Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
50/126
Regional Rank
4/21
Score
5.336
Jamaica’s IPRI score increased by 0.042 to 5.336 placing it 4th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 50th 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 Upper middle income country.
Jamaica’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.043 to 5.677 with scores of 7.325 in Judicial Independence, 4.651 in Rule of Law, 5.955 in Political Stability, and 4.776 in Control of Corruption.
Jamaica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.179 to 5.114 with scores of 8.333 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.509 in Registering Property, and 2.5 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Jamaica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.012 to 5.216 with scores of 5.465 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.483 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 5.7 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
| 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 | 60 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 62 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 49 | 5 | 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 |
| Overall | 5.934 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.739 | 55 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.176 | 57 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.251 | 51 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.294 | 50 | 4 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.336 | 50 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 | 65 | 6 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.800 | 62 | 6 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.775 | 49 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 5.324 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 5.265 | 54 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.239 | 55 | 4 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.616 | 44 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 5.720 | 42 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 5.677 | 42 | 4 | 2025 |
| Physical | 5.791 | 55 | 5 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.902 | 63 | 7 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 84 | 12 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 73 | 10 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 88 | 13 | 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 |
| Physical | 6.388 | 75 | 10 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.536 | 64 | 6 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.871 | 68 | 5 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.910 | 64 | 5 | 2023 |
| Physical | 4.935 | 60 | 5 | 2024 |
| Physical | 5.114 | 58 | 6 | 2025 |
| Intellectual | 4.010 | 80 | 14 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.450 | 47 | 2 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.700 | 48 | 3 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.800 | 45 | 3 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.800 | 44 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 6.091 | 44 | 5 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.416 | 55 | 5 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.416 | 55 | 5 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.228 | 58 | 7 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.228 | 59 | 7 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 5.216 | 57 | 7 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Jamaica - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 | 65 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 62 | 6 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.775 | 49 | 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 |
| Overall | 5.324 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.265 | 54 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.239 | 55 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.616 | 44 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.720 | 42 | 4 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.677 | 42 | 4 | 2025 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.333 | 48 | 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 | 43 | 4 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.300 | 36 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.756 | 46 | 4 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.756 | 46 | 4 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.756 | 46 | 4 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.331 | 23 | 2 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.309 | 23 | 2 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.325 | 23 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rule of Law | 3.740 | 84 | 11 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 4.016 | 83 | 7 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.000 | 84 | 8 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.000 | 84 | 8 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.100 | 79 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.200 | 58 | 6 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 4.528 | 74 | 6 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.375 | 77 | 7 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.525 | 74 | 7 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 4.664 | 69 | 6 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 4.856 | 59 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 4.651 | 73 | 5 | 2025 |
| 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 | 77 | 10 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 4.800 | 69 | 9 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.200 | 45 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.341 | 38 | 2 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.041 | 44 | 3 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.690 | 46 | 3 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.526 | 46 | 4 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 5.759 | 41 | 3 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 5.955 | 42 | 4 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.964 | 78 | 12 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.933 | 87 | 13 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.100 | 82 | 11 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 75 | 10 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 77 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.671 | 64 | 5 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.887 | 58 | 4 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.985 | 58 | 4 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.941 | 57 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.953 | 55 | 4 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.776 | 60 | 4 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Jamaica - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.791 | 55 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.902 | 63 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 84 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 73 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 88 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 47 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.472 | 77 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.727 | 71 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.633 | 52 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.474 | 62 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.433 | 70 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.388 | 75 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.536 | 64 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.871 | 68 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.910 | 64 | 5 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.935 | 60 | 5 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.114 | 58 | 6 | 2025 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.667 | 48 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.700 | 49 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 66 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.200 | 59 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.000 | 66 | 7 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.200 | 44 | 6 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.629 | 49 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.847 | 46 | 5 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.181 | 42 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.980 | 49 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.889 | 55 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.737 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.737 | 58 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.737 | 58 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.737 | 55 | 5 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.737 | 55 | 5 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.333 | 43 | 4 | 2025 |
| Registering Process | 8.039 | 44 | 7 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.173 | 58 | 8 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.100 | 72 | 11 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 72 | 8 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 70 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 52 | 7 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.812 | 76 | 10 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.358 | 47 | 4 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.331 | 37 | 4 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.360 | 49 | 4 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.328 | 52 | 4 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.344 | 54 | 4 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.344 | 54 | 4 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.351 | 66 | 7 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.468 | 58 | 6 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 4.543 | 53 | 4 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 4.509 | 56 | 5 | 2025 |
| Access to Financing | 2.667 | 88 | 14 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.833 | 89 | 13 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 2.800 | 114 | 20 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 109 | 19 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.800 | 114 | 19 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 2.800 | 86 | 18 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 1.975 | 101 | 18 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 1.975 | 104 | 19 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.387 | 76 | 15 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.083 | 89 | 17 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.083 | 89 | 17 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.084 | 89 | 17 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.526 | 82 | 11 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.526 | 82 | 11 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.526 | 78 | 10 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.526 | 78 | 10 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 2.500 | 85 | 18 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
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 | 45 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 44 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.091 | 44 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.416 | 55 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.416 | 55 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.228 | 58 | 7 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.228 | 59 | 7 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.216 | 57 | 7 | 2025 |
| Perception of IP Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.183 | 62 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.600 | 72 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.800 | 70 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.900 | 71 | 7 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 56 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 59 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 59 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 59 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 56 | 5 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 56 | 5 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.465 | 56 | 5 | 2025 |
| 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 | 61 | 12 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 60 | 12 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 56 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 6.717 | 60 | 14 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.050 | 70 | 15 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.050 | 70 | 15 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.483 | 100 | 17 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.483 | 100 | 17 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 4.483 | 100 | 18 | 2025 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 78 | 15 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
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| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2022 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2025 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Trademark Protection | 5.734 | 57 | 6 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.734 | 57 | 6 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.734 | 57 | 6 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.734 | 57 | 6 | 2024 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.700 | 53 | 6 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |