Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 21 days in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
21 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
145th
of 191 countries
All-time high
21 days
in 2013
All-time low
11 days
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Saint Lucia, 2011–2019

051015202011201520192011: 11 days2012: 11 days2013: 21 days2014: 21 days2015: 21 days2016: 21 days2017: 21 days2018: 21 days2019: 21 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: filing and service in Saint Lucia is 21 days, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of up 90.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Saint Lucia peaked at 21 days in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11 days, in 2011.

That places Saint Lucia 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Saint Lucia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days) in Saint Lucia, 2011 to 2019.
Year days Change
2011 11 days —
2012 11 days +0.0%
2013 21 days +90.9%
2014 21 days +0.0%
2015 21 days +0.0%
2016 21 days +0.0%
2017 21 days +0.0%
2018 21 days +0.0%
2019 21 days +0.0%

Saint Lucia compared with similar countries

  • Saint Lucia's 21 days is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.5 days, 58% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Saint Lucia's 21 days is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38 days, 55% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 142 Togo 23 days compare
  2. 143 Burundi 22 days compare
  3. 143 France 22 days compare
  4. 145 Algeria 21 days compare
  5. 145 Antigua and Barbuda 21 days compare
  6. 145 Burkina Faso 21 days compare
  7. 145 Comoros 21 days compare
  8. 145 Dominica 21 days compare
  9. 145 Guinea 21 days compare
  10. 145 Guyana 21 days compare
  11. 145 Luxembourg 21 days compare
  12. 145 Madagascar 21 days compare
  13. 145 United Arab Emirates 21 days compare
  14. 145 Zambia 21 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Saint Lucia?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Saint Lucia was 21 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 21 days in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 11 days in 2011.
How does Saint Lucia rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
Saint Lucia ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 90.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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
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The time for filing and service captures the time from the moment plaintiff decides to sue until defendant is served.