Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Jamaica

Jamaica: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 56.3 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
56.3 0-100
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
85th
of 205 countries
All-time high
59.68 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
54.83 0-100
in 2012
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Jamaica, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 55.9 0-1001998: 58.7 0-1002000: 55.8 0-1002002: 56.5 0-1002003: 56.9 0-1002004: 57.9 0-1002005: 58.4 0-1002006: 59.4 0-1002007: 59.7 0-1002008: 59.3 0-1002009: 58.9 0-1002010: 58.9 0-1002011: 57.9 0-1002012: 54.8 0-1002013: 55.5 0-1002014: 55.7 0-1002015: 56.9 0-1002016: 57.1 0-1002017: 56.8 0-1002018: 57.2 0-1002019: 57 0-1002020: 56.4 0-1002021: 57.7 0-1002022: 57.6 0-1002023: 57.2 0-1002024: 56.3 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Jamaica recorded 56.3 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica peaked at 59.68 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 54.83 0-100, in 2012.

That places Jamaica 85th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Jamaica, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Jamaica, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 55.92 0-100
1998 58.65 0-100 +4.9%
2000 55.8 0-100 -4.9%
2002 56.5 0-100 +1.3%
2003 56.92 0-100 +0.7%
2004 57.9 0-100 +1.7%
2005 58.42 0-100 +0.9%
2006 59.42 0-100 +1.7%
2007 59.68 0-100 +0.5%
2008 59.34 0-100 -0.6%
2009 58.86 0-100 -0.8%
2010 58.86 0-100 +0.0%
2011 57.94 0-100 -1.6%
2012 54.83 0-100 -5.4%
2013 55.52 0-100 +1.3%
2014 55.73 0-100 +0.4%
2015 56.87 0-100 +2.0%
2016 57.14 0-100 +0.5%
2017 56.83 0-100 -0.6%
2018 57.19 0-100 +0.6%
2019 57 0-100 -0.3%
2020 56.42 0-100 -1.0%
2021 57.73 0-100 +2.3%
2022 57.55 0-100 -0.3%
2023 57.21 0-100 -0.6%
2024 56.3 0-100 -1.6%

Jamaica compared with similar countries

  • Jamaica's 56.3 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.1× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Jamaica's 56.3 0-100 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.7 0-100, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 57.29 0-100 55.92 0-100 58.65 0-100 2
2000s 58.09 0-100 55.8 0-100 59.68 0-100 9
2010s 56.79 0-100 54.83 0-100 58.86 0-100 10
2020s 57.04 0-100 56.3 0-100 57.73 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 82 Indonesia 56.83 0-100 compare
  2. 83 Thailand 56.54 0-100 compare
  3. 84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.54 0-100 compare
  4. 86 Peru 56.17 0-100 compare
  5. 87 Philippines 56.11 0-100 compare
  6. 88 Serbia 56.1 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Jamaica was 56.3 0-100 in 2024, 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 59.68 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 54.83 0-100 in 2012.
How does Jamaica rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Jamaica ranks 85th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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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).