Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 55.19 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
55.19
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
112th
of 191 countries
All-time high
55.19
in 2019
All-time low
53.33
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 53.32016: 53.32017: 53.32018: 53.32019: 55.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica stood at 55.19. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over five years.

That places Costa Rica 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 53.33 —
2016 53.33 +0.0%
2017 53.33 +0.0%
2018 53.33 +0.0%
2019 55.19 +3.5%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 55.19 is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 84% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 55.19 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 57.51, 96% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 109 Sierra Leone 55.92 compare
  2. 110 Bolivia 55.57 compare
  3. 111 Jordan 55.56 compare
  4. 113 Slovenia 54.82 compare
  5. 114 Algeria 54.78 compare
  6. 115 Niger 54.69 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 55.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 55.19 in 2019.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 53.33 in 2015.
How does Costa Rica rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Costa Rica ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Costa Rica 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.