2022
| International Property Rights Index

Jamaica

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

57/129

Regional Rank

4/21

Score

5.176

Jamaica’s IPRI score decreased by -0.563 to 5.176 placing it 4st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 57th in the world. Jamaica is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Jamaica’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.026 to 5.239 with scores of 5.756 in Judicial Independence, 4.525 in Rule of Law, 5.69 in Political Stability, and 4.985 in Control of Corruption.

 

Jamaica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.665 to 4.871 with scores of 5.737 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.351 in Registering Process, and 4.526 in Access to Financing.

 

Jamaica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.416 with scores of 5.465 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.05 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 5.734 in Trademark Protection.

 

Jamaica is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • CARICOM

Jamaica - IPRI Overall Score

Jamaica - IPRI Overall Score

  • 1: IPRI
  • 2: Legal and Political Subindex
  • 3. Judicial Independence
  • 4. Rule of Law
  • 5. Control of Corruption
  • 6. Political Stability
  • 7. Physical Property Rights Subindex
  • 8. Property Rights Protection
  • 9. Registering Property
  • 10. Ease of Access to Loans
  • 11. Intellectual Property Rights Subindex
  • 12. Intellectual Property Rights
  • 13. Patent Protection
  • 14. Copyright Protection
  • 15. Trademark Protection

Jamaica - IPRI Overall Score

Jamaica - Legal and Political Environment

Jamaica - Physical Property Rights

Jamaica - Intellectual Property Rights