Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score was 31.92 in 2014. ▬ Flat

Latest (2014)
31.92
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
177th
of 184 countries
All-time high
31.92
in 2009
All-time low
30.88
in 2003
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2003–2014

01020302003200820142003: 30.92004: 30.92005: 30.92006: 30.92007: 30.92008: 30.92009: 31.92010: 31.92011: 31.92012: 31.92013: 31.92014: 31.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 31.92 for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in 2014. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea peaked at 31.92 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 30.88, in 2003.

That places Papua New Guinea 177th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2003 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2003 30.88 —
2004 30.88 +0.0%
2005 30.88 +0.0%
2006 30.88 +0.0%
2007 30.88 +0.0%
2008 30.88 +0.0%
2009 31.92 +3.4%
2010 31.92 +0.0%
2011 31.92 +0.0%
2012 31.92 +0.0%
2013 31.92 +0.0%
2014 31.92 +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 31.92 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 51.38, 62% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 31.92 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62.95, 51% of the median. (27 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31.03 30.88 31.92 7
2010s 31.92 31.92 31.92 5

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 174 Cambodia 32.79 compare
  2. 175 Sao Tome and Principe 32.37 compare
  3. 176 Trinidad and Tobago 32.27 compare
  4. 178 Central African Republic 31.62 compare
  5. 179 Afghanistan 29.79 compare
  6. 180 India 29.04 compare

See the full ranking of 184 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea?
Enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea was 31.92 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 31.92 in 2009.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 30.88 in 2003.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score?
Papua New Guinea ranks 177th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.