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Enforcing contracts: Cost in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 19.8% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
19.8%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
152nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
21.8%
in 2005
All-time low
19.8%
in 2011
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost in Cape Verde, 2005–2019

051015202005201220192005: 21.8 % of claim2006: 21.8 % of claim2007: 21.8 % of claim2008: 21.8 % of claim2009: 21.8 % of claim2010: 21.8 % of claim2011: 19.8 % of claim2012: 19.8 % of claim2013: 19.8 % of claim2014: 19.8 % of claim2015: 19.8 % of claim2016: 19.8 % of claim2017: 19.8 % of claim2018: 19.8 % of claim2019: 19.8 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

Cape Verde recorded 19.8% for enforcing contracts: cost in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost in Cape Verde peaked at 21.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 2011.

Cape Verde ranks 152nd of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 21.8% 21.8% 21.8% 5
2010s 20.0% 19.8% 21.8% 10

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 151 Gambia 20.4% compare
  2. 152 Sudan 19.8% compare
  3. 154 Barbados 19.7% compare
  4. 155 Equatorial Guinea 19.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost in Cape Verde?
Enforcing contracts: cost in Cape Verde was 19.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2005.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2011.
How does Cape Verde rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
Cape Verde ranks 152nd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cape Verde 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

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim)
Unit
% of claim
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 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.