Press freedom index in Jamaica 2015-2024
best press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024. The indicator presents an overview of the plurality and independence of the media and how safe and free it is for journalists to do their job, with lower scores indicating a worse situation for the press and higher scores a better one.
After peaking at 90.04 in 2021, the press freedom index of Jamaica decreased to 77.3 in 2024. Owing to the increase, the Caribbean nation had the first-