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

Mauritania: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 65.99 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
65.99
Change on year
up 9.2%
World rank
48th
of 191 countries
All-time high
65.99
in 2019
All-time low
58.58
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 58.62016: 58.62017: 60.42018: 60.42019: 66

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania stood at 65.99. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 12.6% over five years.

That places Mauritania 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Mauritania, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 58.58
2016 58.58 +0.0%
2017 60.43 +3.2%
2018 60.43 +0.0%
2019 65.99 +9.2%

Mauritania compared with similar countries

  • Mauritania's 65.99 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.27, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Mauritania's 65.99 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 50.71, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 45 Finland 66.4 compare
  2. 46 Slovakia 66.12 compare
  3. 47 North Macedonia 66.01 compare
  4. 49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 65.51 compare
  5. 50 Japan 65.26 compare
  6. 51 Saudi Arabia 65.26 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Mauritania was 65.99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 65.99 in 2019.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 58.58 in 2015.
How does Mauritania rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Mauritania ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Mauritania 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.