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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
181
Highest
89.16
Singapore
Lowest
3.59
East Timor
Median
56.92
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,113

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 89.16 in Singapore; the lowest is 3.59 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.92, and the mean is 55.91.

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

Over the past decade 78 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.74 2014 down 7.9% falling
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.51 2014 down 1.1% flat
119 Palau 51.28 2014 up 2.1% flat
120 Mali 51.25 2014 up 12.2% rising
121 Costa Rica 51.13 2014 up 1.4% flat
122 Kenya 50.98 2014 down 15.1% falling
123 Kuwait 50.67 2014 down 3.1% flat
124 Brazil 50.11 2014 down 0.9% flat
125 Oman 50.07 2014 unchanged flat
126 Niger 49.95 2014 up 5.5% flat
127 Nepal 49.65 2014 up 6.8% rising
128 Togo 49.65 2014 up 2.1% flat
129 Montenegro 49.62 2014 unchanged flat
130 Bahamas 49.46 2014 down 5.5% falling
131 Madagascar 49.21 2014 up 7.2% flat
132 Guinea 48.78 2014 down 1.9% flat
133 Philippines 48.74 2014 down 3.5% flat
134 Mozambique 48 2014 up 8.4% rising
135 Brunei 47.76 2014 unchanged flat
136 Iraq 47.32 2014 up 3.6% flat
137 Guatemala 46.35 2014 unchanged flat
138 Grenada 46.25 2014 up 4.5% rising
139 Laos 45.93 2014 unchanged flat
140 Saint Lucia 45.67 2014 up 1.7% flat
141 Italy 45.42 2014 up 31.8% rising
142 Dominica 45.17 2014 up 2.4% flat
143 Chad 45.05 2014 unchanged flat
144 Indonesia 44.31 2014 up 17.9% rising
145 Cyprus 44.2 2014 down 18.4% falling
146 Congo 44.11 2014 unchanged flat
147 Egypt 44.02 2014 unchanged flat
148 Burkina Faso 43.83 2014 up 8.0% rising
149 Malawi 43.73 2014 up 24.1% rising
150 Gabon 43.51 2014 unchanged flat
151 Solomon Islands 43.49 2014 unchanged flat
152 Zimbabwe 43.25 2014 down 30.7% falling
153 Burundi 43.09 2014 up 1.4% falling
154 Cameroon 42.11 2014 up 2.5% flat
155 Senegal 41.48 2014 down 3.7% flat
156 Micronesia (country) 40.85 2014 unchanged flat
157 Greece 40.6 2014 down 24.5% falling
158 Sudan 40.43 2014 unchanged flat
159 Pakistan 40.32 2014 down 9.0% falling
160 Sri Lanka 38.96 2014 unchanged flat
161 Colombia 38.45 2014 up 6.1% rising
162 Benin 37.73 2014 up 8.9% rising
163 Belize 37.38 2014 up 7.7% flat
164 Honduras 36.55 2014 down 6.7% falling
165 Guinea-Bissau 36.41 2014 up 2.9% flat
166 Eswatini 36.37 2014 up 1.2% flat
167 Syria 35.17 2014 unchanged flat
168 Liberia 34.88 2014 up 3.1% flat
169 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.51 2014 up 21.1% rising
170 Comoros 33.2 2014 unchanged flat
171 Cambodia 32.79 2014 down 6.4% falling
172 Sao Tome and Principe 32.37 2014 up 11.3% rising
173 Trinidad and Tobago 32.27 2014 unchanged flat
174 Papua New Guinea 31.92 2014 up 3.4% flat
175 Central African Republic 31.62 2014 unchanged flat
176 Afghanistan 29.79 2014 up 3.6% flat
177 India 29.04 2014 unchanged flat
178 Suriname 28.84 2014 unchanged flat
179 Angola 25.22 2014 down 23.6% falling
180 Bangladesh 20.82 2014 unchanged flat
181 East Timor 3.59 2014 up 72.1% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,113 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.