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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Jamaica: Mobility & Trade

How connected is a country to the rest of the world?

Jamaica is placed 110th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 117.51 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 6.4 (2024).

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Mobility & Trade

110th

of 177 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topicsjoint 76th of 183 →

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Jamaica on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    Liner Shipping Connectivity Index

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    117.51

    LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 46th of 177 by UNCTAD

    Jamaica: 117.51. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.

    World median
    60.84
    Best in Caribbean
    128.69 Dominican Republic

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Container Import Dwell Time

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    6.4

    Median days a full import container waits in port

    Lower is better

    Jamaica: 6.4. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.

    World median
    4.4
    Best in Caribbean
    1.2 Montserrat

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Logistics Performance Index

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    2.5

    LPI score (1–5)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 97th of 139 by World Bank Group

    Jamaica: 2.5. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.

    World median
    2.9
    Best in Caribbean
    2.9 Antigua and Barbuda

  4. Key 4 of 4

    ICT Goods Exports

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    No reading

    ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

    Higher is better

    UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Jamaica, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.

    World median
    0.975
    Best in Caribbean
    21.32 Cayman Islands

03In context

Jamaica beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.

Caribbean
1st177thNot placed · 47 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on mobility & trade

Jamaica and Caribbean

Jamaica has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingLiner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in portLogistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5)ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Sint Maarten54th33.682.3——
Dominica58th24.471.5——
Antigua and Barbuda65th26.153.12.95.24
Grenada72nd23.1422.55.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd11.791.8——
Dominican Republic87th128.695.32.60.87
British Virgin Islands90th11.792.2——
Cayman Islands95th7.3295.1—21.32
Bahamas97th86.446.12.7—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd20.163.3——
Puerto Rico106th49.615.3——
Jamaica110th117.516.42.5—
Saint Lucia=126th27.284.9——
Barbados=128th35.436.1—0.57
Aruba134th17.984.2——
Trinidad and Tobago141st61.466.32.50.08
United States Virgin Islands142nd21.65.1——
Curaçao166th25.6110.1——
Cuba171st27.8415.22.2—
Haiti175th23.6721.62.1—
Anguillanot placed—1.9——
Montserratnot placed—1.2——
Saint Martinnot placed————
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed4.13———

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Placed either side on mobility & trade

The countries immediately above and below Jamaica in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Jamaica is ahead of the world, and behind

17 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median1

Statistics on which Jamaica does better than the middle country measured.

  • Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.21.365▼ Worsened since 2015

    Jamaica: 1.365 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.

    Position 80th of 176 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

Behind the world median4

Statistics on which Jamaica does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2253.593▲ Improved since 2016

    Jamaica: 3.593 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.

    Position 37th of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4742.353▼ Worsened since 2014

    Jamaica: 2.353 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.

    Position 94th of 118 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45610.03No earlier reading

    Jamaica: 10.03 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.

    Position 33rd of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.425.27▼ Worsened since 2014

    Jamaica: 5.27 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.

    Position 152nd of 170 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end12

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.899.3Moved since 2012

    Jamaica: 99.3 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1794.76Moved since 2014

    Jamaica: 94.76 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.669.24Moved since 2012

    Jamaica: 9.24 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60222.2No real change since 2015

    Jamaica: 22.2 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4511,248,512Moved since 2015

    Jamaica: 1,248,512 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7882,349,405Moved since 2014

    Jamaica: 2,349,405 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.

    Position 47th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.335Moved since 2015

    Jamaica: 0.335 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23103.9Moved since 2015

    Jamaica: 103.9 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32324,007No real change since 2015

    Jamaica: 24,007 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-3.522Moved since 2013

    Jamaica: -3.522 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.846No real change since 2015

    Jamaica: 0.846 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.730Moved since 2016

    Jamaica: 0 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

No current reading for Jamaica

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum (last 2022), Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2000), Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2015), Refugee Population by Country of Asylum (last 2022) and Trade (% of GDP). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Mobility & Trade among Jamaica’s 16 topics

Mobility & Trade is Jamaica’s 12th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Work & Labour25th of 182
  2. Gender & Equalityjoint 34th of 183
  3. Peace & Security36th of 177
  4. Education & Knowledge43rd of 198
  5. Democracy & Civil Liberties51st of 198
  6. Governance & Institutions56th of 194
  7. Economy & Innovation93rd of 176
  8. Risk & Resilience103rd of 193
  9. Poverty & Inequality86th of 159
  10. Health & Wellbeing120th of 200
  11. Food & Agriculture112th of 184
  12. Mobility & Trade110th of 177
  13. Digital & Technology125th of 198
  14. Development & Human Capital132nd of 196
  15. Energy123rd of 165
  16. Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 143rd of 186

06The top of the list

Who leads on mobility & trade

The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Jamaica can most readily be measured against.

All 177 countries
  1. 1

    Singapore

    South-eastern Asia

    1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Macau

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Hong Kong

    Eastern Asia

    3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Americas

    United States7th4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Caribbean

    Sint Maarten54th2/4 keys

  3. This page

    Jamaica110th3/4 keys

Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Analysis

Charts and analysis about Jamaica and mobility & trade

All charts

08Questions

Jamaica on mobility & trade: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Jamaica rank on mobility & trade?

Jamaica is placed 110th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Jamaica?

117.51 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.

What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Jamaica?

6.4 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.

How have Jamaica’s mobility & trade figures changed?

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 103.05 in 2006 to 122.9 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.247 in 2007 to 2.5 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.33 in 2023.

Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Jamaica?

No current reading is published for Jamaica on Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Refugee Population by Country of Asylum and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.

About mobility & trade, in full

How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 17 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Jamaica’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Jamaica: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/jamaica/mobility

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