Enforcing contracts: Cost in Belize
Belize: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 27.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Belize, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost in Belize is 27.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost in Belize peaked at 27.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 27.5%, in 2005.
Belize ranks 96th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27.5% | — |
| 2006 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27.5% | +0.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 27.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.8%, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belize's 27.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30.0%, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.5% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 27.5% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 93 Iraq 28.1% compare
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 28.0% compare
- 95 Italy 27.6% compare
- 96 Saudi Arabia 27.5% compare
- 98 Nepal 27.3% compare
- 99 Ecuador 27.2% compare
- 99 New Zealand 27.2% compare
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: cost in Belize?
- Enforcing contracts: cost in Belize was 27.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 27.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.5% in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
- Belize ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The cost to enforce contracts is recorded as a percentage of the claim value, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita or $5,000, whichever is greater. Three types of costs are recorded: average attorney fees, court costs and enforcement costs. Bribes are not taken into account.