Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 68.69 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
68.69
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
34th
of 191 countries
All-time high
68.69
in 2015
All-time low
68.69
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 68.72016: 68.72017: 68.72018: 68.72019: 68.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

United Kingdom recorded 68.69 for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places United Kingdom 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 68.69 —
2016 68.69 +0.0%
2017 68.69 +0.0%
2018 68.69 +0.0%
2019 68.69 +0.0%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 68.69 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.39, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 68.69 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 67.58, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 31 Hong Kong 69.13 compare
  2. 32 Rwanda 69.11 compare
  3. 33 Iceland 69.1 compare
  4. 35 Malaysia 68.23 compare
  5. 36 Antigua and Barbuda 68.11 compare
  6. 37 Thailand 67.91 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom?
Enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom was 68.69 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 68.69 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 68.69 in 2015.
How does United Kingdom rank for enforcing contracts (db17-20 methodology) - score?
United Kingdom ranks 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Kingdom 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.