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

Iraq: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 68.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
68.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 191 countries
All-time high
69.4%
in 2009
All-time low
63.6%
in 2004
Years of data
16
2004–2019

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

02040602004201120192004: 63.62005: 63.62006: 63.62007: 63.62008: 63.62009: 69.42010: 68.52011: 68.52012: 68.52013: 68.52014: 68.52015: 68.52016: 68.52017: 68.52018: 68.52019: 68.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iraq stood at 68.5%.

The figure is down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iraq peaked at 69.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 2004.

Iraq ranks 99th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Iraq, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 63.6% —
2005 63.6% +0.0%
2006 63.6% +0.0%
2007 63.6% +0.0%
2008 63.6% +0.0%
2009 69.4% +9.2%
2010 68.5% -1.3%
2011 68.5% +0.0%
2012 68.5% +0.0%
2013 68.5% +0.0%
2014 68.5% +0.0%
2015 68.5% +0.0%
2016 68.5% +0.0%
2017 68.5% +0.0%
2018 68.5% +0.0%
2019 68.5% +0.0%

Iraq compared with similar countries

  • Iraq's 68.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.7%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Iraq's 68.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 70.6%, 97% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 64.5% 63.6% 69.4% 6
2010s 68.5% 68.5% 68.5% 10

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 97 Italy 69.1% compare
  2. 98 Guinea-Bissau 68.6% compare
  3. 100 El Salvador 68.2% compare
  4. 101 Moldova 67.9% compare
  5. 101 North Macedonia 67.9% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iraq?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Iraq was 68.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 69.4% in 2009.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 2004.
How does Iraq rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Iraq ranks 99th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq 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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Indicator
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.