Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Jamaica

Jamaica: Voice and Accountability - Governance score was 65.34 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
65.34 0-100
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
67th
of 206 countries
All-time high
69.54 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
61.42 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Voice and Accountability - Governance score in Jamaica, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 61.4 0-1001998: 63.8 0-1002000: 63.9 0-1002002: 63.2 0-1002003: 63.4 0-1002004: 63.9 0-1002005: 66.5 0-1002006: 68.8 0-1002007: 69.5 0-1002008: 67.6 0-1002009: 67.5 0-1002010: 65.3 0-1002011: 63 0-1002012: 63.9 0-1002013: 65.5 0-1002014: 66.3 0-1002015: 67.2 0-1002016: 67.2 0-1002017: 67.4 0-1002018: 65.1 0-1002019: 65.7 0-1002020: 65.8 0-1002021: 65.6 0-1002022: 65.6 0-1002023: 65.5 0-1002024: 65.3 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, voice and accountability - governance score in Jamaica stood at 65.34 0-100.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, voice and accountability - governance score in Jamaica peaked at 69.54 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 61.42 0-100, in 1996.

Jamaica ranks 67th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 62.63 0-100 61.42 0-100 63.83 0-100 2
2000s 66.01 0-100 63.16 0-100 69.54 0-100 9
2010s 65.67 0-100 63.02 0-100 67.42 0-100 10
2020s 65.58 0-100 65.34 0-100 65.81 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Jamaica

  1. 64 Antigua and Barbuda 65.81 0-100 compare
  2. 65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.65 0-100 compare
  3. 66 Vanuatu 65.36 0-100 compare
  4. 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.9 0-100 compare
  5. 69 Panama 64.57 0-100 compare
  6. 70 Trinidad and Tobago 63.96 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is voice and accountability - governance score in Jamaica?
Voice and accountability - governance score in Jamaica was 65.34 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 voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
The highest recorded value was 69.54 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest voice and accountability - governance score recorded in Jamaica?
The lowest recorded value was 61.42 0-100 in 1996.
How does Jamaica rank for voice and accountability - governance score?
Jamaica ranks 67th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is voice and accountability - governance score rising or falling in Jamaica?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Voice and Accountability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Voice and Accountability - 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, 5,259 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. 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).