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Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 20 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
20 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
157th
of 191 countries
All-time high
28 days
in 2011
All-time low
20 days
in 2012
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Equatorial Guinea, 2011–2019

01020302011201520192011: 28 days2012: 20 days2013: 20 days2014: 20 days2015: 20 days2016: 20 days2017: 20 days2018: 20 days2019: 20 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Equatorial Guinea stood at 20 days. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of down 28.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 28 days in 2011 and was at its lowest, 20 days, in 2012.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 157th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Equatorial Guinea, year by year

Year days Change
2011 28 days —
2012 20 days -28.6%
2013 20 days +0.0%
2014 20 days +0.0%
2015 20 days +0.0%
2016 20 days +0.0%
2017 20 days +0.0%
2018 20 days +0.0%
2019 20 days +0.0%

Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Equatorial Guinea's 20 days is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.5 days, 55% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Equatorial Guinea's 20 days is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 30 days, 67% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 157 Japan 20 days compare
  2. 157 Bahamas 20 days compare
  3. 157 Barbados 20 days compare
  4. 157 Bhutan 20 days compare
  5. 157 Democratic Republic of Congo 20 days compare
  6. 157 Cyprus 20 days compare
  7. 157 Dominican Republic 20 days compare
  8. 157 Egypt 20 days compare
  9. 157 Kiribati 20 days compare
  10. 157 South Korea 20 days compare
  11. 157 Kyrgyzstan 20 days compare
  12. 157 Morocco 20 days compare
  13. 157 Rwanda 20 days compare
  14. 157 Uganda 20 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Equatorial Guinea?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Equatorial Guinea was 20 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 28 days in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 20 days in 2012.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.