The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (71/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 48/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 49/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 55/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 47/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 71/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 56, versus 57 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 45/100 | Pandemic 62 · Banking Crisis 49 · War / Conflict 36 · Natural Disaster 33 |
| Strategic Position | 47/100 | Demographics 64 · Resources 24 · Stability 71 · Education 33 · Technology 47 · Geopolitics 44 |
Jamaica scores 54 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 56). Its strongest area is Stability (71/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Jamaica scores 54 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (71/100) and its weakest is Innovation (47/100).
Jamaica's Stability score is 71 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Jamaica's Economy score is 48 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Jamaica's Quality of Life score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Jamaica's Governance score is 49 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Jamaica's Innovation score is 47 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Jamaica is down 1 point versus three years ago — 56 now, from 57 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Jamaica's defining asset is agriculture, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 5.64 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Jamaica's Strategic Position score is 47 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Jamaica scores 53 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 45/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.