Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Lesotho

Lesotho: Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score was 53.94 in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
53.94
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
109th
of 184 countries
All-time high
53.94
in 2012
All-time low
46.84
in 2003
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Lesotho, 2003–2014

02040602003200820142003: 46.82004: 46.82005: 46.82006: 46.82007: 46.82008: 46.82009: 46.82010: 46.82011: 46.82012: 53.92013: 53.92014: 53.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2014, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Lesotho stood at 53.94. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of up 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Lesotho peaked at 53.94 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 46.84, in 2003.

Lesotho ranks 109th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Lesotho, 2003 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2003 46.84
2004 46.84 +0.0%
2005 46.84 +0.0%
2006 46.84 +0.0%
2007 46.84 +0.0%
2008 46.84 +0.0%
2009 46.84 +0.0%
2010 46.84 +0.0%
2011 46.84 +0.0%
2012 53.94 +15.2%
2013 53.94 +0.0%
2014 53.94 +0.0%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 53.94 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 51.38, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 53.94 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 49.8, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 46.84 46.84 46.84 7
2010s 51.1 46.84 53.94 5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 106 Palestine 54.48 compare
  2. 107 Jordan 54.04 compare
  3. 108 Peru 53.97 compare
  4. 110 Algeria 52.93 compare
  5. 111 Israel 52.61 compare
  6. 112 Armenia 52.58 compare

See the full ranking of 184 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Lesotho?
Enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Lesotho was 53.94 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 53.94 in 2012.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 46.84 in 2003.
How does Lesotho rank for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score?
Lesotho ranks 109th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 2,119 data points, 2003–2014
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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.