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Jamaica Sentiment Index

Jamaica Sentiment Index

Public conversation by topic, sector, and time period — classified with the SMJ Jamaican Social Language Dictionary, which reads Patois, sarcasm, humour, and code switching that global tools miss.

Overall news media tone

All sectors
Positive 51.8%Negative 21.1%Neutral 27.1%

Source: GDELT Global Knowledge Graph tone analysis of 752 English-language online news articles mentioning Jamaica, last 7 days. This measures news media tone, not social media conversation or public opinion. Last updated: August 8, 2026.

Real, automated, and sourced

Every figure here comes from a live GDELT query, refreshed daily — not typed in by an editor.

News media tone, not public opinion

This tracks the tone of English-language online news coverage mentioning Jamaica. It is not social media sentiment, not Patois-language content, and not a measure of public opinion — no free source can provide those.

Three categories, disclosed thresholds

Positive, neutral, and negative, bucketed from GDELT's raw tone score using thresholds SMJ sets and publishes — see the Methodology page.

Tone by sector

Banking & Finance

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Food & Beverage

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Gaming & Lottery

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Insurance

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Logistics

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Manufacturing

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Media & Entertainment

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Public Service

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Retail

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Telecom

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Tourism

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Transportation

Transportation
Positive 20%Negative 33.3%Neutral 46.7%

Source: GDELT Global Knowledge Graph tone analysis of 15 English-language online news articles mentioning Jamaica, last 7 days. This measures news media tone, not social media conversation or public opinion. Last updated: August 21, 2026.

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