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

China: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 80.91 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
80.91
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
5th
of 191 countries
All-time high
80.91
in 2019
All-time low
78.14
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 78.12016: 792017: 792018: 792019: 80.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in China stood at 80.91. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 3.6% over five years.

That places China 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in China, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 78.14 —
2016 78.97 +1.1%
2017 78.97 +0.0%
2018 78.97 +0.0%
2019 80.91 +2.5%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 80.91 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58.01, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • China's 80.91 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near China

  1. 2 South Korea 84.15 compare
  2. 3 Norway 81.27 compare
  3. 4 Kazakhstan 81.25 compare
  4. 6 Australia 79 compare
  5. 7 Lithuania 78.8 compare
  6. 8 Estonia 76.06 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in China?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in China was 80.91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 80.91 in 2019.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 78.14 in 2015.
How does China rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
China ranks 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this China 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.