Enforcing contracts: Cost in Samoa
Samoa: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 24.4% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost in Samoa is 24.4%, measured in 2019. 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 Samoa peaked at 24.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2003.
Samoa ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 24.4% | — |
| 2004 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 24.4% | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 24.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.8%, 85% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 24.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.3%, 78% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.4% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 24.4% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 121 Turkey 24.9% compare
- 123 Costa Rica 24.3% compare
- 124 Switzerland 24.0% compare
- 125 Netherlands 23.9% compare
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: cost in Samoa?
- Enforcing contracts: cost in Samoa was 24.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2003.
- How does Samoa rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
- Samoa ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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.