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

India: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 41.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
41.19
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
164th
of 191 countries
All-time high
41.19
in 2017
All-time low
36.56
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 36.62016: 39.32017: 41.22018: 41.22019: 41.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

India recorded 41.19 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 12.7% over five years.

That places India 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in India, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 36.56 —
2016 39.34 +7.6%
2017 41.19 +4.7%
2018 41.19 +0.0%
2019 41.19 +0.0%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 41.19 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.27, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 41.19 is below the median for South Asia, which is 43.59, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near India

  1. 161 Syria 42.58 compare
  2. 162 Laos 41.99 compare
  3. 163 Benin 41.5 compare
  4. 165 Sri Lanka 41.16 compare
  5. 166 Burkina Faso 41.05 compare
  6. 167 Egypt 39.97 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in India?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in India was 41.19 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 41.19 in 2017.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 36.56 in 2015.
How does India rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
India ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this India 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
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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.