🇯🇲 Jamaica Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇯🇲 Jamaica JM / JAM #160

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 8

Region Caribbean Community, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Digital Nomad Islands, Islands, North America, Americas, Caribbean, Developing Countries

Currency JMD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 44/100

Press Freedom (2025) 75.8/100 #26

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.805

HDI 0.720

Regional Blocs CARICOM

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of Jamaica	Charles III
Governor-General of Jamaica	Patrick Allen

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 44 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 75.8 / 100

Global Rank #26 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #38 64.2

Economic #19 66.7

Legal #38 76.2

Social #24 80.9

Safety #31 91.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.805

Liberal 0.679

Participatory 0.524

Deliberative 0.694

Egalitarian 0.658

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	75.8	26	64.2	66.7	76.2	80.9	91.2
2024	77.3	24	66.4	70.3	72.6	85.0	92.3
2023	75.9	32	67.8	71.4	68.5	86.6	85.2
2022	83.4	12	74.9	71.9	82.5	95.0	92.5
2021	90.0	7	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	89.5	6	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	88.9	8	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	88.7	6	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	87.3	8	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	87.6	10	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	88.8	9	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	89.1	17	-	-	-	-	-
2013	90.1	13	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-3.0	17	-	-	-	-	-
2010	7.7	25	-	-	-	-	-
2009	4.8	23	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4.9	21	-	-	-	-	-
2007	8.6	27	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-
2005	7.5	34	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index