2024
| International Property Rights Index

Jamaica

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

50/125

Regional Rank

4/21

Score

5.294

Jamaica’s IPRI score increased by 0.043 to 5.294 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 increased by 0.104 to 5.72 with scores of 7.309 in Judicial Independence, 4.856 in Rule of Law, 5.759 in Political Stability, and 4.953 in Control of Corruption.

 

Jamaica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.025 to 4.935 with scores of 8.688 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.543 in Registering Property, and 4.526 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Jamaica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.228 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 5.734 in Trademark Protection.

 

Jamaica is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • TPP-11

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