Jamaica - Voice and Accountability 2014
0.56
+0.02 from 2013
Jamaica's voice and accountability was 0.56 in 2014, increased +0.02 from 0.54 in 2013. This was the 64th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 1.68 | -3.1% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 1.61 | -2.8% |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 1.56 | -4.2% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 1.55 | -4.7% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.55 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Finland | 1.54 | -2.0% |
| 7th | Denmark | 1.52 | -8.5% |
| 8th | New Zealand | 1.52 | -5.1% |
| 9th | Germany | 1.44 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 1.41 | -2.8% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 1.40 | -6.1% |
| 12th | Austria | 1.39 | -4.5% |
| 13th | Belgium | 1.37 | -0.5% |
| 14th | Australia | 1.36 | -5.2% |
| 15th | Iceland | 1.36 | -5.7% |
| 16th | Ireland | 1.32 | 0.4% |
| 17th | Aruba | 1.28 | -0.1% |
| 18th | Greenland | 1.28 | -0.1% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 1.28 | -4.0% |
| 20th | France | 1.22 | -0.1% |
| 21st | Malta | 1.18 | 2.4% |
| 22nd | Palau | 1.18 | -2.4% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 1.17 | 4.8% |
| 24th | Andorra | 1.17 | -17.1% |
| 25th | San Marino | 1.17 | -2.6% |
| 26th | Marshall Islands | 1.15 | -2.7% |
| 27th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.15 | 12.5% |
| 28th | Barbados | 1.15 | 0.7% |
| 29th | Costa Rica | 1.14 | 5.6% |
| 30th | St. Lucia | 1.13 | 1.4% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.11 | 11.5% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 1.11 | 2.1% |
| 34th | Portugal | 1.11 | 3.8% |
| 35th | Poland | 1.11 | 10.7% |
| 36th | United States | 1.07 | -2.9% |
| 37th | Dominica | 1.07 | 10.4% |
| 38th | Chile | 1.06 | -4.6% |
| 39th | Bahamas, The | 1.05 | 13.3% |
| 40th | Tuvalu | 1.05 | 46.8% |
| 41st | Japan | 1.04 | -6.6% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 1.03 | 4.3% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 1.02 | 4.0% |
| 44th | Italy | 1.00 | 4.7% |
| 45th | Monaco | 0.99 | 21.2% |
| 46th | Spain | 0.99 | 0.5% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 0.96 | 2.3% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.96 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 0.96 | -4.6% |
| 50th | Cabo Verde | 0.96 | 4.3% |
| 51st | Kiribati | 0.94 | 16.6% |
| 52nd | Mauritius | 0.94 | 1.2% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 0.91 | 17.6% |
| 54th | Latvia | 0.85 | 10.3% |
| 55th | Nauru | 0.81 | -23.5% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.78 | 14.2% |
| 57th | Israel | 0.73 | 12.0% |
| 58th | Korea | 0.68 | -3.6% |
| 59th | Samoa | 0.67 | 65.2% |
| 60th | Tonga | 0.66 | 44.7% |
| 61st | South Africa | 0.64 | 6.6% |
| 62nd | Greece | 0.62 | -10.0% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 0.59 | 35.0% |
| 64th | Jamaica | 0.56 | 3.5% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.56 | -9.7% |
| 66th | Hungary | 0.55 | -25.0% |
| 67th | Namibia | 0.55 | 38.0% |
| 68th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.54 | -26.1% |
| 69th | Belize | 0.52 | -26.9% |
| 70th | Suriname | 0.52 | 44.8% |
| 71st | Croatia | 0.51 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Panama | 0.51 | 19.2% |
| 73rd | Cayman Islands | 0.47 | -13.8% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.47 | -1.9% |
| 75th | Brazil | 0.47 | 13.1% |
| 76th | Ghana | 0.46 | 5.2% |
| 77th | Botswana | 0.45 | -8.6% |
| 78th | Romania | 0.43 | 37.4% |
| 79th | India | 0.41 | -4.5% |
| 80th | Bulgaria | 0.37 | 8.7% |
| 81st | Argentina | 0.35 | 24.7% |
| 82nd | São Tomé and Principe | 0.32 | 138.1% |
| 83rd | Senegal | 0.29 | 386.3% |
| 84th | Georgia | 0.28 | 105.1% |
| 85th | Benin | 0.26 | 70.2% |
| 86th | Mongolia | 0.24 | 121.7% |
| 87th | Solomon Islands | 0.23 | 14,267.8% |
| 88th | Serbia | 0.21 | -25.5% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 0.19 | 328.3% |
| 90th | Peru | 0.19 | 127.1% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | 0.19 | 63.8% |
| 92nd | Lesotho | 0.16 | 34.7% |
| 93rd | Montenegro | 0.16 | -10.1% |
| 94th | Philippines | 0.16 | 2,442.4% |
| 95th | Guyana | 0.16 | 636.0% |
| 96th | Indonesia | 0.15 | 326.8% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 0.15 | 1,260.5% |
| 98th | Timor-Leste | 0.15 | 63.3% |
| 99th | Albania | 0.14 | 194.1% |
| 100th | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 | 379.1% |
| 101st | Moldova | 0.01 | 113.1% |
| 102nd | Mexico | 0.00 | -99.7% |
| 103rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.03 | 61.8% |
| 104th | Colombia | -0.04 | 46.7% |
| 105th | Seychelles | -0.05 | -348.4% |
| 106th | Malawi | -0.06 | 64.1% |
| 107th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.07 | 39.1% |
| 108th | Singapore | -0.10 | -369.4% |
| 109th | Paraguay | -0.10 | 2.0% |
