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Jamaica - Rule of Law 2011

Name: Jamaica Rule of Law 2011
Creator: World Bank WGI
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Rule of Law · World Bank WGI

-0.37 +0.06 from 2010 Global rank: 114th

Jamaica's rule of law was -0.37 in 2011, increased +0.06 from -0.43 in 2010. This was the 114th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2011▾

Rule of Law by Country - 2011
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	1.94	-1.1%
2nd	Denmark	1.92	1.1%
3rd	Sweden	1.92	-0.6%
4th	New Zealand	1.89	1.8%
5th	Norway	1.86	-1.4%
6th	Luxembourg	1.82	-1.1%
7th	Netherlands	1.81	0.0%
8th	Austria	1.80	-0.1%
9th	Ireland	1.75	-0.8%
10th	Australia	1.73	-1.4%
11th	Greenland	1.73	0.3%
12th	Canada	1.73	-4.0%
13th	Switzerland	1.72	-1.6%
14th	Iceland	1.69	-1.1%
15th	Singapore	1.66	2.6%
16th	United Kingdom	1.66	-6.5%
17th	Germany	1.62	-1.2%
18th	Liechtenstein	1.61	-0.4%
19th	United States	1.59	-2.5%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.55	0.6%
21st	Belgium	1.43	1.2%
22nd	France	1.43	-4.7%
23rd	Andorra	1.40	16.8%
24th	Aruba	1.32	-6.6%
25th	Japan	1.30	-1.2%
26th	Malta	1.28	-9.3%
27th	Chile	1.26	3.1%
28th	Estonia	1.18	2.0%
29th	Spain	1.17	1.1%
30th	American Samoa	1.09	-1.8%
31st	Bermuda	1.09	-1.8%
32nd	Guam	1.09	-1.8%
33rd	Barbados	1.07	0.0%
34th	Cyprus	1.07	-11.9%
35th	Slovenia	1.05	4.3%
36th	Korea	1.03	1.7%
37th	Czechia	1.02	9.3%
38th	Israel	1.01	10.5%
39th	Portugal	1.00	-2.9%
40th	Tuvalu	0.99	0.0%
41st	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.98	0.3%
42nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.97	9.3%
43rd	Antigua and Barbuda	0.94	-1.1%
44th	Monaco	0.94	6.5%
45th	San Marino	0.94	6.5%
46th	Mauritius	0.94	5.4%
47th	Palau	0.89	18.7%
48th	Cayman Islands	0.88	-2.0%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	0.84	9.0%
50th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.83	-2.0%
51st	St. Lucia	0.83	-3.1%
52nd	Poland	0.79	11.6%
53rd	Lithuania	0.77	-1.1%
54th	Hungary	0.76	-2.1%
55th	Qatar	0.75	-11.3%
56th	Latvia	0.74	-2.4%
57th	Uruguay	0.73	-7.0%
58th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.73	-4.5%
59th	Samoa	0.73	6.9%
60th	Dominica	0.69	-4.2%
61st	Macao SAR, China	0.69	-4.3%
62nd	Bahamas, The	0.61	-14.8%
63rd	Botswana	0.60	0.7%
64th	Slovak Republic	0.60	6.2%
65th	Nauru	0.56	21.2%
66th	Kuwait	0.54	-7.3%
67th	Greece	0.53	-8.7%
68th	Cabo Verde	0.51	9.4%
69th	United Arab Emirates	0.50	57.1%
70th	Italy	0.48	6.3%
71st	Oman	0.46	-14.0%
72nd	Costa Rica	0.44	-17.3%
73rd	Malaysia	0.40	2.2%
74th	Bahrain	0.35	-19.4%
75th	Vanuatu	0.30	13.0%
76th	Bhutan	0.21	27.1%
77th	Jordan	0.20	37.2%
78th	Marshall Islands	0.17	-57.2%
79th	Grenada	0.17	45.6%
80th	Namibia	0.16	-23.8%
81st	South Africa	0.13	32.6%
82nd	Kiribati	0.12	95.8%
83rd	Croatia	0.11	35.9%
84th	Romania	0.10	-1.6%
85th	Saudi Arabia	0.05	-68.9%
86th	Brazil	0.05	-20.0%
87th	Panama	0.03	132.2%
88th	Türkiye	0.02	-69.1%
89th	Tonga	0.01	-89.3%
90th	Seychelles	0.00	-101.7%
91st	Ghana	0.00	90.6%
92nd	Suriname	-0.05	17.3%
93rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.05	-135.0%
94th	Montenegro	-0.06	7.5%
95th	India	-0.09	-141.0%
96th	Sri Lanka	-0.12	1.1%
97th	Georgia	-0.12	41.9%
98th	Bulgaria	-0.14	-45.9%
99th	Malawi	-0.17	-20.4%
100th	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.18	9.7%
101st	Tunisia	-0.19	-596.4%
102nd	Colombia	-0.22	19.9%
103rd	Thailand	-0.23	1.7%
104th	Mongolia	-0.26	28.1%
105th	North Macedonia	-0.27	10.8%
106th	Lesotho	-0.27	6.9%
107th	Morocco	-0.28	-29.0%
108th	Rwanda	-0.30	8.1%
109th	Serbia	-0.33	24.4%
110th	Moldova	-0.33	8.4%
