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

China: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 81.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
81.9%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 191 countries
All-time high
87.6%
in 2003
All-time low
81.9%
in 2013
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 87.62004: 87.62005: 87.62006: 83.12007: 83.12008: 83.12009: 83.12010: 83.12011: 83.12012: 83.12013: 81.92014: 81.92015: 81.92016: 81.92017: 81.92018: 81.92019: 81.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in China is 81.9%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in China peaked at 87.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 81.9%, in 2013.

That places China 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in China, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 87.6% —
2004 87.6% +0.0%
2005 87.6% +0.0%
2006 83.1% -5.1%
2007 83.1% +0.0%
2008 83.1% +0.0%
2009 83.1% +0.0%
2010 83.1% +0.0%
2011 83.1% +0.0%
2012 83.1% +0.0%
2013 81.9% -1.5%
2014 81.9% +0.0%
2015 81.9% +0.0%
2016 81.9% +0.0%
2017 81.9% +0.0%
2018 81.9% +0.0%
2019 81.9% +0.0%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 81.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.7%, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 81.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 85.1% 83.1% 87.6% 7
2010s 82.3% 81.9% 83.1% 10

Countries ranked near China

  1. 14 Seychelles 82.8% compare
  2. 15 Armenia 82.1% compare
  3. 17 Finland 81.9% compare
  4. 18 Cyprus 81.7% compare
  5. 19 Russia 81.6% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in China?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in China was 81.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 87.6% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 81.9% in 2013.
How does China rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
China ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this China 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.