The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Jamaica  
Rank: 77 · Score: 41.1  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 2.8   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) 3rd
GDP (US$ billions) 15.2   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 5,380.0   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 2.2   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 77 50, 51, 48, 48, 48 41.1
1 Economic Activity 109 23, 21, 22, 16, 16 55.9
2 Depth of Capital Market 73 56, 52, 49, 47, 52 30.4
3 Taxation 88 64, 64, 57, 48, 37 76.2
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 54 73, 67, 71, 71, 71 67.6
5 Human and Social Environment 60 67, 67, 65, 65, 65 32.1
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 89 26, 34, 37, 34, 36 37.2


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Jamaica  
Latin America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Colombia 72.8 34.3 28.6 66.8 31.6 53.1
Peru 78.8 33.0 73.3 60.9 23.2 44.4
Argentina 77.3 30.9 28.2 53.8 25.8 49.7
Jamaica 55.9 30.4 76.2 67.6 32.1 37.2
Panama 70.1 28.5 75.3 59.6 25.2 35.0
Uruguay 68.0 14.2 86.7 65.9 32.2 48.4
Ecuador 75.5 14.6 77.8 47.6 23.2 35.2
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023