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

Laos: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 41.99 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
41.99
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
162nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
41.99
in 2015
All-time low
41.99
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 422016: 422017: 422018: 422019: 42

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Laos stood at 41.99. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

That places Laos 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Laos, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 41.99
2016 41.99 +0.0%
2017 41.99 +0.0%
2018 41.99 +0.0%
2019 41.99 +0.0%

Laos compared with similar countries

  • Laos's 41.99 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.27, 85% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Laos's 41.99 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 73% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 159 Burundi 42.97 compare
  2. 160 Mali 42.8 compare
  3. 161 Syria 42.58 compare
  4. 163 Benin 41.5 compare
  5. 164 India 41.19 compare
  6. 165 Sri Lanka 41.16 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Laos?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Laos was 41.99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 41.99 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 41.99 in 2015.
How does Laos rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Laos ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Laos 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.