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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
188
Highest
600 days
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
30 days
Eswatini
Median
179.55 days
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,702

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 600 days in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 30 days in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 179.55 days, and the mean is 190.92 days.

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

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 204.2%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 25.0%).

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
38 Democratic Republic of Congo 290 days 2019 unchanged flat
39 Myanmar 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Egypt 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Italy 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Lesotho 270 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
40 Solomon Islands 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Tajikistan 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Uruguay 270 days 2019 up 20.0% rising
46 Costa Rica 260 days 2019 unchanged flat
47 Sri Lanka 256 days 2019 unchanged flat
48 Greece 251 days 2019 up 109.2% rising
49 China 240 days 2019 up 26.3% rising
50 Croatia 235 days 2019 up 34.3% rising
51 Burkina Faso 229 days 2019 unchanged flat
52 Gambia 225 days 2019 down 10.7% falling
53 Syria 224 days 2019 unchanged flat
54 Kazakhstan 220 days 2019 down 8.3% flat
54 Mozambique 220 days 2019 unchanged flat
56 Algeria 219 days 2019 unchanged flat
57 Libya 215 days 2019 unchanged flat
57 Yemen 215 days 2019 unchanged flat
59 Brazil 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
59 Dominica 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
59 Ethiopia 210 days 2019 down 22.2% falling
59 Tunisia 210 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Philippines 204 days 2019 unchanged flat
64 Cape Verde 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
64 Grenada 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
64 Nicaragua 200 days 2019 up 122.2% rising
64 Vanuatu 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
68 Indonesia 199.8 days 2019 up 11.0% rising
69 Jordan 190 days 2019 unchanged flat
70 Afghanistan 182 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Albania 180 days 2019 down 25.0% falling
71 Bahamas 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Chile 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Cyprus 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Czechia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Eritrea 180 days 2019 up 20.0% rising
71 Spain 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Honduras 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Haiti 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Hungary 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Iran 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Saint Lucia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Morocco 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Mongolia 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Papua New Guinea 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Portugal 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Saudi Arabia 180 days 2019 down 25.0% falling
71 San Marino 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Somalia 180 days 2019 — flat
71 Slovakia 180 days 2019 up 63.6% rising
71 Togo 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Ukraine 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Samoa 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
95 Mexico 179.09 days 2019 down 2.1% flat
96 Peru 175 days 2019 unchanged flat
97 Cambodia 170 days 2019 unchanged flat
98 Fiji 155 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Bolivia 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Canada 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Switzerland 150 days 2019 up 150.0% rising
99 Georgia 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Guinea 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Kyrgyzstan 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Lebanon 150 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
99 Madagascar 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Mauritius 150 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
99 Niger 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Venezuela 150 days 2019 up 57.9% rising
99 Vietnam 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
112 Zimbabwe 149 days 2019 unchanged flat
113 Poland 145 days 2019 down 9.4% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 144 days 2019 down 15.3% falling
115 Mauritania 140 days 2019 unchanged flat
116 Nigeria 130.04 days 2019 down 8.4% falling
117 Turkey 129 days 2019 unchanged flat
118 North Macedonia 127 days 2019 unchanged flat
119 Bulgaria 125 days 2019 unchanged flat
119 Malta 125 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Armenia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Dominican Republic 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Ecuador 120 days 2019 up 26.3% rising
121 South Korea 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Kuwait 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Latvia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Montenegro 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Malawi 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Malaysia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Oman 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Russia 120 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
121 Seychelles 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Zambia 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Taiwan 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
136 Bhutan 115 days 2019 unchanged flat
137 Paraguay 110 days 2019 unchanged flat
138 Finland 106 days 2019 unchanged flat
139 Moldova 105 days 2019 down 19.2% falling
139 Uganda 105 days 2019 unchanged flat
139 Uzbekistan 105 days 2019 unchanged flat
142 France 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
142 Iraq 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
142 Thailand 100 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
142 United States 100 days 2019 up 11.1% rising
146 Serbia 97 days 2019 down 11.8% falling
147 Romania 95 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Antigua and Barbuda 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Austria 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Azerbaijan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Belgium 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Belarus 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Brunei 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Germany 90 days 2019 up 63.6% rising
148 Denmark 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Equatorial Guinea 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Ireland 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Lithuania 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Puerto Rico 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Rwanda 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Sierra Leone 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Sweden 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 East Timor 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Tanzania 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 Botswana 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 Iceland 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 Tonga 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 South Africa 80 days 2019 unchanged flat
169 Estonia 75 days 2019 unchanged flat
169 Palestine 75 days 2019 unchanged flat
171 Jamaica 70 days 2019 unchanged flat
172 United Kingdom 62 days 2019 up 10.7% rising
172 Netherlands 62 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Australia 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Bahrain 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Comoros 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Japan 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Kenya 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Luxembourg 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Norway 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Qatar 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Trinidad and Tobago 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
183 Namibia 50 days 2019 unchanged flat
184 Hong Kong 45 days 2019 unchanged flat
184 South Sudan 45 days 2019 unchanged flat
186 New Zealand 42 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 Singapore 40 days 2019 up 53.8% rising
188 Eswatini 30 days 2019 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 1,702 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.