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

Belgium: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 79.9% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
79.9%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
26th
of 191 countries
All-time high
80.2%
in 2003
All-time low
79.9%
in 2015
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 80.22004: 80.22005: 80.22006: 80.22007: 80.22008: 80.22009: 80.22010: 80.22011: 80.22012: 80.22013: 80.22014: 80.22015: 79.92016: 79.92017: 79.92018: 79.92019: 79.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Belgium stood at 79.9%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Belgium peaked at 80.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 79.9%, in 2015.

Belgium ranks 26th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Belgium, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 80.2% —
2004 80.2% +0.0%
2005 80.2% +0.0%
2006 80.2% +0.0%
2007 80.2% +0.0%
2008 80.2% +0.0%
2009 80.2% +0.0%
2010 80.2% +0.0%
2011 80.2% +0.0%
2012 80.2% +0.0%
2013 80.2% +0.0%
2014 80.2% +0.0%
2015 79.9% -0.4%
2016 79.9% +0.0%
2017 79.9% +0.0%
2018 79.9% +0.0%
2019 79.9% +0.0%

Belgium compared with similar countries

  • Belgium's 79.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Belgium's 79.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 74.9%, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 80.2% 80.2% 80.2% 7
2010s 80.0% 79.9% 80.2% 10

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 24 Estonia 80.7% compare
  2. 25 France 80.5% compare
  3. 27 Taiwan 79.5% compare
  4. 28 Azerbaijan 79.3% compare
  5. 28 Maldives 79.3% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Belgium?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Belgium was 79.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 80.2% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 79.9% in 2015.
How does Belgium rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Belgium ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium 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.