Jamaica - Voice and Accountability 2013
0.54
+0.06 from 2012
Jamaica's voice and accountability was 0.54 in 2013, increased +0.06 from 0.49 in 2012. This was the 70th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.74 | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Denmark | 1.67 | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 1.66 | -1.9% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.63 | -1.1% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.63 | -0.7% |
| 6th | New Zealand | 1.61 | -0.7% |
| 7th | Finland | 1.57 | -1.7% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 1.57 | -2.4% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 1.49 | -1.3% |
| 10th | Austria | 1.46 | 0.5% |
| 11th | Canada | 1.45 | 1.1% |
| 12th | Iceland | 1.44 | -0.2% |
| 13th | Australia | 1.44 | -4.2% |
| 14th | Andorra | 1.41 | -1.9% |
| 15th | Germany | 1.41 | 0.9% |
| 16th | Belgium | 1.37 | 1.7% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 1.33 | -0.8% |
| 18th | Ireland | 1.31 | -0.8% |
| 19th | Greenland | 1.28 | -0.9% |
| 20th | Aruba | 1.28 | -0.5% |
| 21st | France | 1.22 | -1.5% |
| 22nd | Palau | 1.21 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 1.20 | -0.8% |
| 24th | Marshall Islands | 1.19 | 7.6% |
| 25th | Malta | 1.16 | -0.8% |
| 26th | Barbados | 1.14 | 0.4% |
| 27th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Estonia | 1.12 | 0.4% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 1.11 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Japan | 1.11 | 0.8% |
| 31st | Chile | 1.11 | 2.7% |
| 32nd | United States | 1.10 | -5.0% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 1.09 | 2.3% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 1.08 | -0.9% |
| 35th | Portugal | 1.07 | 3.7% |
| 36th | Nauru | 1.06 | -3.7% |
| 37th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 | 1.1% |
| 38th | American Samoa | 1.00 | -2.0% |
| 39th | Bermuda | 1.00 | -2.0% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 1.00 | 0.2% |
| 41st | Poland | 1.00 | -6.2% |
| 42nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.00 | 1.9% |
| 43rd | Spain | 0.99 | -7.1% |
| 44th | Czechia | 0.98 | 1.5% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 0.98 | -4.0% |
| 46th | Dominica | 0.97 | 2.1% |
| 47th | Slovak Republic | 0.96 | -1.4% |
| 48th | Italy | 0.95 | 4.1% |
| 49th | Lithuania | 0.94 | 1.1% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 0.93 | 5.4% |
| 51st | Bahamas, The | 0.92 | -1.1% |
| 52nd | Cabo Verde | 0.92 | -2.4% |
| 53rd | Monaco | 0.82 | 2.9% |
| 54th | Kiribati | 0.81 | 4.0% |
| 55th | Guam | 0.78 | -2.1% |
| 56th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.78 | -2.1% |
| 57th | Latvia | 0.77 | -0.7% |
| 58th | Grenada | 0.77 | 3.0% |
| 59th | Hungary | 0.74 | -1.6% |
| 60th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.73 | 13.4% |
| 61st | Tuvalu | 0.71 | 7.6% |
| 62nd | Belize | 0.71 | 2.3% |
| 63rd | Korea | 0.71 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Greece | 0.69 | -1.9% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.68 | -0.7% |
| 66th | Israel | 0.65 | 0.8% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.62 | -3.3% |
| 68th | South Africa | 0.60 | 3.2% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 0.55 | -4.4% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 0.54 | 11.8% |
| 71st | Croatia | 0.51 | -5.0% |
| 72nd | Botswana | 0.49 | -8.2% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.48 | -3.8% |
| 74th | Tonga | 0.46 | 36.4% |
| 75th | Ghana | 0.44 | 1.7% |
| 76th | Vanuatu | 0.44 | 10.7% |
| 77th | India | 0.43 | 8.3% |
| 78th | Panama | 0.42 | -9.6% |
| 79th | Brazil | 0.42 | -12.7% |
| 80th | Samoa | 0.40 | 15.0% |
| 81st | Namibia | 0.40 | 5.7% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 0.36 | 4.7% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | 0.34 | -15.9% |
| 84th | Romania | 0.31 | -2.2% |
| 85th | Serbia | 0.29 | 43.5% |
| 86th | Argentina | 0.28 | -6.2% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 0.18 | -18.2% |
| 88th | Benin | 0.16 | 24.9% |
| 89th | Georgia | 0.14 | 542.9% |
| 90th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.14 | -25.0% |
| 91st | Lesotho | 0.12 | 66.2% |
| 92nd | Dominican Republic | 0.12 | -7.4% |
| 93rd | Mongolia | 0.11 | 66.4% |
| 94th | Mexico | 0.11 | -3.9% |
| 95th | Timor-Leste | 0.09 | -5.4% |
| 96th | Peru | 0.08 | -25.8% |
| 97th | Senegal | 0.06 | 1,531.3% |
| 98th | Albania | 0.05 | 121.5% |
| 99th | Singapore | 0.04 | -30.9% |
| 100th | Indonesia | 0.04 | -46.7% |
| 101st | Guyana | 0.02 | 1,026.6% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 0.02 | -60.5% |
| 103rd | Philippines | 0.01 | 121.1% |
| 104th | Solomon Islands | 0.00 | 105.5% |
| 105th | Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 92.4% |
| 106th | El Salvador | -0.01 | 67.3% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | -0.06 | -102.1% |
| 108th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.07 | 15.4% |
| 109th | Moldova | -0.07 | -111.2% |
| 110th | Colombia | -0.08 | -27.1% |
| 111th | Tunisia | -0.08 | 50.8% |
| 112th | Paraguay | -0.10 | 7.7% |
