Jamaica – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

JAM

Country

Jamaica

Score

45.52

Rank

78

Technology

44.93

People

34.24

Governance

52.93

Impact

49.99

1. Mobile tariffs	59.04	73
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	42.46	71
3. Households with internet acccess	49.74	76
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	73	84
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	68.63	60
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	67.83	67
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	84.24	34

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	48.12	89
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.58	57

1. Availability of latest technologies	66.3	41
2. Company investment in emerging technology	32.83	70
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	33.08	80
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	0	80
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	36.36	21
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	23.77	80
2. High-tech exports	3.99	96
3. PCT patent applications	0.05	80
4. Labour productivity per employee	10.33	87

1. Happiness	59	56
2. Freedom to make life choices	76.9	48
3. Income inequality	n/a	n/a
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	65.93	52

1. Access to basic services	85.46	86
2. Pollution	91.51	32
3. Road safety	65.94	56
4. Reading proficiency in schools	87.07	23
5. Maths proficiency in schools	12.23	69
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	96.67	69

1. Internet users	50.38	86
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	18.52	95
3. Use of virtual social networks	39.71	86
5. Tertiary enrolment	19.37	85
5. Adult literacy rate	81.59	66
6. ICT skills	6.82	58

1. Firms with website	23.11	89
2. Internet shopping	n/a	n/a
3. Professionals	21.78	72
4. Technicians and associate professionals	23.81	84
5. Extent of staff training	52.11	39
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	24.61	112
2. Publication and use of open data	36.95	42
3.ICT use and government efficiency	47.83	53
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	n/a	n/a

1. Rule of law	47.95	72
2. Software piracy rate	n/a	n/a
3. Secure Internet servers	42.93	91
4. Cybersecurity	42.54	91
5. Online trust and safety	32.12	83

1. Regulatory quality	57.55	57
2. Ease of doing business	69.78	64
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	30.68	96
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	28.3	95
6. ICT regulatory environment	78.19	82

1. E-Participation	22.29	112
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	57.26	78
3. Availability of local online content	52.02	64
4. Gender gap in internet use	92.9	2
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	79.63	8