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Country

Jamaica

Scores
51.5/100
Overall
35.7/100
Governance and accountability
60.0/100
Prevention
70.0/100
Healing
50.0/100
Justice

Americas & the Caribbean

9th

Overall

7th

Governance and accountability

4th

Prevention

6th

Healing

10th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Pathfinding Global Alliance

17th

Overall

21st

Governance and accountability

7th

Prevention

9th

Healing

23rd

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Ending Violence Against Children pledging process

20th

Overall

26th

Governance and accountability

9th

Prevention

10th

Healing

33rd

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Background indicators
GDP per capita
7019.75
Level of poverty
16.7
Gini coefficient
39.9
Rule of Law Index
0.57
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.36
Women in parliament
28.6
Gender gap in educational attainment
0.99
LGBTQ Equality Index
21.0
Birth registration
99.0
Internet penetration rate
89.47
Lead child protection ministries or agencies
3.0
Child marriage
8.0
Online child sexual abuse
18.2
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9th
within Americas & the Caribbean
out of 11 countries
12th
in its upper middle income classification
out of 19 countries
678
thousand children in Jamaica
represents 0.5% of the region's total population under the age of 18

Too few countries are equipping children with the knowledge they need: only 15% of countries in the Index, including India, Nepal, Jamaica, Mexico, and Mongolia, provide comprehensive life-skills-based education that includes content on online safety, as well as how to recognize and seek help for abuse.

 

This country’s score places it in the middle third of those assessed in the Index

This mid-range ranking indicates that important steps have been taken to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children and adolescents. However, while certain key laws, policies, or services may exist, gaps remain in coverage, or accountability.

By strengthening coordination, investing in prevention and survivor services, and closing remaining legal and policy gaps, meaningful gains are within reach.

This score is not a judgement — it is a roadmap for progress.

The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering the foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents. 

By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, countries can make meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.

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Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.