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

Barbados: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 38.95 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
38.95
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
171st
of 191 countries
All-time high
38.95
in 2019
All-time low
38.02
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 382016: 382017: 382018: 382019: 38.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Barbados recorded 38.95 for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over five years.

Barbados ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Barbados, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 38.02
2016 38.02 +0.0%
2017 38.02 +0.0%
2018 38.02 +0.0%
2019 38.95 +2.4%

Barbados compared with similar countries

  • Barbados's 38.95 is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 60% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Barbados's 38.95 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 57.51, 68% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Barbados

  1. 168 Cameroon 39.91 compare
  2. 169 Mozambique 39.78 compare
  3. 170 Zimbabwe 39.66 compare
  4. 172 Guinea-Bissau 38.61 compare
  5. 173 Eswatini 36.72 compare
  6. 174 Papua New Guinea 36.21 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Barbados?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Barbados was 38.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Barbados?
The highest recorded value was 38.95 in 2019.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Barbados?
The lowest recorded value was 38.02 in 2015.
How does Barbados rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Barbados ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Barbados 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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Indicator
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.