| 113th | Zambia | -0.11 | 20.1% |
| 114th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.12 | -16.1% |
| 115th | Bhutan | -0.16 | 43.4% |
| 116th | Malawi | -0.18 | 13.2% |
| 117th | Tanzania | -0.20 | -15.8% |
| 118th | Kenya | -0.21 | 26.2% |
| 119th | Kosovo | -0.25 | -11.9% |
| 120th | Türkiye | -0.25 | -21.5% |
| 121st | Ecuador | -0.25 | 14.6% |
| 122nd | Burkina Faso | -0.26 | 16.2% |
| 123rd | Mozambique | -0.26 | -29.7% |
| 124th | Macao SAR, China | -0.27 | -10.1% |
| 125th | Mali | -0.28 | 42.6% |
| 126th | Niger | -0.31 | -7.6% |
| 127th | Ukraine | -0.32 | -12.8% |
| 128th | Malaysia | -0.34 | 1.9% |
| 129th | Sierra Leone | -0.34 | -6.9% |
| 130th | Guatemala | -0.37 | -2.9% |
| 131st | Liberia | -0.39 | -26.3% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | -0.41 | -5.0% |
| 133rd | Bangladesh | -0.41 | -0.9% |
| 134th | Thailand | -0.43 | -33.9% |
| 135th | Maldives | -0.45 | 4.8% |
| 136th | Nicaragua | -0.46 | 14.7% |
| 137th | Comoros | -0.46 | 1.2% |
| 138th | Honduras | -0.47 | -1.1% |
| 139th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.51 | 0.3% |
| 140th | Nepal | -0.53 | 17.7% |
| 141st | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.54 | 11.9% |
| 142nd | Uganda | -0.55 | -11.9% |
| 143rd | Armenia | -0.59 | -3.1% |
| 144th | Sri Lanka | -0.59 | -3.3% |
| 145th | Kuwait | -0.66 | -2.3% |
| 146th | Nigeria | -0.69 | 1.0% |
| 147th | Morocco | -0.70 | -15.4% |
| 148th | Haiti | -0.75 | 1.7% |
| 149th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.75 | 3.4% |
| 150th | Madagascar | -0.76 | 13.6% |
| 151st | Pakistan | -0.80 | 5.2% |
| 152nd | Jordan | -0.81 | -9.9% |
| 153rd | Gabon | -0.86 | 0.0% |
| 154th | Algeria | -0.89 | 1.4% |
| 155th | Togo | -0.90 | 9.2% |
| 156th | Fiji | -0.91 | 7.1% |
| 157th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.93 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Burundi | -0.95 | -6.6% |
| 159th | Mauritania | -0.96 | -5.3% |
| 160th | Libya | -0.97 | -7.9% |
| 161st | Qatar | -0.98 | -6.2% |
| 162nd | Cambodia | -0.98 | -2.0% |
| 163rd | United Arab Emirates | -1.02 | -1.9% |
| 164th | Russian Federation | -1.02 | -4.4% |
| 165th | Guinea | -1.02 | -0.8% |
| 166th | Cameroon | -1.04 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Oman | -1.04 | -1.7% |
| 168th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.05 | -37.5% |
| 169th | Iraq | -1.06 | 1.8% |
| 170th | Angola | -1.11 | -3.5% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | -1.12 | 3.2% |
| 172nd | Rwanda | -1.21 | 5.2% |
| 173rd | Afghanistan | -1.24 | 2.2% |
| 174th | Kazakhstan | -1.24 | -5.6% |
| 175th | Gambia, The | -1.26 | 2.3% |
| 176th | Eswatini | -1.26 | 1.5% |
| 177th | Bahrain | -1.32 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.33 | 1.6% |
| 179th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.34 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Viet Nam | -1.37 | 3.8% |
| 181st | Chad | -1.37 | -2.4% |
| 182nd | Zimbabwe | -1.39 | 5.8% |
| 183rd | Azerbaijan | -1.40 | -8.0% |
| 184th | South Sudan | -1.44 | -8.2% |
| 185th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.46 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Myanmar | -1.46 | 9.8% |
| 187th | Djibouti | -1.47 | -2.6% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | -1.47 | -18.8% |
| 189th | Cuba | -1.48 | 2.4% |
| 190th | Tajikistan | -1.50 | -5.8% |
| 191st | Belarus | -1.54 | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.61 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | China | -1.63 | 0.4% |
| 194th | Lao PDR | -1.65 | -0.4% |
| 195th | Sudan | -1.78 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.84 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Saudi Arabia | -1.88 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Uzbekistan | -1.97 | 3.3% |
| 199th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.97 | -3.4% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.17 | 1.0% |
| 201st | Eritrea | -2.20 | 0.6% |
| 202nd | Turkmenistan | -2.22 | 1.5% |
| 203rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.25 | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2013?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2013 was 0.54. This ranked 70th globally.
How did Jamaica's voice and accountability change in 2013?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability increased by 11.8% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2013?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2013 at 1.74.
What is the voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2013?▾
The voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2013 was 0.54. This ranked 70th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Jamaica's voice and accountability?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability went from 0.49 in 2012 to 0.54 in 2013, a 11.8% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Jamaica matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2013. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.7%. View full analysis →
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