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

Panama: Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score was 56.02 in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
56.02
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 184 countries
All-time high
58.87
in 2010
All-time low
54.37
in 2003
Years of data
12
2003–2014

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

02040602003200820142003: 54.42004: 54.42005: 54.42006: 54.42007: 54.42008: 54.42009: 54.42010: 58.92011: 58.92012: 58.92013: 562014: 56

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Panama recorded 56.02 for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in 2014.

That represents a change of up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Panama peaked at 58.87 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 54.37, in 2003.

That places Panama 99th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it 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 Panama, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Panama, 2003 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2003 54.37 —
2004 54.37 +0.0%
2005 54.37 +0.0%
2006 54.37 +0.0%
2007 54.37 +0.0%
2008 54.37 +0.0%
2009 54.37 +0.0%
2010 58.87 +8.3%
2011 58.87 +0.0%
2012 58.87 +0.0%
2013 56.02 -4.8%
2014 56.02 +0.0%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 56.02 is below the median for high income countries, which is 64.27, 87% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 56.02 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 54.47, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 54.37 54.37 54.37 7
2010s 57.73 56.02 58.87 5

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 96 Nigeria 56.31 compare
  2. 97 Antigua and Barbuda 56.19 compare
  3. 98 Puerto Rico 56.03 compare
  4. 100 El Salvador 55.79 compare
  5. 101 Sierra Leone 55.68 compare
  6. 102 Lebanon 55.4 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Panama?
Enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Panama was 56.02 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 58.87 in 2010.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 54.37 in 2003.
How does Panama rank for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score?
Panama ranks 99th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Panama 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.