Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score was 48.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
48.7%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
161st
of 190 countries
All-time high
65.5%
in 2003
All-time low
48.7%
in 2015
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2003–2019

02040602003201120192003: 65.52004: 59.82005: 55.32006: 53.22007: 53.22008: 53.22009: 53.22010: 53.22011: 53.22012: 53.22013: 53.22014: 53.22015: 48.72016: 48.72017: 48.72018: 48.72019: 48.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 48.7%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 65.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 48.7%, in 2015.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 161st of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 56.2% 53.2% 65.5% 7
2010s 51.0% 48.7% 53.2% 10

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 158 Angola 50.2% compare
  2. 159 Guinea 49.5% compare
  3. 160 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 48.8% compare
  4. 161 Chad 48.7% compare
  5. 163 Colombia 48.6% compare
  6. 164 Ukraine 48.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 48.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 65.5% in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 48.7% in 2015.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 161st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: cost (% of claim) - score rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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
190 places, 3,083 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.