Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score was 81.4% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Jamaica, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Jamaica stood at 81.4%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 134.4% on the previous year and up 143.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Jamaica peaked at 81.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2004.
Jamaica ranks 52nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.2% | — |
| 2005 | 2.8% | +28.7% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +53.0% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | +368.1% |
| 2009 | 33.4% | +53.0% |
| 2010 | 46.9% | +40.1% |
| 2011 | 47.2% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 47.4% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 34.1% | -28.0% |
| 2014 | 34.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 34.5% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 34.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 34.6% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 34.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 81.4% | +134.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 2.2% | 33.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 34.1% | 81.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Jamaica?
- Registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Jamaica was 81.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 81.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2004.
- How does Jamaica rank for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 52nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 143.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.