Jamaica - Voice and Accountability 2005
0.42
+0.02 from 2004
Jamaica's voice and accountability was 0.42 in 2005, increased +0.02 from 0.40 in 2004. This was the 75th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 1.74 | -3.4% |
| 2nd | Finland | 1.69 | -5.4% |
| 3rd | Netherlands | 1.67 | -1.8% |
| 4th | Norway | 1.64 | -3.7% |
| 5th | New Zealand | 1.63 | -1.5% |
| 6th | Ireland | 1.62 | 9.9% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 1.59 | -6.3% |
| 8th | Sweden | 1.58 | -8.9% |
| 9th | Luxembourg | 1.58 | -5.2% |
| 10th | Iceland | 1.57 | -3.7% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | 5.5% |
| 12th | Andorra | 1.53 | -2.2% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.51 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Canada | 1.51 | -9.7% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.49 | -0.7% |
| 16th | France | 1.48 | 1.4% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.44 | -9.6% |
| 18th | Portugal | 1.43 | -2.4% |
| 19th | Belgium | 1.42 | -1.4% |
| 20th | Austria | 1.38 | -6.6% |
| 21st | United States | 1.29 | -2.5% |
| 22nd | Chile | 1.29 | 5.5% |
| 23rd | Malta | 1.23 | -10.1% |
| 24th | St. Lucia | 1.20 | 96.3% |
| 25th | Palau | 1.19 | -0.1% |
| 26th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.19 | 194.5% |
| 27th | Marshall Islands | 1.19 | -0.7% |
| 28th | Hungary | 1.18 | 2.2% |
| 29th | San Marino | 1.17 | -0.2% |
| 30th | Aruba | 1.15 | 56.4% |
| 31st | Bermuda | 1.15 | 1.6% |
| 32nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 1.15 | 51.6% |
| 33rd | Spain | 1.13 | -14.5% |
| 34th | Greece | 1.10 | -7.9% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 1.09 | -1.8% |
| 36th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.09 | 59.9% |
| 37th | Nauru | 1.07 | -0.7% |
| 38th | Italy | 1.06 | -10.2% |
| 39th | Japan | 1.01 | -3.6% |
| 40th | Estonia | 0.99 | -9.3% |
| 41st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.98 | 12.1% |
| 42nd | Cyprus | 0.96 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.95 | 20.7% |
| 44th | Barbados | 0.95 | -14.1% |
| 45th | Poland | 0.94 | -7.1% |
| 46th | Bahamas, The | 0.94 | -4.3% |
| 47th | Dominica | 0.93 | -5.4% |
| 48th | Monaco | 0.92 | -0.5% |
| 49th | Czechia | 0.91 | -5.1% |
| 50th | Cayman Islands | 0.90 | 3.0% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 0.90 | 2.2% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 0.90 | -5.0% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 0.89 | 5.1% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 0.83 | -0.9% |
| 55th | Costa Rica | 0.82 | -15.9% |
| 56th | Latvia | 0.78 | 11.6% |
| 57th | Korea | 0.75 | 2.3% |
| 58th | Belize | 0.69 | -7.0% |
| 59th | American Samoa | 0.65 | 29.9% |
| 60th | Guam | 0.65 | 9.6% |
| 61st | South Africa | 0.65 | -9.3% |
| 62nd | Israel | 0.65 | -2.4% |
| 63rd | Samoa | 0.64 | -6.7% |
| 64th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.62 | 10.4% |
| 65th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.61 | 6.7% |
| 66th | Bulgaria | 0.59 | 4.4% |
| 67th | Botswana | 0.59 | -19.2% |
| 68th | Tuvalu | 0.59 | 27.4% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.53 | -7.0% |
| 70th | Grenada | 0.53 | -7.7% |
| 71st | Brazil | 0.46 | 17.8% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 0.45 | -31.2% |
| 73rd | Panama | 0.44 | -14.1% |
| 74th | Cabo Verde | 0.44 | -32.0% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 0.42 | 5.3% |
| 76th | India | 0.41 | 3.4% |
| 77th | Romania | 0.41 | 11.2% |
| 78th | Macao SAR, China | 0.40 | 212.3% |
| 79th | Namibia | 0.33 | 20.8% |
| 80th | Argentina | 0.27 | -25.6% |
| 81st | Mali | 0.25 | -0.4% |
| 82nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.21 | 26.5% |
| 83rd | Mexico | 0.20 | -38.1% |
| 84th | Ghana | 0.20 | 67.8% |
| 85th | Vanuatu | 0.20 | -29.2% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 0.17 | -46.0% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 0.13 | 17.6% |
| 88th | Singapore | 0.13 | 70.9% |
| 89th | Suriname | 0.13 | 13.4% |
| 90th | Mongolia | 0.07 | -74.5% |
| 91st | São Tomé and Principe | 0.06 | -43.7% |
| 92nd | Senegal | 0.06 | -67.5% |
| 93rd | Fiji | 0.05 | 233.2% |
| 94th | Kiribati | 0.02 | -93.9% |
| 95th | Mozambique | 0.01 | 124.6% |
| 96th | Albania | 0.00 | -49.3% |
| 97th | Türkiye | 0.00 | -98.2% |
| 98th | Philippines | -0.01 | -128.4% |
| 99th | Peru | -0.01 | 89.7% |
| 100th | Benin | -0.03 | -156.5% |
| 101st | Tonga | -0.05 | 71.3% |
| 102nd | Dominican Republic | -0.07 | -250.1% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | -0.08 | -404.4% |
| 104th | Georgia | -0.09 | -15.5% |
| 105th | Solomon Islands | -0.10 | 72.3% |
| 106th | Thailand | -0.10 | -177.7% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | -0.10 | 37.0% |
| 108th | Indonesia | -0.12 | 52.3% |
| 109th | Madagascar | -0.12 | -2,408.5% |
| 110th | Malaysia | -0.15 | 37.7% |
| 111th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.16 | 8.1% |
| 112th | Sri Lanka | -0.21 | -26.0% |
| 113th | Serbia | -0.21 | -17.6% |
