Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score was 97.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Jamaica, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Jamaica stood at 97.9%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Jamaica peaked at 97.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 91.8%, in 2003.
Jamaica ranks 70th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 91.8% | — |
| 2004 | 92.3% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 94.1% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 95.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 96.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 97.4% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 97.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 97.5% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 97.9% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 97.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 97.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 97.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.9%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.7% | 91.8% | 97.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.3% | 96.4% | 97.9% | 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 starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Jamaica?
- Starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score in Jamaica was 97.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.8% in 2003.
- How does Jamaica rank for starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: cost - men (% of income per capita) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the cost for men 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.