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

Brazil: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 75.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
75.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
49th
of 191 countries
All-time high
81.6%
in 2003
All-time low
75.4%
in 2016
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 81.62004: 81.62005: 81.62006: 81.62007: 81.62008: 81.62009: 81.62010: 81.62011: 81.62012: 81.62013: 76.82014: 76.82015: 76.82016: 75.42017: 75.42018: 75.42019: 75.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 75.4% 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 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Brazil peaked at 81.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 75.4%, in 2016.

Brazil ranks 49th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Brazil, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 81.6% —
2004 81.6% +0.0%
2005 81.6% +0.0%
2006 81.6% +0.0%
2007 81.6% +0.0%
2008 81.6% +0.0%
2009 81.6% +0.0%
2010 81.6% +0.0%
2011 81.6% +0.0%
2012 81.6% +0.0%
2013 76.8% -5.8%
2014 76.8% +0.0%
2015 76.8% +0.0%
2016 75.4% -1.9%
2017 75.4% +0.0%
2018 75.4% +0.0%
2019 75.4% +0.0%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 75.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.7%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 75.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 66.4%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 81.6% 81.6% 81.6% 7
2010s 77.7% 75.4% 81.6% 10

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 46 Qatar 75.8% compare
  2. 47 Algeria 75.6% compare
  3. 47 Tunisia 75.6% compare
  4. 50 Kazakhstan 75.4% compare
  5. 51 Canada 75.0% compare
  6. 52 Greece 74.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Brazil?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Brazil was 75.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 75.4% in 2016.
How does Brazil rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Brazil ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil 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.