Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in East Timor

East Timor: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 200 days in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
200 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 191 countries
All-time high
200 days
in 2012
All-time low
140 days
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in East Timor, 2011–2019

0501001502002011201520192011: 140 days2012: 200 days2013: 200 days2014: 200 days2015: 200 days2016: 200 days2017: 200 days2018: 200 days2019: 200 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

East Timor recorded 200 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 42.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in East Timor peaked at 200 days in 2012 and was at its lowest, 140 days, in 2011.

That places East Timor 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in East Timor, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days) in East Timor, 2011 to 2019.
Year days Change
2011 140 days —
2012 200 days +42.9%
2013 200 days +0.0%
2014 200 days +0.0%
2015 200 days +0.0%
2016 200 days +0.0%
2017 200 days +0.0%
2018 200 days +0.0%
2019 200 days +0.0%

East Timor compared with similar countries

  • East Timor's 200 days is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30 days, 6.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • East Timor's 200 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35.5 days, 5.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near East Timor

  1. 2 Suriname 165 days compare
  2. 3 Venezuela 150 days compare
  3. 4 Micronesia (country) 120 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in East Timor?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in East Timor was 200 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in East Timor?
The highest recorded value was 200 days in 2012.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in East Timor?
The lowest recorded value was 140 days in 2011.
How does East Timor rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
East Timor ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in East Timor?
Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Timor 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.