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Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB04-15 studies.

Countries reporting
184
Highest
89.16
Singapore
Lowest
3.59
East Timor
Median
56.84
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,119

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 89.16 in Singapore; the lowest is 3.59 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.84, and the mean is 55.81.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 93.1%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 30.7%).

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 89.16 2014 down 4.5% falling
2 Luxembourg 85.7 2014 down 0.4% flat
3 Iceland 82.3 2014 down 1.4% flat
4 Austria 80.58 2014 up 0.0% flat
5 South Korea 79.17 2014 up 0.6% flat
6 Hong Kong 78.74 2014 down 3.7% falling
7 Belarus 78.7 2014 down 4.8% falling
8 New Zealand 77.84 2014 down 2.4% flat
9 Belgium 77.67 2014 up 2.8% flat
10 Australia 76.34 2014 up 0.6% flat
11 France 76.25 2014 unchanged flat
12 Latvia 75.59 2014 down 5.5% falling
13 Ireland 75.47 2014 down 2.1% flat
14 Norway 75.13 2014 up 1.1% flat
15 Netherlands 75.1 2014 up 0.3% flat
16 Germany 74.96 2014 down 2.0% flat
17 Russia 74.16 2014 down 2.5% flat
18 Lithuania 73.94 2014 down 4.3% falling
19 Georgia 73.66 2014 up 20.8% rising
20 Japan 73.25 2014 up 4.7% flat
21 Rwanda 70.46 2014 up 27.1% rising
22 Finland 70.45 2014 down 10.1% falling
23 Mongolia 70.17 2014 down 2.3% flat
24 Kazakhstan 69.33 2014 up 10.0% rising
25 Thailand 69.33 2014 down 0.9% flat
26 Malaysia 69.16 2014 up 2.9% rising
27 Azerbaijan 69.02 2014 down 0.4% flat
28 Estonia 68.69 2014 down 4.4% falling
29 Uzbekistan 68.65 2014 up 2.5% flat
30 Sweden 68 2014 up 3.0% flat
31 Hungary 67.62 2014 down 2.4% flat
32 Cape Verde 67.61 2014 up 1.1% flat
33 Tajikistan 67.42 2014 unchanged flat
34 United Kingdom 67.41 2014 down 1.5% flat
35 Turkey 67.13 2014 up 4.7% flat
36 China 67.02 2014 down 5.6% flat
37 Denmark 66.75 2014 down 3.4% flat
38 Moldova 66.68 2014 down 14.2% falling
39 United States 66.61 2014 down 13.7% falling
40 Switzerland 66.52 2014 down 4.0% flat
41 Ukraine 66.25 2014 down 3.6% flat
42 Mauritius 66.22 2014 up 10.3% rising
43 Tanzania 66.17 2014 unchanged flat
44 South Africa 66.14 2014 up 1.6% flat
45 Romania 66.11 2014 down 2.4% flat
46 Vietnam 65.89 2014 up 3.8% flat
47 Czechia 65.87 2014 up 4.2% flat
48 Tonga 65.65 2014 up 7.1% rising
49 Ethiopia 65.43 2014 up 9.0% rising
50 Eritrea 64.95 2014 down 3.5% flat
51 Poland 64.83 2014 up 24.2% rising
52 Namibia 64.82 2014 up 1.7% flat
53 Bulgaria 64.27 2014 up 1.6% flat
54 Kiribati 64.15 2014 unchanged flat
55 Chile 63.86 2014 unchanged flat
56 Mexico 63.84 2014 up 2.5% flat
57 Iran 63.35 2014 up 0.7% flat
58 Equatorial Guinea 63.23 2014 down 0.6% flat
59 Botswana 63.07 2014 up 21.0% rising
60 Fiji 62.95 2014 unchanged flat
61 Spain 62.65 2014 up 2.8% flat
62 Gambia 62.46 2014 up 1.2% flat
63 Nicaragua 62.42 2014 up 0.9% flat
64 Guyana 62.37 2014 up 1.7% flat
65 Croatia 62.15 2014 down 5.4% flat
66 Cote d'Ivoire 61.88 2014 up 14.3% rising
67 Bhutan 61.42 2014 up 73.8% rising
68 Vanuatu 61.2 2014 unchanged flat
69 Tunisia 60.96 2014 unchanged flat
70 Canada 60.75 2014 down 4.7% flat
71 Uganda 60.48 2014 up 11.7% rising
72 Morocco 59.65 2014 unchanged flat
73 Portugal 59.55 2014 up 9.4% rising
74 Haiti 59.32 2014 up 1.8% flat
75 Marshall Islands 58.82 2014 unchanged flat
76 Yemen 58.82 2014 down 7.4% falling
77 Mauritania 58.47 2014 up 3.3% flat
78 Dominican Republic 58.32 2014 down 0.5% flat
79 Slovakia 58.17 2014 down 11.2% falling
80 Bolivia 58 2014 unchanged flat
81 Venezuela 57.88 2014 down 9.0% falling
82 Paraguay 57.8 2014 down 0.7% flat
83 Samoa 57.78 2014 unchanged flat
84 North Macedonia 57.71 2014 down 0.9% flat
85 Albania 57.66 2014 down 0.2% flat
86 Ecuador 57.62 2014 down 1.2% flat
87 Serbia 57.59 2014 up 31.0% rising
88 Ghana 57.59 2014 down 8.5% flat
89 Zambia 57.53 2014 down 6.2% falling
90 Taiwan 57.52 2014 unchanged flat
91 Seychelles 56.92 2014 down 7.6% falling
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.89 2014 up 0.5% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 56.78 2014 down 12.1% falling
