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

Austria: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 76.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
76.9%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
42nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
83.1%
in 2003
All-time low
76.9%
in 2014
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 83.12004: 83.12005: 83.12006: 83.12007: 83.12008: 77.22009: 77.22010: 77.22011: 77.22012: 77.22013: 77.22014: 76.92015: 76.92016: 76.92017: 76.92018: 76.92019: 76.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Austria recorded 76.9% for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Austria peaked at 83.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 2014.

Austria ranks 42nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Austria, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 83.1% —
2004 83.1% +0.0%
2005 83.1% +0.0%
2006 83.1% +0.0%
2007 83.1% +0.0%
2008 77.2% -7.2%
2009 77.2% +0.0%
2010 77.2% +0.0%
2011 77.2% +0.0%
2012 77.2% +0.0%
2013 77.2% +0.0%
2014 76.9% -0.3%
2015 76.9% +0.0%
2016 76.9% +0.0%
2017 76.9% +0.0%
2018 76.9% +0.0%
2019 76.9% +0.0%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 76.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 76.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 74.9%, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.4% 77.2% 83.1% 7
2010s 77.0% 76.9% 77.2% 10

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 39 Slovakia 77.1% compare
  2. 39 Uzbekistan 77.1% compare
  3. 41 Pakistan 77.0% compare
  4. 43 United Arab Emirates 76.5% compare
  5. 44 Somalia 76.0% compare
  6. 45 Malta 75.9% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Austria?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Austria was 76.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 83.1% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 2014.
How does Austria rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Austria ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria 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.