| 114th | Lesotho | -0.21 | -37.2% |
| 115th | Timor-Leste | -0.21 | -124.8% |
| 116th | Guyana | -0.23 | -441.9% |
| 117th | Kenya | -0.24 | -15.7% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | -0.25 | -1,525.8% |
| 119th | Lebanon | -0.28 | 32.1% |
| 120th | Niger | -0.28 | -49.1% |
| 121st | Ukraine | -0.29 | 57.5% |
| 122nd | Papua New Guinea | -0.31 | 27.6% |
| 123rd | Colombia | -0.32 | -1.2% |
| 124th | Honduras | -0.35 | -1.5% |
| 125th | Guatemala | -0.36 | -10.8% |
| 126th | Tanzania | -0.36 | 31.9% |
| 127th | Ecuador | -0.36 | -48.7% |
| 128th | Kosovo | -0.37 | -3.1% |
| 129th | Paraguay | -0.40 | 16.6% |
| 130th | Liberia | -0.42 | 67.6% |
| 131st | Zambia | -0.43 | 3.1% |
| 132nd | Burkina Faso | -0.45 | -3.0% |
| 133rd | Kuwait | -0.48 | -59.5% |
| 134th | Guinea-Bissau | -0.48 | 42.5% |
| 135th | Qatar | -0.51 | -19.5% |
| 136th | Jordan | -0.51 | 6.5% |
| 137th | Malawi | -0.53 | 2.6% |
| 138th | Sierra Leone | -0.53 | -70.7% |
| 139th | Moldova | -0.55 | 6.4% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | -0.57 | 15.2% |
| 141st | Armenia | -0.59 | -3.4% |
| 142nd | Uganda | -0.60 | 17.6% |
| 143rd | Comoros | -0.63 | -21.6% |
| 144th | Burundi | -0.63 | 50.5% |
| 145th | Russian Federation | -0.65 | -14.0% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.65 | 4.2% |
| 147th | Morocco | -0.69 | -35.2% |
| 148th | United Arab Emirates | -0.71 | -3.0% |
| 149th | Algeria | -0.72 | 10.8% |
| 150th | Bahrain | -0.74 | -32.3% |
| 151st | Brunei Darussalam | -0.78 | 2.7% |
| 152nd | Gabon | -0.83 | -6.0% |
| 153rd | Nigeria | -0.87 | -9.1% |
| 154th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.89 | 12.7% |
| 155th | Mauritania | -0.91 | 19.3% |
| 156th | Oman | -0.92 | -40.1% |
| 157th | Tunisia | -0.95 | -9.6% |
| 158th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -0.96 | -1.8% |
| 159th | Pakistan | -0.98 | 14.5% |
| 160th | Maldives | -0.98 | 18.0% |
| 161st | Central African Republic | -0.99 | 24.1% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | -1.02 | -50.6% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | -1.02 | -16.8% |
| 164th | Kazakhstan | -1.03 | 8.6% |
| 165th | Cameroon | -1.03 | -6.1% |
| 166th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.05 | -8.7% |
| 167th | Bhutan | -1.07 | -11.1% |
| 168th | Congo, Republic of | -1.08 | -11.9% |
| 169th | Djibouti | -1.11 | -41.5% |
| 170th | Azerbaijan | -1.12 | -6.4% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | -1.13 | 6.5% |
| 172nd | Nepal | -1.15 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Guinea | -1.17 | 7.7% |
| 174th | Rwanda | -1.19 | 11.5% |
| 175th | Togo | -1.22 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Haiti | -1.23 | 7.8% |
| 177th | Angola | -1.23 | 3.9% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | -1.27 | -3.6% |
| 179th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.28 | -4.0% |
| 180th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.29 | -6.1% |
| 181st | Iraq | -1.30 | 20.8% |
| 182nd | Chad | -1.31 | -6.3% |
| 183rd | Viet Nam | -1.40 | -4.9% |
| 184th | Eswatini | -1.49 | -2.0% |
| 185th | China | -1.50 | -2.6% |
| 186th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.51 | -0.2% |
| 187th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.52 | 10.3% |
| 188th | Saudi Arabia | -1.54 | -16.1% |
| 189th | Lao PDR | -1.66 | -6.7% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | -1.67 | -7.8% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | -1.68 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Sudan | -1.72 | -3.1% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -1.76 | 2.9% |
| 194th | Belarus | -1.77 | -10.6% |
| 195th | Cuba | -1.81 | -1.1% |
| 196th | Libya | -1.86 | -3.5% |
| 197th | Uzbekistan | -1.93 | -8.4% |
| 198th | Turkmenistan | -2.00 | -1.0% |
| 199th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.16 | -4.6% |
| 200th | Myanmar | -2.17 | -2.1% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.18 | -14.6% |
FAQ
What was Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2005?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2005 was 0.42. This ranked 75th globally.
How did Jamaica's voice and accountability change in 2005?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability increased by 5.3% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2005?▾
Denmark had the highest voice and accountability in 2005 at 1.74.
What is the voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2005?▾
The voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2005 was 0.42. This ranked 75th globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Jamaica's voice and accountability?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability went from 0.40 in 2004 to 0.42 in 2005, a 5.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Jamaica matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2005. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.2%. View full analysis →
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