Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 36.21 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
36.21
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
174th
of 191 countries
All-time high
36.21
in 2015
All-time low
36.21
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 36.22016: 36.22017: 36.22018: 36.22019: 36.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 36.21 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.

Papua New Guinea ranks 174th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 36.21 —
2016 36.21 +0.0%
2017 36.21 +0.0%
2018 36.21 +0.0%
2019 36.21 +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 36.21 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.27, 73% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 36.21 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 63% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 171 Barbados 38.95 compare
  2. 172 Guinea-Bissau 38.61 compare
  3. 173 Eswatini 36.72 compare
  4. 175 Trinidad and Tobago 35.62 compare
  5. 176 Liberia 35.23 compare
  6. 177 Guatemala 34.55 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea was 36.21 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 36.21 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 36.21 in 2015.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Papua New Guinea ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.