Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Australia

Australia: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 74.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
74.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
59th
of 191 countries
All-time high
75.3%
in 2003
All-time low
74.0%
in 2011
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Australia, 2003–2019

0204060802003201120192003: 75.32004: 75.32005: 75.32006: 75.32007: 75.32008: 75.32009: 75.32010: 75.32011: 742012: 742013: 742014: 742015: 742016: 742017: 742018: 742019: 74

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Australia is 74.0%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Australia peaked at 75.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 74.0%, in 2011.

Australia ranks 59th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Australia, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 75.3% —
2004 75.3% +0.0%
2005 75.3% +0.0%
2006 75.3% +0.0%
2007 75.3% +0.0%
2008 75.3% +0.0%
2009 75.3% +0.0%
2010 75.3% +0.0%
2011 74.0% -1.6%
2012 74.0% +0.0%
2013 74.0% +0.0%
2014 74.0% +0.0%
2015 74.0% +0.0%
2016 74.0% +0.0%
2017 74.0% +0.0%
2018 74.0% +0.0%
2019 74.0% +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 74.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 99% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 74.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 75.3% 75.3% 75.3% 7
2010s 74.1% 74.0% 75.3% 10

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 56 Ghana 74.2% compare
  2. 57 Bhutan 74.1% compare
  3. 57 Latvia 74.1% compare
  4. 59 Mauritania 74.0% compare
  5. 59 Uruguay 74.0% compare
  6. 62 Denmark 73.9% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Australia?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Australia was 74.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 75.3% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 74.0% in 2011.
How does Australia rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Australia ranks 59th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
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The score for cost to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.