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

Canada: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 57.13 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
57.13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
101st
of 191 countries
All-time high
57.13
in 2018
All-time low
53.42
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 55.62016: 53.42017: 53.42018: 57.12019: 57.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Canada recorded 57.13 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 up 2.7% over five years.

Canada ranks 101st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Canada, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 55.61
2016 53.42 -3.9%
2017 53.42 +0.0%
2018 57.13 +6.9%
2019 57.13 +0.0%

Canada compared with similar countries

  • Canada's 57.13 is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 87% of the median. (62 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 98 Argentina 57.51 compare
  2. 99 Tonga 57.32 compare
  3. 100 Lesotho 57.18 compare
  4. 102 Fiji 57.05 compare
  5. 103 South Africa 56.88 compare
  6. 104 Czechia 56.38 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Canada?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Canada was 57.13 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Canada?
The highest recorded value was 57.13 in 2018.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 53.42 in 2016.
How does Canada rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Canada ranks 101st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Canada 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.