Relationship dossier
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Relationship assessment
Cooperative Caribbean ties, with engagement chiefly through regional institutions
Jamaica toward Saint Kitts and Nevis
+15Jamaica participates in CARICOM cooperation with Saint Kitts and Nevis and has supported regional integration involving Caribbean states. The scope of Jamaica's direct bilateral programs with Saint Kitts and Nevis is unclear.
Saint Kitts and Nevis toward Jamaica
+15Saint Kitts and Nevis participates in CARICOM cooperation with Jamaica. Specific direct government initiatives by Saint Kitts and Nevis toward Jamaica are unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is shaped chiefly by regional Caribbean cooperation rather than a clearly established network of substantial bilateral programs. CARICOM provides a durable setting for engagement, while the scale and continuity of direct bilateral cooperation remain uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis maintain cooperative relations as members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is not a bilateral framework connecting Jamaica; their substantive engagement is primarily through regional institutions. Jamaica has supported regional integration and cooperation involving smaller Caribbean states. Specific bilateral agreements or sustained direct government programs between the two are not sufficiently clear to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct bilateral agreements and government programs is unclear.
- The extent of recent bilateral cooperation beyond regional institutions is uncertain.