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

Malaysia: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 57.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
57.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
143rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
69.2%
in 2003
All-time low
57.5%
in 2013
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

02040602003201120192003: 69.22004: 69.22005: 69.22006: 69.22007: 69.22008: 69.22009: 69.22010: 69.22011: 69.22012: 69.22013: 57.52014: 57.52015: 57.52016: 57.52017: 57.52018: 57.52019: 57.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malaysia stood at 57.5%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malaysia peaked at 69.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 57.5%, in 2013.

Malaysia ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Malaysia, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 69.2% —
2004 69.2% +0.0%
2005 69.2% +0.0%
2006 69.2% +0.0%
2007 69.2% +0.0%
2008 69.2% +0.0%
2009 69.2% +0.0%
2010 69.2% +0.0%
2011 69.2% +0.0%
2012 69.2% +0.0%
2013 57.5% -16.9%
2014 57.5% +0.0%
2015 57.5% +0.0%
2016 57.5% +0.0%
2017 57.5% +0.0%
2018 57.5% +0.0%
2019 57.5% +0.0%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 57.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 67.7%, 85% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 57.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 64.9%, 89% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 69.2% 69.2% 69.2% 7
2010s 61.0% 57.5% 69.2% 10

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 140 Brunei 58.9% compare
  2. 141 Suriname 58.4% compare
  3. 142 Saint Lucia 58.2% compare
  4. 144 Panama 57.4% compare
  5. 145 Zambia 56.6% compare
  6. 146 Honduras 56.5% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malaysia?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Malaysia was 57.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 69.2% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 57.5% in 2013.
How does Malaysia rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Malaysia ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malaysia 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.