Rule of Law - Governance score in Jamaica

Jamaica: Rule of Law - Governance score was 55.63 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
55.63 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
100th
of 206 countries
All-time high
55.78 0-100
in 2022
All-time low
48.54 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Jamaica, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 54.1 0-1001998: 54.1 0-1002000: 48.5 0-1002002: 51.9 0-1002003: 51.7 0-1002004: 53.2 0-1002005: 53.5 0-1002006: 52.7 0-1002007: 54.2 0-1002008: 54.1 0-1002009: 51.6 0-1002010: 50.1 0-1002011: 52 0-1002012: 50.8 0-1002013: 52.2 0-1002014: 53.8 0-1002015: 54.6 0-1002016: 55 0-1002017: 55.4 0-1002018: 54.5 0-1002019: 54 0-1002020: 55.2 0-1002021: 55.7 0-1002022: 55.8 0-1002023: 55.6 0-1002024: 55.6 0-100

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 rule of law - governance score in Jamaica is 55.63 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Jamaica peaked at 55.78 0-100 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48.54 0-100, in 2000.

That places Jamaica 100th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 54.09 0-100 54.07 0-100 54.11 0-100 2
2000s 52.4 0-100 48.54 0-100 54.25 0-100 9
2010s 53.25 0-100 50.1 0-100 55.42 0-100 10
2020s 55.58 0-100 55.17 0-100 55.78 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 97 South Africa 57.27 0-100 compare
  2. 98 Bulgaria 56.39 0-100 compare
  3. 99 India 56.29 0-100 compare
  4. 101 Mongolia 55.25 0-100 compare
  5. 102 Albania 54.93 0-100 compare
  6. 103 Armenia 54.51 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Jamaica?
Rule of law - governance score in Jamaica was 55.63 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 rule of law - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 55.78 0-100 in 2022.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 48.54 0-100 in 2000.
How does Jamaica rank for rule of law - governance score?
Jamaica ranks 100th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rule of Law - 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
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
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Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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).