111th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.33	6.7%
112th	Burkina Faso	-0.35	-79.8%
113th	Uganda	-0.36	9.4%
114th	Jamaica	-0.37	14.2%
115th	Gabon	-0.40	12.6%
116th	Niger	-0.41	18.3%
117th	West Bank and Gaza	-0.44	-108.7%
118th	Armenia	-0.44	9.1%
119th	Albania	-0.44	-14.8%
120th	China	-0.45	4.0%
121st	Senegal	-0.46	-14.7%
122nd	Zambia	-0.46	8.1%
123rd	Belize	-0.47	-67.1%
124th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	-0.48	-176.7%
125th	Mali	-0.50	-11.8%
126th	Philippines	-0.51	8.6%
127th	Guyana	-0.51	-6.9%
128th	Tanzania	-0.51	-5.9%
129th	Solomon Islands	-0.52	19.9%
130th	Kosovo	-0.52	14.9%
131st	Eswatini	-0.53	-13.4%
132nd	Viet Nam	-0.54	6.8%
133rd	Maldives	-0.54	-69.9%
134th	Mexico	-0.55	0.4%
135th	Gambia, The	-0.56	2.1%
136th	Argentina	-0.56	5.8%
137th	Mozambique	-0.58	-18.9%
138th	Peru	-0.58	-2.6%
139th	Indonesia	-0.60	8.6%
140th	Lebanon	-0.63	1.6%
141st	Kazakhstan	-0.64	7.8%
142nd	Benin	-0.66	2.2%
143rd	São Tomé and Principe	-0.67	2.0%
144th	Cuba	-0.69	4.0%
145th	Fiji	-0.71	4.4%
146th	Nicaragua	-0.73	13.4%
147th	Bangladesh	-0.73	8.4%
148th	Russian Federation	-0.75	6.1%
149th	El Salvador	-0.75	13.2%
150th	Syrian Arab Republic	-0.78	-31.3%
151st	Paraguay	-0.80	3.7%
152nd	Dominican Republic	-0.81	5.5%
153rd	Papua New Guinea	-0.81	13.1%
154th	Djibouti	-0.82	-9.3%
155th	Algeria	-0.85	-3.5%
156th	Ukraine	-0.85	-0.8%
157th	Sierra Leone	-0.86	8.9%
158th	Nepal	-0.89	7.0%
159th	Togo	-0.89	4.5%
160th	Madagascar	-0.89	-1.9%
161st	Honduras	-0.91	-3.4%
162nd	Pakistan	-0.91	-22.9%
163rd	Kenya	-0.91	4.3%
164th	Mauritania	-0.93	-3.6%
165th	Liberia	-0.94	3.7%
166th	Azerbaijan	-0.94	-5.3%
167th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-0.97	5.7%
168th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	-0.98	4.4%
169th	Lao PDR	-1.00	-2.9%
170th	Equatorial Guinea	-1.01	0.2%
171st	Guatemala	-1.03	-9.2%
172nd	Comoros	-1.05	2.8%
173rd	Cambodia	-1.05	6.5%
174th	Libya	-1.08	-6.8%
175th	Cameroon	-1.08	-0.2%
176th	Belarus	-1.11	-3.8%
177th	Ecuador	-1.14	-0.1%
178th	Burundi	-1.15	4.3%
179th	Nigeria	-1.18	-1.7%
180th	Timor-Leste	-1.19	-0.1%
181st	Kyrgyz Republic	-1.20	5.8%
182nd	Congo, Republic of	-1.21	0.9%
183rd	Tajikistan	-1.23	-1.6%
184th	South Sudan	-1.27	-
185th	Angola	-1.28	-0.3%
186th	Côte d'Ivoire	-1.28	-3.8%
187th	Yemen, Republic of	-1.29	-18.3%
188th	Sudan	-1.30	2.7%
189th	Central African Republic	-1.31	0.5%
190th	Guinea-Bissau	-1.32	1.0%
191st	Eritrea	-1.36	-0.6%
192nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	-1.39	-0.2%
193rd	Haiti	-1.42	-2.5%
194th	Turkmenistan	-1.43	2.7%
195th	Myanmar	-1.44	7.2%
196th	Guinea	-1.45	2.5%
197th	Uzbekistan	-1.45	-2.5%
198th	Chad	-1.48	1.9%
199th	Iraq	-1.56	8.8%
200th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	-1.63	0.1%
201st	Zimbabwe	-1.79	2.4%
202nd	Afghanistan	-1.92	-2.8%
203rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-2.34	2.8%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's rule of law in 2011?▾

Jamaica's rule of law in 2011 was -0.37. This ranked 114th globally.

How did Jamaica's rule of law change in 2011?▾

Jamaica's rule of law increased by 14.2% in 2011 compared to 2010.

Which country had the highest rule of law in 2011?▾

Finland had the highest rule of law in 2011 at 1.94.

What is the rule of law of Jamaica in 2011?▾

The rule of law of Jamaica in 2011 was -0.37. This ranked 114th globally.

How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Jamaica's rule of law?▾

Jamaica's rule of law went from -0.43 in 2010 to -0.37 in 2011, a 14.2% increase.

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