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Jamaica Corruption Control

Jamaica's corruption control rose to -0.11 points in 2023, up from -0.02 points in 2022, according to World Bank. This represents an increase of 450% (0.09) from the previous year. Jamaica has corruption control higher than the global median (-0.11 points vs median -0.23 points). Within Americas, it ranks 21st out of 41 countries.

Jamaica's political stability index rose to 0.38 points in 2023, up from 0.36 points in 2022.

Yearly Historical Data (1996-2023)

(in -2.5 (weak control) to 2.5 (strong control))
Year Corruption Control
2023 -0.11
2022 -0.02
2021 -0.05
2020 -0.05
2019 -0.11
2018 -0.23
2017 -0.22
2016 -0.21
2015 -0.28
2014 -0.33
2013 -0.3
2012 -0.29
2011 -0.19
2010 -0.27
2009 -0.32
2008 -0.34
2007 -0.34
2006 -0.29
2005 -0.34
2004 -0.39
2003 -0.44
2002 -0.51
2000 0.09
1998 0.14
1996 0.19
Jamaica Corruption Control : Definition
Corruption Control is defined as a perception-based index for the reporting year that captures views on public-sector corruption; scale and interpretation depend on the underlying data source for Jamaica.