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

Malawi: Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score was 43.73 in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
43.73
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
152nd
of 184 countries
All-time high
43.73
in 2013
All-time low
35.23
in 2003
Years of data
12
2003–2014

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

0102030402003200820142003: 35.22004: 35.22005: 35.22006: 35.22007: 36.32008: 36.32009: 36.32010: 36.32011: 36.32012: 36.32013: 43.72014: 43.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 43.73 for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in 2014. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 24.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Malawi peaked at 43.73 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 35.23, in 2003.

Malawi ranks 152nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Malawi, 2003 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2003 35.23 —
2004 35.23 +0.0%
2005 35.23 +0.0%
2006 35.23 +0.0%
2007 36.27 +3.0%
2008 36.27 +0.0%
2009 36.27 +0.0%
2010 36.27 +0.0%
2011 36.27 +0.0%
2012 36.27 +0.0%
2013 43.73 +20.6%
2014 43.73 +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 43.73 is below the median for low income countries, which is 46.52, 94% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 43.73 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 49.8, 88% of the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 35.67 35.23 36.27 7
2010s 39.25 36.27 43.73 5

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 149 Congo 44.11 compare
  2. 150 Egypt 44.02 compare
  3. 151 Burkina Faso 43.83 compare
  4. 153 Gabon 43.51 compare
  5. 154 Solomon Islands 43.49 compare
  6. 155 Zimbabwe 43.25 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Malawi?
Enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Malawi was 43.73 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 43.73 in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 35.23 in 2003.
How does Malawi rank for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score?
Malawi ranks 152nd out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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.