Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea

South Korea: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 84.15 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
84.15
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
2nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
84.15
in 2015
All-time low
84.15
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 84.12016: 84.12017: 84.12018: 84.12019: 84.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

South Korea recorded 84.15 for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

South Korea ranks 2nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 84.15
2016 84.15 +0.0%
2017 84.15 +0.0%
2018 84.15 +0.0%
2019 84.15 +0.0%

South Korea compared with similar countries

  • South Korea's 84.15 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • South Korea's 84.15 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 1 Singapore 84.53 compare
  2. 3 Norway 81.27 compare
  3. 4 Kazakhstan 81.25 compare
  4. 5 China 80.91 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in South Korea?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in South Korea was 84.15 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 84.15 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 84.15 in 2015.
How does South Korea rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
South Korea ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this South Korea 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.