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2024
global knowledge index
Jamaica
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):29.225
- Population:2,839,786
- HDI:0.706
80/141
Gki
Score
45.7
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Jamaica is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 80th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 19th out of the 35 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Educational attainment rate, doctoral or equivalent
- Teaching staff compensation (% tertiary expenditure)
- Fixed broadband Internet traffic per subscription
- Employment educational mismatch (%)
- Academic freedom
Areas of Improvement
- Teachers in tertiary education, gender parity
- Chinn-Ito financial openness
- Years of compulsory education in primary and secondary
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- High-technology trade (% total trade)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
76
65.35
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
61
53.27
Higher
Education
70
46.3
Research, Development
and Innovation
104
24.44
Information and
Communications Technology
87
43.09
Economy
98
45.98
Enabling
Environment
60
57.7
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GKI Pillars
