Jamaica

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group The Americas
Population (Total) 2,827,377
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 11,962

Performance Overview

ISO3

JAM

Country

Jamaica

Score

46.11

Rank

72

Technology

35.38

People

38.28

Governance

54.49

Impact

56.28

Pillar: Technology Score: 35.38 Rank: 85
SCORERANK

Access

54.89 90

1. Mobile tariffs

24.33 119

2. Handset prices

35.15 95

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

24.91 77

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.67 57

5. International Internet bandwidth

66.45 95

6. Internet access in schools

78.83 43

Content

13.63 106

1. GitHub commits

3.33 86

2. Internet domain registrations

1.45 90

3. Mobile apps development

49.11 103

4. AI scientific publications

0.64 110

Future technologies

37.61 51

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

43.00 76

2. Investment in emerging technologies

38.00 72

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

31.83 29
Pillar: People Score: 38.28 Rank: 85
SCORERANK

Individuals

24.94 117

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

1.22 110

2. ICT skills in the education system

36.31 83

3. Use of virtual social networks

45.75 89

4. Tertiary enrollment

16.47 89

5. Adult literacy rate

n/a

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

52.36 46

1. Firms with website

n/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

30.78 68

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

73.94 94

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

37.53 69

1. Government online services

43.79 99

2. Publication and use of open data

35.29 47

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

33.50 78

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 54.49 Rank: 71
SCORERANK

Trust

30.05 99

1. Secure internet servers

40.89 95

2. Cybersecurity

31.34 106

3. Online access to financial account

n/a

4. Internet shopping

17.93 74

Regulation

79.98 27

1. Regulatory quality

54.02 58

2. ICT regulatory environment

73.53 87

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

n/a

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

92.35 6

Inclusion

53.45 87

1. E-Participation

26.75 106

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

56.09 92

3. Availability of local online content

60.34 65

4. Gender gap in Internet use

83.18 4

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

40.88 101
Pillar: Impact Score: 56.28 Rank: 50
SCORERANK

Economy

24.39 77

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

4.02 91

3. PCT patent applications

2.47 70

4. Domestic market size

32.66 122

5. Prevalence of gig economy

44.77 56

6. ICT services exports

38.01 20

Quality of life

74.44 46

1. Happiness

65.43 66

2. Freedom to make life choices

83.17 38

3. Income inequality

n/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

74.73 58

SDG Contribution

70.02 51

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

68.54 67

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

63.72 103

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

70.16 72

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

77.67 41

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