Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court, as well as the quality of judicial processes that promotes quality and efficiency in the court system. The score is...
Countries reporting
191
Highest
84.53
Singapore
Lowest
6.13
East Timor
Median
57.53
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
955
What the numbers show
Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 84.53 in Singapore; the lowest is 6.13 in East Timor.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.53, and the mean is 56.37.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 84.53 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | South Korea | 84.15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | Norway | 81.27 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 81.25 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | China | 80.91 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 79 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Lithuania | 78.8 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 76.06 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 75.88 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 75.49 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Taiwan | 75.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Georgia | 75.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 74.92 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 74.1 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Denmark | 73.92 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Latvia | 73.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | France | 73.47 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | United States | 73.44 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 73.32 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Romania | 72.25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Mauritius | 72.22 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | Russia | 72.18 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 71.89 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | New Zealand | 71.48 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Turkey | 71.4 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 70.98 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 70.9 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Croatia | 70.6 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Bhutan | 69.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Armenia | 69.71 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 69.13 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Rwanda | 69.11 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 33 | Iceland | 69.1 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 68.69 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 35 | Malaysia | 68.23 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 36 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Thailand | 67.91 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Portugal | 67.91 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Sweden | 67.61 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | Belarus | 67.58 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 41 | Malta | 67.57 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 67.04 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 43 | Mexico | 67.01 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 44 | Montenegro | 66.75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Finland | 66.4 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 46 | Slovakia | 66.12 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 66.01 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Mauritania | 65.99 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Japan | 65.26 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 65.26 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 64.84 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Kosovo | 64.73 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 64.73 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Chile | 64.72 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | Poland | 64.36 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Belgium | 64.25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Switzerland | 64.09 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Brazil | 64.08 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 60 | Bahrain | 63.79 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 63.7 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.66 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | Moldova | 63.65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Ukraine | 63.59 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 65 | Namibia | 63.44 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 63.14 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 67 | Brunei | 62.8 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 62.77 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 69 | Vietnam | 62.07 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 70 | Oman | 61.87 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 61.82 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 72 | Tanzania | 61.66 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 73 | Paraguay | 61.62 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Nigeria | 61.46 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 75 | Kuwait | 61.43 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | Mongolia | 61.36 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 60.71 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 78 | Uganda | 60.6 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Netherlands | 59.94 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 59.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Grenada | 59.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | San Marino | 59.25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 83 | Bahamas | 59.07 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 84 | Peru | 59.07 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | South Sudan | 58.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 86 | Israel | 58.86 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 87 | Samoa | 58.59 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 58.58 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Tunisia | 58.41 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | Kenya | 58.27 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | Iran | 58.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Ireland | 57.88 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 93 | Guyana | 57.87 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.82 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.6 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 96 | Dominica | 57.53 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 97 | Ecuador | 57.53 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 98 | Argentina | 57.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Tonga | 57.32 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | Lesotho | 57.18 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 101 | Canada | 57.13 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 102 | Fiji | 57.05 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | South Africa | 56.88 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 104 | Czechia | 56.38 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 105 | Uruguay | 56.29 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.17 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 55.93 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 108 | Eritrea | 55.93 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 55.92 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Bolivia | 55.57 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | Jordan | 55.56 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 55.19 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Slovenia | 54.82 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 114 | Algeria | 54.78 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Niger | 54.69 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 116 | Qatar | 54.64 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 117 | Somalia | 54.58 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Ghana | 54 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 119 | Guinea | 53.87 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 120 | Jamaica | 53.73 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 121 | Albania | 53.52 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 122 | Kiribati | 53.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 123 | Italy | 53.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Palestine | 52.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 125 | Maldives | 52.47 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Palau | 52.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 127 | El Salvador | 51.85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 128 | Haiti | 51.57 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 129 | Seychelles | 51.25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Gambia | 50.88 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Zambia | 50.82 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Lebanon | 50.77 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 133 | Senegal | 50.61 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 50.56 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.42 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 136 | Belize | 50.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Madagascar | 50.04 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 138 | Botswana | 49.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 49.27 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Indonesia | 49.09 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 141 | Togo | 49.02 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 142 | Panama | 48.96 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 143 | Cyprus | 48.59 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 144 | Yemen | 48.52 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Djibouti | 48.43 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 146 | Libya | 48.41 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 147 | Greece | 48.12 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Iraq | 48.02 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 149 | Sudan | 47.84 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 150 | Malawi | 47.4 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | Venezuela | 46.89 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Nepal | 45.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Philippines | 45.96 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 154 | Chad | 45.51 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 155 | Honduras | 44.19 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 156 | Congo | 43.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 157 | Pakistan | 43.49 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 43.49 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 159 | Burundi | 42.97 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 160 | Mali | 42.8 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | Syria | 42.58 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Laos | 41.99 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 163 | Benin | 41.5 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 164 | India | 41.19 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 165 | Sri Lanka | 41.16 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 41.05 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 167 | Egypt | 39.97 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 168 | Cameroon | 39.91 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 169 | Mozambique | 39.78 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 39.66 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 171 | Barbados | 38.95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.61 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 173 | Eswatini | 36.72 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 36.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.62 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 176 | Liberia | 35.23 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Guatemala | 34.55 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Colombia | 34.29 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 33.28 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Comoros | 32.97 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Gabon | 32.84 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 31.76 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Cambodia | 31.75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 31.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 185 | Micronesia (country) | 29.39 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.84 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 187 | Angola | 28.11 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 188 | Myanmar | 26.39 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 189 | Suriname | 25.94 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 22.21 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 191 | East Timor | 6.13 | 2019 | — | flat |
About this data
The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court, as well as the quality of judicial processes that promotes quality and efficiency in the court system. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.