Jamaica: Clean elections index

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 Jamaica

Clean elections index

 Latest value 0.868
 Year 2024
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.584
 Min - Max 0.295 - 0.871
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.868 index points, unchanged from 0.868 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1960 to 2024 is 0.584 index points. The minimum value, 0.295 index points, was reached in 1981 while the maximum of 0.871 index points was recorded in 2019. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Jamaica: Clean elections index
 2024 0.868
 2023 0.868
 2022 0.868
 2021 0.868
 2020 0.870
 2019 0.871
 2018 0.848
 2017 0.848




Definition: Measures the extent to which elections are free and fair with absence of registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation, vote buying, and election violence.

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