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Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days) by country

The time for enforcement of judgment captures the time from the moment the time to appeal has elapsed until the money is recovered by the winning party.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
600 days
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
30 days
Eswatini
Median
179.09 days
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,711

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 600 days in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 30 days in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 179.09 days, and the mean is 190.43 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 204.2%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 50.0%).

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 600 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Guatemala 540 days 2019 down 9.5% falling
2 Kiribati 540 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Liberia 540 days 2019 unchanged flat
5 Maldives 470 days 2019 unchanged flat
6 Suriname 455 days 2019 unchanged flat
7 Angola 440 days 2019 unchanged flat
8 Burundi 415 days 2019 unchanged flat
9 Sudan 410 days 2019 unchanged flat
10 Micronesia (country) 400 days 2019 unchanged flat
11 Chad 388 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Argentina 365 days 2019 up 204.2% rising
12 Bangladesh 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Colombia 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Laos 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Marshall Islands 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Mali 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Nepal 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Panama 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Palau 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 El Salvador 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Sao Tome and Principe 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
23 Cameroon 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
23 Israel 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
25 Central African Republic 350 days 2019 down 4.1% flat
25 Cote d'Ivoire 350 days 2019 down 7.9% falling
27 Ghana 330 days 2019 unchanged flat
27 Slovenia 330 days 2019 unchanged flat
29 Pakistan 322.75 days 2019 up 7.6% rising
30 Gabon 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
30 Guyana 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
32 Benin 315 days 2019 unchanged flat
32 Senegal 315 days 2019 down 3.1% flat
34 India 305 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 Belize 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 Barbados 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 Congo 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 Djibouti 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
39 Democratic Republic of Congo 290 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Myanmar 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
41 Egypt 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
41 Italy 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
41 Lesotho 270 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
41 Solomon Islands 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
41 Tajikistan 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
41 Uruguay 270 days 2019 up 20.0% rising
47 Costa Rica 260 days 2019 unchanged flat
48 Sri Lanka 256 days 2019 unchanged flat
49 Greece 251 days 2019 up 109.2% rising
50 China 240 days 2019 up 26.3% rising
51 Croatia 235 days 2019 up 34.3% rising
52 Burkina Faso 229 days 2019 unchanged flat
53 Gambia 225 days 2019 down 10.7% falling
54 Syria 224 days 2019 unchanged flat
55 Kazakhstan 220 days 2019 down 8.3% flat
55 Mozambique 220 days 2019 unchanged flat
57 Algeria 219 days 2019 unchanged flat
58 Libya 215 days 2019 unchanged flat
58 Yemen 215 days 2019 unchanged flat
60 Brazil 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
60 Dominica 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
60 Ethiopia 210 days 2019 down 22.2% falling
60 Tunisia 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
64 Philippines 204 days 2019 unchanged flat
65 Cape Verde 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
65 Grenada 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
65 Nicaragua 200 days 2019 up 122.2% rising
65 Vanuatu 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
69 Indonesia 199.8 days 2019 up 11.0% rising
70 Jordan 190 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Afghanistan 182 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Albania 180 days 2019 down 25.0% falling
72 Bahamas 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Chile 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Cyprus 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Czechia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Eritrea 180 days 2019 up 20.0% rising
72 Spain 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Honduras 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Haiti 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Hungary 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Iran 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Saint Lucia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Morocco 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Mongolia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Papua New Guinea 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Portugal 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Saudi Arabia 180 days 2019 down 25.0% falling
72 San Marino 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Somalia 180 days 2019 — flat
72 Slovakia 180 days 2019 up 63.6% rising
72 Togo 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Ukraine 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Samoa 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
96 Mexico 179.09 days 2019 down 2.1% flat
97 Peru 175 days 2019 unchanged flat
98 Cambodia 170 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Fiji 155 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Bolivia 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Canada 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Switzerland 150 days 2019 up 150.0% rising
100 Georgia 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Guinea 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Kyrgyzstan 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Lebanon 150 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
100 Madagascar 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Mauritius 150 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
100 Niger 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Venezuela 150 days 2019 up 57.9% rising
100 Vietnam 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
113 Zimbabwe 149 days 2019 unchanged flat
114 Poland 145 days 2019 down 9.4% falling
115 United Arab Emirates 144 days 2019 down 15.3% falling
116 Mauritania 140 days 2019 unchanged flat
117 Nigeria 130.04 days 2019 down 8.4% falling
118 Turkey 129 days 2019 unchanged flat
119 North Macedonia 127 days 2019 unchanged flat
120 Bulgaria 125 days 2019 unchanged flat
120 Malta 125 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Armenia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Dominican Republic 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Ecuador 120 days 2019 up 26.3% rising
122 South Korea 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Kuwait 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Latvia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Montenegro 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Malawi 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Malaysia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Oman 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Russia 120 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
122 Seychelles 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Zambia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Taiwan 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
137 Bhutan 115 days 2019 unchanged flat
138 Paraguay 110 days 2019 unchanged flat
139 Finland 106 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Moldova 105 days 2019 down 19.2% falling
140 Uganda 105 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Uzbekistan 105 days 2019 unchanged flat
143 France 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
143 Iraq 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
143 Thailand 100 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
143 United States 100 days 2019 up 11.1% rising
147 Serbia 97 days 2019 down 11.8% falling
148 Romania 95 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Antigua and Barbuda 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Austria 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Azerbaijan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Belgium 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Belarus 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Brunei 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Germany 90 days 2019 up 63.6% rising
149 Denmark 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Equatorial Guinea 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Ireland 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Lithuania 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Puerto Rico 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Rwanda 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Sierra Leone 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Sweden 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 East Timor 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Tanzania 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Kosovo 90 days 2019 down 50.0% falling
149 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 90 days 2019 down 50.0% falling
168 Botswana 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 Iceland 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 Tonga 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 South Africa 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
172 Estonia 75 days 2019 unchanged flat
172 Palestine 75 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Jamaica 70 days 2019 unchanged flat
175 United Kingdom 62 days 2019 up 10.7% rising
175 Netherlands 62 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Australia 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Bahrain 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Comoros 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Japan 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Kenya 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Luxembourg 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Norway 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Qatar 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Trinidad and Tobago 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
186 Namibia 50 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 Hong Kong 45 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 South Sudan 45 days 2019 unchanged flat
189 New Zealand 42 days 2019 unchanged flat
190 Singapore 40 days 2019 up 53.8% rising
191 Eswatini 30 days 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,711 data points, 2011–2019
Last refreshed

The time for enforcement of judgment captures the time from the moment the time to appeal has elapsed until the money is recovered by the winning party.