2019
| International Property Rights Index

Jamaica

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

51/129

Regional Rank

4/21

JAMAICA

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 51 of 129

Region Rank: 4 of 21

 

Jamaica’s IPRI score increased by 0.007 to 5.999 placing it 4th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 51st 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 an Upper middle income country.

Jamaica’s Legal and Political Subindex score increased by 0.069 to 5.397 with scores of 6.360 in Judicial Independence, 4.687 in Rule of Law, 4.655 in Control of Corruption, and 5.888 in Political Stability.

Jamaica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.040 to 6.433 with scores of 5.889 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.328 in Registering Property, and 4.083 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Jamaica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score decreased by -0.004 to 6.165 with scores of 5.615 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.72 in Patent Protection, and data in Copyright 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 Piracy

Jamaica - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.770 66 9 2009
Overall 5.306 57 5 2010
Overall 5.400 62 6 2011
Overall 5.500 58 6 2012
Overall 5.400 62 7 2013
Overall 5.500 47 6 2014
Overall 5.353 53 4 2015
Overall 5.575 51 4 2016
Overall 6.010 46 4 2017
Overall 5.991 51 4 2018
Overall 5.999 51 4 2019
Legal and Political 4.509 60 5 2009
Legal and Political 4.566 66 6 2010
Legal and Political 4.700 67 6 2011
Legal and Political 4.700 64 6 2012
Legal and Political 4.800 63 6 2013
Legal and Political 4.775 50 5 2014
Legal and Political 4.934 55 5 2015
Legal and Political 5.008 56 4 2016
Legal and Political 5.166 56 4 2017
Legal and Political 5.328 51 4 2018
Legal and Political 5.397 51 4 2019
Physical 5.791 55 5 2009
Physical 5.902 63 7 2010
Physical 5.700 85 9 2011
Physical 5.900 75 10 2012
Physical 5.700 87 14 2013
Physical 6.400 47 5 2014
Physical 5.472 77 11 2015
Physical 5.727 71 10 2016
Physical 6.633 52 6 2017
Physical 6.474 62 7 2018
Physical 6.433 70 9 2019
Intellectual 4.010 80 14 2009
Intellectual 5.450 47 2 2010
Intellectual 5.700 48 3 2011
Intellectual 5.800 46 3 2012
Intellectual 5.800 46 3 2013
Intellectual 5.850 38 2 2014
Intellectual 5.653 43 2 2015
Intellectual 5.991 38 2 2016
Intellectual 6.231 38 2 2017
Intellectual 6.170 40 5 2018
Intellectual 6.165 44 6 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Jamaica - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.509 60 5 2009
Overall 4.566 66 6 2010
Overall 4.700 67 6 2011
Overall 4.700 64 6 2012
Overall 4.800 63 6 2013
Overall 4.775 50 5 2014
Overall 4.934 55 5 2015
Overall 5.008 56 4 2016
Overall 5.166 56 4 2017
Overall 5.328 51 4 2018
Overall 5.397 51 4 2019
Judicial Independence 5.333 47 3 2009
Judicial Independence 5.850 46 3 2010
Judicial Independence 6.400 47 5 2011
Judicial Independence 6.300 43 4 2012
Judicial Independence 6.300 45 4 2013
Judicial Independence 6.300 35 4 2014
Judicial Independence 5.893 39 5 2015
Judicial Independence 6.256 37 4 2016
Judicial Independence 6.474 34 3 2017
Judicial Independence 6.401 37 4 2018
Judicial Independence 6.360 39 4 2019
Rule Of Law 3.740 84 11 2009
Rule Of Law 4.016 83 7 2010
Rule Of Law 4.000 86 8 2011
Rule Of Law 4.000 85 8 2012
Rule Of Law 4.100 82 8 2013
Rule Of Law 4.200 59 7 2014
Rule Of Law 4.226 76 7 2015
Rule Of Law 4.377 77 7 2016
Rule Of Law 4.530 73 7 2017
Rule Of Law 4.496 76 7 2018
Rule Of Law 4.687 70 6 2019
Political Stability 5.000 63 9 2009
Political Stability 4.466 75 10 2010
Political Stability 4.300 78 11 2011
Political Stability 4.200 81 10 2012
Political Stability 4.800 69 9 2013
Political Stability 5.200 44 6 2014
Political Stability 5.352 50 5 2015
Political Stability 5.176 58 7 2016
Political Stability 5.314 55 7 2017
Political Stability 5.736 50 7 2018
Political Stability 5.888 50 6 2019
Control of Corruption 3.964 76 13 2009
Control of Corruption 3.933 87 13 2010
Control of Corruption 4.100 83 11 2011
Control of Corruption 4.200 77 10 2012
Control of Corruption 4.200 79 11 2013
Control of Corruption 4.300 51 5 2014
Control of Corruption 4.265 73 8 2015
Control of Corruption 4.223 71 6 2016
Control of Corruption 4.346 69 5 2017
Control of Corruption 4.678 61 4 2018
Control of Corruption 4.655 63 4 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Jamaica - Physical Property Rights

Jamaica - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.010 80 14 2009
Overall 5.450 47 2 2010
Overall 5.700 48 3 2011
Overall 5.800 46 3 2012
Overall 5.800 46 3 2013
Overall 5.850 38 2 2014
Overall 5.653 43 2 2015
Overall 5.991 38 2 2016
Overall 6.231 38 2 2017
Overall 6.170 40 5 2018
Overall 6.165 44 6 2019
Perception of IP Protection No Data No Data 2009
Perception of IP Protection 4.183 62 4 2010
Perception of IP Protection 4.600 72 6 2011
Perception of IP Protection 4.800 69 6 2012
Perception of IP Protection 4.900 72 7 2013
Perception of IP Protection 5.000 57 8 2014
Perception of IP Protection 4.589 55 5 2015
Perception of IP Protection 5.265 52 6 2016
Perception of IP Protection 5.745 45 4 2017
Perception of IP Protection 5.625 55 5 2018
Perception of IP Protection 5.615 58 5 2019
Patent Protection 6.120 71 15 2009
Patent Protection 6.717 61 12 2010
Patent Protection 6.700 61 12 2011
Patent Protection 6.700 60 12 2012
Patent Protection 6.700 59 12 2013
Patent Protection 6.700 57 10 2014
Patent Protection 6.717 56 10 2015
Patent Protection 6.717 57 11 2016
Patent Protection 6.717 57 11 2017
Patent Protection 6.716 59 13 2018
Patent Protection 6.716 60 14 2019
Copyright Piracy 1.900 79 14 2009
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2010
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2011
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2012
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2013
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2014
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2015
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2016
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2017
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2018
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year