Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia

Australia: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 79 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
79
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 191 countries
All-time high
79
in 2015
All-time low
79
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 792016: 792017: 792018: 792019: 79

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Australia recorded 79 for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

Australia ranks 6th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Australia, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 79 —
2016 79 +0.0%
2017 79 +0.0%
2018 79 +0.0%
2019 79 +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 79 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 79 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 3 Norway 81.27 compare
  2. 4 Kazakhstan 81.25 compare
  3. 5 China 80.91 compare
  4. 7 Lithuania 78.8 compare
  5. 8 Estonia 76.06 compare
  6. 9 United Arab Emirates 75.88 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Australia?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Australia was 79 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 79 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 79 in 2015.
How does Australia rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Australia ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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.