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

Kuwait: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 79.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
79.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
30th
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.0%
in 2003
All-time low
79.2%
in 2014
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 842004: 842005: 842006: 842007: 842008: 842009: 842010: 842011: 842012: 842013: 842014: 79.22015: 79.22016: 79.22017: 79.22018: 79.22019: 79.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 79.2% for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Kuwait peaked at 84.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 79.2%, in 2014.

That places Kuwait 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Kuwait, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 84.0% —
2004 84.0% +0.0%
2005 84.0% +0.0%
2006 84.0% +0.0%
2007 84.0% +0.0%
2008 84.0% +0.0%
2009 84.0% +0.0%
2010 84.0% +0.0%
2011 84.0% +0.0%
2012 84.0% +0.0%
2013 84.0% +0.0%
2014 79.2% -5.8%
2015 79.2% +0.0%
2016 79.2% +0.0%
2017 79.2% +0.0%
2018 79.2% +0.0%
2019 79.2% +0.0%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 79.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 79.2% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 70.6%, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 84.0% 84.0% 84.0% 7
2010s 81.1% 79.2% 84.0% 10

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 27 Taiwan 79.5% compare
  2. 28 Azerbaijan 79.3% compare
  3. 28 Maldives 79.3% compare
  4. 30 Bulgaria 79.2% compare
  5. 32 Iran 78.4% compare
  6. 33 Poland 78.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Kuwait?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Kuwait was 79.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 84.0% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 2014.
How does Kuwait rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Kuwait ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait 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.