92nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 57.21 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 59.48 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 56.45 0-100 | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 57.3 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 57.91 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 59.08 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 59.43 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 61.2 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 61.21 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 60.85 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 60.52 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 60.62 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 59.78 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 56.3 0-100 | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 56.83 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 57.06 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 58.15 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 58.38 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 57.85 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 58.53 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 58.42 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 57.85 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 59.16 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 59.19 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 57.85 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 56.71 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 55.76 0-100 | -1.7% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 55.76 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 55.76 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.35 0-100 | 57.21 0-100 | 59.48 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.33 0-100 | 56.45 0-100 | 61.21 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 58.19 0-100 | 56.3 0-100 | 60.62 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.76 0-100 | 55.76 0-100 | 59.19 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 89 Azerbaijan 56.38 0-100 compare
- 90 Fiji 56.05 0-100 compare
- 91 Kazakhstan 55.88 0-100 compare
- 93 Cape Verde 55.64 0-100 compare
- 94 Morocco 55.19 0-100 compare
- 95 Grenada 55.04 0-100 compare
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 regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica was 55.76 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 regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 61.21 0-100 in 2007.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.76 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Jamaica rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Jamaica ranks 92nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. 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).