Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 61.82 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
61.82
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
71st
of 191 countries
All-time high
61.82
in 2018
All-time low
54.41
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 54.42016: 54.42017: 54.42018: 61.82019: 61.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Puerto Rico stood at 61.82. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 13.6% over five years.

That places Puerto Rico 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 54.41 —
2016 54.41 +0.0%
2017 54.41 +0.0%
2018 61.82 +13.6%
2019 61.82 +0.0%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 61.82 is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 95% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 61.82 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 57.51, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 68 Ethiopia 62.77 compare
  2. 69 Vietnam 62.07 compare
  3. 70 Oman 61.87 compare
  4. 72 Tanzania 61.66 compare
  5. 73 Paraguay 61.62 compare
  6. 74 Nigeria 61.46 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Puerto Rico?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Puerto Rico was 61.82 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 61.82 in 2018.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 54.41 in 2015.
How does Puerto Rico rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.