Jamaica
Download ReportKey Indicators
| Income Group | Upper-middle income |
| Regional Group | The Americas |
| Population (Total) | 2,948,279 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.04% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 16,458 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.02% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 10,166 |
Performance Overview
IS03
JAM
Country
Jamaica
Score
47.36
Rank
70
Technology
38.48
People
40.06
Governance
57.11
Impact
53.77
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 59.04 | 73 |
| 2. Handset prices | 42.46 | 71 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 52.76 | 78 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 73.00 | 87 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 68.63 | 62 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 67.88 | 68 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 84.31 | 34 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 2.86 | 74 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 35.20 | 80 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 52.96 | 91 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 43.00 | 75 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 38.07 | 71 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 0.00 | 82 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 32.12 | 26 |
| 5. Robot density | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 23.77 | 81 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 3.99 | 106 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 0.09 | 77 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 12.67 | 91 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 46.94 | 56 |
| 1. Happiness | 62.83 | 64 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 82.57 | 50 |
| 3. Income inequality | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 68.64 | 53 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 60.66 | 88 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 80.66 | 38 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 73.48 | 82 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 75.11 | 49 |
| 1. Internet users | 54.04 | 88 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 19.19 | 100 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 43.30 | 87 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 19.37 | 86 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 84.71 | 68 |
| 6. ICT skills | 41.12 | 88 |
| 1. Firms with website | 31.23 | 93 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 69.78 | 66 |
| 3. Professionals | 21.07 | 74 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 23.57 | 84 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 57.87 | 69 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Government online services | 36.97 | 116 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 36.95 | 42 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 33.63 | 77 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 39.70 | 96 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 43.23 | 94 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Internet shopping | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 57.55 | 58 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 78.19 | 86 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 23.96 | 98 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 34.56 | 114 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 57.26 | 82 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 60.38 | 65 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 92.90 | 2 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 79.63 | 9 |