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

Colombia: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 48.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
48.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
164th
of 191 countries
All-time high
48.6%
in 2014
All-time low
46.2%
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

010203040502003201120192003: 46.22004: 46.22005: 46.22006: 46.22007: 46.22008: 46.22009: 46.22010: 46.22011: 46.22012: 46.22013: 46.22014: 48.62015: 48.62016: 48.62017: 48.62018: 48.62019: 48.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 48.6% for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Colombia peaked at 48.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 46.2%, in 2003.

That places Colombia 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Colombia, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 46.2% —
2004 46.2% +0.0%
2005 46.2% +0.0%
2006 46.2% +0.0%
2007 46.2% +0.0%
2008 46.2% +0.0%
2009 46.2% +0.0%
2010 46.2% +0.0%
2011 46.2% +0.0%
2012 46.2% +0.0%
2013 46.2% +0.0%
2014 48.6% +5.1%
2015 48.6% +0.0%
2016 48.6% +0.0%
2017 48.6% +0.0%
2018 48.6% +0.0%
2019 48.6% +0.0%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 48.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.7%, 72% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 48.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 66.4%, 73% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 46.2% 46.2% 46.2% 7
2010s 47.6% 46.2% 48.6% 10

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 161 Sao Tome and Principe 48.8% compare
  2. 162 Chad 48.7% compare
  3. 162 United Kingdom 48.7% compare
  4. 165 Ukraine 48.0% compare
  5. 166 Cameroon 47.7% compare
  6. 167 Kyrgyzstan 47.2% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Colombia?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Colombia was 48.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 48.6% in 2014.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 46.2% in 2003.
How does Colombia rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Colombia ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia 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.