Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in New Zealand

New Zealand: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 71.48 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
71.48
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
24th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.25
in 2015
All-time low
71.48
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 74.32016: 74.32017: 71.52018: 71.52019: 71.5

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 71.48 for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 3.7% over five years.

New Zealand ranks 24th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 74.25 —
2016 74.25 +0.0%
2017 71.48 -3.7%
2018 71.48 +0.0%
2019 71.48 +0.0%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 71.48 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • New Zealand's 71.48 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 21 Mauritius 72.22 compare
  2. 22 Russia 72.18 compare
  3. 23 Uzbekistan 71.89 compare
  4. 25 Turkey 71.4 compare
  5. 26 Hungary 70.98 compare
  6. 27 Spain 70.9 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in New Zealand?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in New Zealand was 71.48 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 74.25 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 71.48 in 2017.
How does New Zealand rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
New Zealand ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand 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.