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

New Zealand: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 69.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
69.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
92nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
75.4%
in 2003
All-time low
69.5%
in 2012
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 75.42004: 75.42005: 75.42006: 75.42007: 75.42008: 75.42009: 74.92010: 74.92011: 74.92012: 69.52013: 69.52014: 69.52015: 69.52016: 69.52017: 69.52018: 69.52019: 69.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in New Zealand stood at 69.5%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in New Zealand peaked at 75.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 69.5%, in 2012.

New Zealand ranks 92nd 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 New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in New Zealand, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 75.4%
2004 75.4% +0.0%
2005 75.4% +0.0%
2006 75.4% +0.0%
2007 75.4% +0.0%
2008 75.4% +0.0%
2009 74.9% -0.6%
2010 74.9% +0.0%
2011 74.9% +0.0%
2012 69.5% -7.2%
2013 69.5% +0.0%
2014 69.5% +0.0%
2015 69.5% +0.0%
2016 69.5% +0.0%
2017 69.5% +0.0%
2018 69.5% +0.0%
2019 69.5% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 75.3% 74.9% 75.4% 7
2010s 70.6% 69.5% 74.9% 10

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 91 Antigua and Barbuda 69.6% compare
  2. 92 Ecuador 69.5% compare
  3. 94 Nepal 69.4% compare
  4. 95 Belize 69.2% compare
  5. 95 Saudi Arabia 69.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in New Zealand?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in New Zealand was 69.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 75.4% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 69.5% in 2012.
How does New Zealand rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
New Zealand ranks 92nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand 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.