Jamaica: Financial markets development, access

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 Jamaica

Financial markets development, access

 Latest value 0.034
 Year 2021
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1980 - 2021
 Average 0.052
 Min - Max 0.034 - 0.200
 Source International Monetary Fund
The latest value from 2021 is 0.034 index points, unchanged from 0.034 index points in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.361 index points, based on data from 114 countries. Historically, the average for Jamaica from 1980 to 2021 is 0.052 index points. The minimum value, 0.034 index points, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 0.2 index points was recorded in 2006. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Jamaica - Financial markets development, access - historical chart - 1980-2021




Definition: Measures access to the financial markets using principal components methodology with these variables: Percent of market capitalization outside of top 10 largest companies and Total number of issuers of debt (domestic and external, nonfinancial and financial corporations). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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