| 110th | Bhutan | -0.10 | 35.1% |
| 111th | Zambia | -0.11 | -3.2% |
| 112th | North Macedonia | -0.14 | -145.8% |
| 113th | Ukraine | -0.14 | 54.9% |
| 114th | Kenya | -0.15 | 31.4% |
| 115th | Mali | -0.16 | 43.4% |
| 116th | Fiji | -0.18 | 80.6% |
| 117th | Tanzania | -0.19 | 5.1% |
| 118th | Niger | -0.19 | 36.5% |
| 119th | Kosovo | -0.20 | 19.6% |
| 120th | Ecuador | -0.20 | 19.9% |
| 121st | Mozambique | -0.25 | 3.7% |
| 122nd | Liberia | -0.28 | 28.6% |
| 123rd | Sierra Leone | -0.29 | 16.2% |
| 124th | Comoros | -0.29 | 36.6% |
| 125th | Macao SAR, China | -0.33 | -23.5% |
| 126th | Guatemala | -0.34 | 7.9% |
| 127th | Türkiye | -0.34 | -34.6% |
| 128th | Burkina Faso | -0.35 | -38.0% |
| 129th | Maldives | -0.35 | 20.4% |
| 130th | Malaysia | -0.36 | -6.1% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | -0.40 | 13.5% |
| 132nd | Honduras | -0.41 | 13.8% |
| 133rd | Lebanon | -0.42 | -3.8% |
| 134th | Nepal | -0.43 | 18.6% |
| 135th | Kyrgyz Republic | -0.46 | 14.1% |
| 136th | Bangladesh | -0.47 | -16.9% |
| 137th | Madagascar | -0.50 | 34.5% |
| 138th | Côte d'Ivoire | -0.51 | 32.4% |
| 139th | Armenia | -0.56 | 4.4% |
| 140th | Uganda | -0.59 | -6.1% |
| 141st | Nigeria | -0.59 | 15.3% |
| 142nd | Brunei Darussalam | -0.63 | -23.8% |
| 143rd | Kuwait | -0.66 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Sri Lanka | -0.67 | -12.3% |
| 145th | Morocco | -0.69 | 1.4% |
| 146th | Pakistan | -0.72 | 10.4% |
| 147th | Jordan | -0.75 | 6.6% |
| 148th | Togo | -0.77 | 15.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | -0.79 | -5.6% |
| 150th | Algeria | -0.81 | 9.0% |
| 151st | Guinea-Bissau | -0.85 | 36.8% |
| 152nd | Guinea | -0.86 | 16.1% |
| 153rd | Gabon | -0.87 | -0.3% |
| 154th | Thailand | -0.87 | -103.5% |
| 155th | West Bank and Gaza | -0.88 | 5.0% |
| 156th | Mauritania | -0.90 | 6.6% |
| 157th | Cameroon | -0.94 | 8.9% |
| 158th | Burundi | -1.04 | -9.4% |
| 159th | Russian Federation | -1.04 | -2.2% |
| 160th | United Arab Emirates | -1.06 | -4.1% |
| 161st | Oman | -1.09 | -5.0% |
| 162nd | Cambodia | -1.11 | -12.9% |
| 163rd | Congo, Republic of | -1.11 | 0.9% |
| 164th | Libya | -1.11 | -14.5% |
| 165th | Rwanda | -1.11 | 8.2% |
| 166th | Qatar | -1.13 | -15.8% |
| 167th | Afghanistan | -1.14 | 8.4% |
| 168th | Iraq | -1.14 | -8.2% |
| 169th | Angola | -1.15 | -2.8% |
| 170th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -1.18 | -12.2% |
| 171st | Kazakhstan | -1.18 | 4.7% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | -1.26 | 9.3% |
| 173rd | Gambia, The | -1.27 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -1.29 | 11.8% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | -1.30 | 2.4% |
| 176th | Bahrain | -1.31 | 0.5% |
| 177th | Chad | -1.33 | 3.2% |
| 178th | Eswatini | -1.34 | -5.8% |
| 179th | Myanmar | -1.34 | 8.0% |
| 180th | Viet Nam | -1.37 | -0.6% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | -1.39 | 5.7% |
| 182nd | Djibouti | -1.43 | 2.7% |
| 183rd | Belarus | -1.44 | 6.6% |
| 184th | Azerbaijan | -1.48 | -5.4% |
| 185th | Tajikistan | -1.50 | 0.6% |
| 186th | Cuba | -1.54 | -4.5% |
| 187th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.58 | 1.7% |
| 188th | China | -1.62 | 0.9% |
| 189th | South Sudan | -1.62 | -12.2% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | -1.73 | -5.1% |
| 191st | Sudan | -1.74 | 2.2% |
| 192nd | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.88 | -2.4% |
| 193rd | Saudi Arabia | -1.88 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Uzbekistan | -1.91 | 2.7% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | -1.98 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Eritrea | -2.11 | 3.8% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -2.11 | 2.8% |
| 198th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2.19 | 2.6% |
| 199th | Turkmenistan | -2.26 | -1.9% |
FAQ
What was Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2014?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability in 2014 was 0.56. This ranked 64th globally.
How did Jamaica's voice and accountability change in 2014?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability increased by 3.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest voice and accountability in 2014?▾
Norway had the highest voice and accountability in 2014 at 1.68.
What is the voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2014?▾
The voice and accountability of Jamaica in 2014 was 0.56. This ranked 64th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Jamaica's voice and accountability?▾
Jamaica's voice and accountability went from 0.54 in 2013 to 0.56 in 2014, a 3.5% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Jamaica matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2014. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.4%. View full analysis →
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