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

Malawi: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 22.4% in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
22.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
181st
of 191 countries
All-time high
22.4%
in 2013
All-time low
0.0%
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

051015202003201120192003: 02004: 02005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 02011: 02012: 02013: 22.42014: 22.42015: 22.42016: 22.42017: 22.42018: 22.42019: 22.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malawi stood at 22.4%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malawi peaked at 22.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.

That places Malawi 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Malawi, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 0.0% —
2004 0.0% —
2005 0.0% —
2006 0.0% —
2007 0.0% —
2008 0.0% —
2009 0.0% —
2010 0.0% —
2011 0.0% —
2012 0.0% —
2013 22.4% —
2014 22.4% +0.0%
2015 22.4% +0.0%
2016 22.4% +0.0%
2017 22.4% +0.0%
2018 22.4% +0.0%
2019 22.4% +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 22.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 61.5%, 36% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 22.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 56.5%, 40% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7
2010s 15.7% 0.0% 22.4% 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 178 Benin 27.3% compare
  2. 179 Micronesia (country) 25.9% compare
  3. 180 Bangladesh 25.0% compare
  4. 182 Indonesia 21.1% compare
  5. 183 Solomon Islands 11.4% compare
  6. 184 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.4% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malawi?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malawi was 22.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 22.4% in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
How does Malawi rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Malawi ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malawi 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.