Enforcing contracts: Cost in Palau
Palau: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 35.3% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Palau, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost in Palau stood at 35.3%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost in Palau peaked at 35.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 35.3%, in 2003.
Palau ranks 58th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.3% | 35.3% | 35.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 35.3% | 35.3% | 35.3% | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: cost in Palau?
- Enforcing contracts: cost in Palau was 35.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.3% in 2003.
- How does Palau rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
- Palau ranks 58th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau 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.