Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score was 97.49 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score in Jamaica, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Jamaica is 97.49, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Jamaica peaked at 97.49 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 69.35, in 2003.
Jamaica ranks 8th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.86 | 69.35 | 92.46 | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.97 | 85.43 | 97.49 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 6 Australia 98.49 compare
- 7 Togo 97.99 compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 97.49 compare
- 10 Azerbaijan 96.98 compare
- 10 Denmark 96.98 compare
- 10 Estonia 96.98 compare
- 10 Netherlands 96.98 compare
- 10 United Arab Emirates 96.98 compare
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)
- Commercial service exports 5.22 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 47.1% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 37.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Jamaica?
- Starting a business: time - men (days) - score in Jamaica was 97.49 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 97.49 in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men (days) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.35 in 2003.
- How does Jamaica rank for starting a business: time - men (days) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 8th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men (days) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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: Time - Men (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time 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.