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

Nigeria: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 56.4% in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
56.4%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
147th
of 191 countries
All-time high
56.4%
in 2013
All-time low
0.0%
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

02040602003201120192003: 02004: 02005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 02011: 02012: 02013: 56.42014: 56.42015: 56.42016: 56.42017: 56.42018: 56.42019: 56.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Nigeria stood at 56.4%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Nigeria peaked at 56.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.

Nigeria ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in Nigeria, 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 56.4% —
2014 56.4% +0.0%
2015 56.4% +0.0%
2016 56.4% +0.0%
2017 56.4% +0.0%
2018 56.4% +0.0%
2019 56.4% +0.0%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 56.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56.5%, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 56.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 56.5%, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7
2010s 39.5% 0.0% 56.4% 10

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 144 Panama 57.4% compare
  2. 145 Zambia 56.6% compare
  3. 146 Honduras 56.5% compare
  4. 148 Sierra Leone 55.7% compare
  5. 149 Serbia 55.6% compare
  6. 150 Botswana 55.3% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Nigeria?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in Nigeria was 56.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 56.4% in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
How does Nigeria rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
Nigeria ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Nigeria 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.