World Bank Enterprise Survey 2024
Jamaica, 2023 - 2025
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Reference ID
JAM_2024_WBES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
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May 20, 2025
Last modified
May 20, 2025
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- Jamaica-2024-full-data.dta
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: Jamaica-2024-full-data.dta
Overview
Valid:
215
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2232
End:
2233
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 6 |
2.8%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 11 |
5.1%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 19 |
8.8%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 9 |
4.2%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 1 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 4 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | Courts | 1 |
0.5%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 42 |
19.5%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 8 |
3.7%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 11 |
5.1%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 32 |
14.9%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 1 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 5 |
2.3%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 21 |
9.8%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 5 |
2.3%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 35 |
16.3%
|
| 15 | Transport | 4 |
1.9%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.