Enforcing contracts: Cost in Somalia

Somalia: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 21.4% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
21.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 191 countries
All-time high
21.4%
in 2015
All-time low
21.4%
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost in Somalia, 2015–2019

051015202015201720192015: 21.4 % of claim2016: 21.4 % of claim2017: 21.4 % of claim2018: 21.4 % of claim2019: 21.4 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost in Somalia stood at 21.4%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Somalia ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Cost in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) in Somalia, 2015 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2015 21.4% —
2016 21.4% +0.0%
2017 21.4% +0.0%
2018 21.4% +0.0%
2019 21.4% +0.0%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 21.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 34.3%, 62% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 21.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 38.8%, 55% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 146 Qatar 21.6% compare
  2. 147 Malta 21.5% compare
  3. 149 United Arab Emirates 21.0% compare
  4. 150 Austria 20.6% compare
  5. 151 Pakistan 20.5% compare
  6. 151 Slovakia 20.5% compare
  7. 151 Uzbekistan 20.5% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost in Somalia?
Enforcing contracts: cost in Somalia was 21.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 21.4% in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 21.4% in 2015.
How does Somalia rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
Somalia ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Somalia 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.