Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score was 32.37 in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
32.37
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
172nd
of 181 countries
All-time high
32.37
in 2013
All-time low
29.09
in 2004
Years of data
11
2004–2014

Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2004–2014

01020302004200920142004: 29.12005: 29.12006: 29.12007: 29.12008: 29.12009: 29.12010: 29.12011: 29.12012: 29.92013: 32.42014: 32.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2014, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 32.37. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 32.37 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 29.09, in 2004.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 172nd of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 29.09 29.09 29.09 6
2010s 30.56 29.09 32.37 5

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

  1. 169 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.51 compare
  2. 170 Comoros 33.2 compare
  3. 171 Cambodia 32.79 compare
  4. 173 Trinidad and Tobago 32.27 compare
  5. 174 Papua New Guinea 31.92 compare
  6. 175 Central African Republic 31.62 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Sao Tome and Principe?
Enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score in Sao Tome and Principe was 32.37 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 32.37 in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 29.09 in 2004.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 172nd out of 181 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts (db04-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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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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.