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

Germany: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 74.1 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
74.1
Change on year
up 5.3%
World rank
14th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.1
in 2019
All-time low
70.39
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 70.92016: 70.42017: 70.42018: 70.42019: 74.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Germany recorded 74.1 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 5.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over five years.

That places Germany 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Germany, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 70.94
2016 70.39 -0.8%
2017 70.39 +0.0%
2018 70.39 +0.0%
2019 74.1 +5.3%

Germany compared with similar countries

  • Germany's 74.1 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Germany's 74.1 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 67.58, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 11 Taiwan 75.11 compare
  2. 12 Georgia 75.04 compare
  3. 13 Azerbaijan 74.92 compare
  4. 15 Denmark 73.92 compare
  5. 16 Latvia 73.51 compare
  6. 17 France 73.47 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Germany?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Germany was 74.1 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 74.1 in 2019.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 70.39 in 2016.
How does Germany rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Germany ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Germany 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.