Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Colombia

Colombia: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 68 days in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
68 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
68 days
in 2011
All-time low
68 days
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Colombia, 2011–2019

02040602011201520192011: 68 days2012: 68 days2013: 68 days2014: 68 days2015: 68 days2016: 68 days2017: 68 days2018: 68 days2019: 68 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 68 days for enforcing contracts: filing and service in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Colombia peaked at 68 days in 2011 and was at its lowest, 68 days, in 2011.

Colombia ranks 22nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days) in Colombia, 2011 to 2019.
Year days Change
2011 68 days —
2012 68 days +0.0%
2013 68 days +0.0%
2014 68 days +0.0%
2015 68 days +0.0%
2016 68 days +0.0%
2017 68 days +0.0%
2018 68 days +0.0%
2019 68 days +0.0%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 68 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.5 days, 1.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 68 days is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38 days, 1.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 21 Chile 69 days compare
  2. 23 Guatemala 66 days compare
  3. 24 Myanmar 65 days compare
  4. 25 Cambodia 63 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Colombia?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Colombia was 68 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 68 days in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 68 days in 2011.
How does Colombia rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
Colombia ranks 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (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 filing and service captures the time from the moment plaintiff decides to sue until defendant is served.