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

Samoa: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 58.59 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
58.59
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
87th
of 191 countries
All-time high
60.44
in 2015
All-time low
58.59
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 60.42016: 58.62017: 58.62018: 58.62019: 58.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Samoa is 58.59, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% over five years.

That places Samoa 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Samoa, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 60.44
2016 58.59 -3.1%
2017 58.59 +0.0%
2018 58.59 +0.0%
2019 58.59 +0.0%

Samoa compared with similar countries

  • Samoa's 58.59 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58.01, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Samoa's 58.59 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57.18, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Samoa

  1. 84 Peru 59.07 compare
  2. 85 South Sudan 58.99 compare
  3. 86 Israel 58.86 compare
  4. 88 Nicaragua 58.58 compare
  5. 89 Tunisia 58.41 compare
  6. 90 Kenya 58.27 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Samoa?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in Samoa was 58.59 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
The highest recorded value was 60.44 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Samoa?
The lowest recorded value was 58.59 in 2016.
How does Samoa rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Samoa ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Samoa 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.