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192 III. Country Profiles<br />

JAMAICA<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 95/140 108/140 13 37/100 32/100 5<br />

Depth 70/140 70/140 0 24/50 24/50 0<br />

Breadth 106/140 126/140 20 13/50 8/50 5<br />

Trade Pillar 108/140 120/140 12 37/100 31/100 6<br />

JAM<br />

Capital Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

Information Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

People Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

50<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

2010<br />

2011<br />

2012<br />

2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

Jamaica’s Jamaica’s Merchandise Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013<br />

1<br />

2<br />

JAMAICA<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

1. U.S.A. (31%)<br />

2. Canada (15%)<br />

3. Netherlands (8%)<br />

4. U.K. (6%)<br />

5. U.A.E. (6%)<br />

9<br />

Jamaica’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.06% 0.02% 0.01% unknown<br />

8<br />

4<br />

6. Slovenia (5%)<br />

7. Russia (3%)<br />

8. Iceland (3%)<br />

9. Barbados (2%)<br />

10. Romania (2%)<br />

3<br />

6<br />

10<br />

5<br />

7<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Alumina, bauxite, sugar,<br />

rum, coffee, yams,<br />

beverages, chemicals,<br />

wearing apparel, mineral<br />

fuels<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Outward Inward<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward<br />

Trade 67/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 126/140 49/140 11% 43%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 21/140 31/140 18% 13%<br />

Capital 69/94 –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 81/131 17/140 3% 89%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 85/133 59/140 1% 15%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 62/84 68/86 3% 6%<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) 66/91 57/90 0% 0%<br />

Information 33/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

70/140 32,310<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

21/140 13/140 400 451<br />

90/136 43/136 $0 $16<br />

People · –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 4/139 107/140 40% 1%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) · 35/131 · 0.7<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

51/128 · 5% ·<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 110/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 97/139 114/140 11% 37%<br />

Capital · –<br />

JAM<br />

FDI Stock · · · ·<br />

FDI Flows · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –<br />

Information · –<br />

50<br />

International 45 Phone Calls · · · ·<br />

40<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

35<br />

62/136 84/136 72% 19%<br />

30<br />

25<br />

People 2005 2006 2007 200891/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012<br />

Migrants 79/139 82/130 3% 35%<br />

Tourists – 74/99 – 4%<br />

International Students – · – ·<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

2013<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank Level<br />

Rank Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 81/140 $5,290 Operating Environment (+) 100/129 3.8<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 11/140 40% Infrastructure (+) 68/129 3.7<br />

Remoteness (-) 66/140 5.6 Press Freedom (+) 11/137 96<br />

Population (-) 118/140 2.7 Labor Freedom (+) 49/140 76<br />

Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 39/140 50<br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) 77/129 3.9<br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 34/138 7.5<br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 59/135 0.7<br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 69/139 79<br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 29/140 104<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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