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

Iceland: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 90.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
90.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
91.5%
in 2004
All-time low
90.0%
in 2010
Years of data
16
2004–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Iceland, 2004–2019

0204060801002004201120192004: 91.52005: 91.52006: 91.52007: 91.52008: 91.32009: 91.32010: 902011: 902012: 902013: 902014: 902015: 902016: 902017: 902018: 902019: 90

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Iceland recorded 90.0% for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iceland peaked at 91.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 90.0%, in 2010.

Iceland ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Iceland, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 91.5% —
2005 91.5% +0.0%
2006 91.5% +0.0%
2007 91.5% +0.0%
2008 91.3% -0.1%
2009 91.3% +0.0%
2010 90.0% -1.5%
2011 90.0% +0.0%
2012 90.0% +0.0%
2013 90.0% +0.0%
2014 90.0% +0.0%
2015 90.0% +0.0%
2016 90.0% +0.0%
2017 90.0% +0.0%
2018 90.0% +0.0%
2019 90.0% +0.0%

Iceland compared with similar countries

  • Iceland's 90.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Iceland's 90.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 74.9%, 1.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 91.4% 91.3% 91.5% 6
2010s 90.0% 90.0% 90.0% 10

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 2 Luxembourg 89.2% compare
  2. 3 Norway 89.0% compare
  3. 4 South Korea 85.8% compare
  4. 4 Slovenia 85.8% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iceland?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iceland was 90.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 91.5% in 2004.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 90.0% in 2010.
How does Iceland rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Iceland ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iceland 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.