Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 40 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Puerto Rico, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 40 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 up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Puerto Rico peaked at 40 days in 2012 and was at its lowest, 30 days, in 2011.
That places Puerto Rico 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 days | — |
| 2012 | 40 days | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 days | +0.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 40 days is above the median for high income countries, which is 30 days, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 40 days is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38 days, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 69 Gambia 43 days compare
- 70 Malawi 42 days compare
- 71 Brazil 41 days compare
- 72 Afghanistan 40 days compare
- 72 Bolivia 40 days compare
- 72 Eritrea 40 days compare
- 72 Kenya 40 days compare
- 72 Lithuania 40 days compare
- 72 Mauritania 40 days compare
- 72 Norway 40 days compare
- 72 Switzerland 40 days compare
- 72 Tajikistan 40 days compare
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2501 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0791 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 974.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 34.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0011 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2653 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,009 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Puerto Rico?
- Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Puerto Rico was 40 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 40 days in 2012.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 days in 2011.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
- Puerto Rico ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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About this data
The time for filing and service captures the time from the moment plaintiff decides to sue until defendant is served.