Enforcing contracts: Cost in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 81.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
81.7%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
7th
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.6%
in 2003
All-time low
81.7%
in 2010
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost in Burkina Faso, 2003–2019

0204060802003201120192003: 87.6 % of claim2004: 87.6 % of claim2005: 87.6 % of claim2006: 87.6 % of claim2007: 85.6 % of claim2008: 85.6 % of claim2009: 83 % of claim2010: 81.7 % of claim2011: 81.7 % of claim2012: 81.7 % of claim2013: 81.7 % of claim2014: 81.7 % of claim2015: 81.7 % of claim2016: 81.7 % of claim2017: 81.7 % of claim2018: 81.7 % of claim2019: 81.7 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost in Burkina Faso is 81.7%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost in Burkina Faso peaked at 87.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 81.7%, in 2010.

Burkina Faso ranks 7th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Enforcing contracts: Cost in Burkina Faso, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) in Burkina Faso, 2003 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2003 87.6%
2004 87.6% +0.0%
2005 87.6% +0.0%
2006 87.6% +0.0%
2007 85.6% -2.3%
2008 85.6% +0.0%
2009 83.0% -3.0%
2010 81.7% -1.6%
2011 81.7% +0.0%
2012 81.7% +0.0%
2013 81.7% +0.0%
2014 81.7% +0.0%
2015 81.7% +0.0%
2016 81.7% +0.0%
2017 81.7% +0.0%
2018 81.7% +0.0%
2019 81.7% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 86.4% 83.0% 87.6% 7
2010s 81.7% 81.7% 81.7% 10

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 4 Comoros 89.4% compare
  2. 5 Zimbabwe 83.1% compare
  3. 6 Central African Republic 82.0% compare
  4. 8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 80.6% compare
  5. 9 Solomon Islands 78.9% compare
  6. 10 Indonesia 70.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost in Burkina Faso?
Enforcing contracts: cost in Burkina Faso was 81.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 87.6% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 81.7% in 2010.
How does Burkina Faso rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
Burkina Faso ranks 7th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burkina Faso 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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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim)
Unit
% of claim
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.