94 Qatar 56.73 2014 unchanged flat
95 Saudi Arabia 56.46 2014 up 7.1% rising
96 Nigeria 56.31 2014 up 93.1% rising
97 Antigua and Barbuda 56.19 2014 down 4.1% flat
98 Puerto Rico 56.03 2014 down 0.5% flat
99 Panama 56.02 2014 up 3.0% rising
100 El Salvador 55.79 2014 down 5.3% falling
101 Sierra Leone 55.68 2014 up 54.3% rising
102 Lebanon 55.4 2014 unchanged flat
103 Uruguay 55.02 2014 down 0.2% flat
104 Jamaica 54.96 2014 down 1.1% flat
105 Maldives 54.78 2014 down 4.5% flat
106 Palestine 54.48 2014 up 8.7% rising
107 Jordan 54.04 2014 unchanged flat
108 Peru 53.97 2014 up 5.8% rising
109 Lesotho 53.94 2014 up 15.2% rising
110 Algeria 52.93 2014 up 5.7% rising
111 Israel 52.61 2014 down 4.2% flat
112 Armenia 52.58 2014 down 8.0% falling
113 Slovenia 52.4 2014 up 9.5% rising
114 Bahrain 52.33 2014 unchanged flat
115 United Arab Emirates 52.18 2014 up 2.8% flat
116 Argentina 52.07 2014 down 20.4% falling
117 Djibouti 51.79 2014 unchanged flat
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.74 2014 down 7.9% falling
119 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.51 2014 down 1.1% flat
120 Palau 51.28 2014 up 2.1% flat
121 Mali 51.25 2014 up 12.2% rising
122 Costa Rica 51.13 2014 up 1.4% flat
123 Kenya 50.98 2014 down 15.1% falling
124 Kuwait 50.67 2014 down 3.1% flat
125 Brazil 50.11 2014 down 0.9% flat
126 Oman 50.07 2014 unchanged flat
127 Niger 49.95 2014 up 5.5% flat
128 Nepal 49.65 2014 up 6.8% rising
129 Togo 49.65 2014 up 2.1% flat
130 Montenegro 49.62 2014 unchanged flat
131 Bahamas 49.46 2014 down 5.5% falling
132 Madagascar 49.21 2014 up 7.2% flat
133 Guinea 48.78 2014 down 1.9% flat
134 Philippines 48.74 2014 down 3.5% flat
135 Kosovo 48.59 2014 up 5.3% flat
135 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 48.59 2014 up 5.3% flat
137 Mozambique 48 2014 up 8.4% rising
138 Brunei 47.76 2014 unchanged flat
139 Iraq 47.32 2014 up 3.6% flat
140 Guatemala 46.35 2014 unchanged flat
141 Grenada 46.25 2014 up 4.5% rising
142 Laos 45.93 2014 unchanged flat
143 Saint Lucia 45.67 2014 up 1.7% flat
144 Italy 45.42 2014 up 31.8% rising
145 Dominica 45.17 2014 up 2.4% flat
146 Chad 45.05 2014 unchanged flat
147 Indonesia 44.31 2014 up 17.9% rising
148 Cyprus 44.2 2014 down 18.4% falling
149 Congo 44.11 2014 unchanged flat
150 Egypt 44.02 2014 unchanged flat
151 Burkina Faso 43.83 2014 up 8.0% rising
152 Malawi 43.73 2014 up 24.1% rising
153 Gabon 43.51 2014 unchanged flat
154 Solomon Islands 43.49 2014 unchanged flat
155 Zimbabwe 43.25 2014 down 30.7% falling
156 Burundi 43.09 2014 up 1.4% falling
157 Cameroon 42.11 2014 up 2.5% flat
158 Senegal 41.48 2014 down 3.7% flat
159 Micronesia (country) 40.85 2014 unchanged flat
160 Greece 40.6 2014 down 24.5% falling
161 Sudan 40.43 2014 unchanged flat
162 Pakistan 40.32 2014 down 9.0% falling
163 Sri Lanka 38.96 2014 unchanged flat
164 Colombia 38.45 2014 up 6.1% rising
165 Benin 37.73 2014 up 8.9% rising
166 Belize 37.38 2014 up 7.7% flat
167 Honduras 36.55 2014 down 6.7% falling
168 Guinea-Bissau 36.41 2014 up 2.9% flat
169 Eswatini 36.37 2014 up 1.2% flat
170 Syria 35.17 2014 unchanged flat
171 Liberia 34.88 2014 up 3.1% flat
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.51 2014 up 21.1% rising
173 Comoros 33.2 2014 unchanged flat
174 Cambodia 32.79 2014 down 6.4% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 32.37 2014 up 11.3% rising
176 Trinidad and Tobago 32.27 2014 unchanged flat
177 Papua New Guinea 31.92 2014 up 3.4% flat
178 Central African Republic 31.62 2014 unchanged flat
179 Afghanistan 29.79 2014 up 3.6% flat
180 India 29.04 2014 unchanged flat
181 Suriname 28.84 2014 unchanged flat
182 Angola 25.22 2014 down 23.6% falling
183 Bangladesh 20.82 2014 unchanged flat
184 East Timor 3.59 2014 up 72.1% rising

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Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
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Coverage
184 places, 2,119 data points, 2003–2014
Last refreshed

The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB04-15 studies.