Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Tonga

Tonga: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 7 days in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
7 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
189th
of 191 countries
All-time high
7 days
in 2011
All-time low
7 days
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

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

024682011201520192011: 7 days2012: 7 days2013: 7 days2014: 7 days2015: 7 days2016: 7 days2017: 7 days2018: 7 days2019: 7 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

Tonga recorded 7 days for enforcing contracts: filing and service in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Tonga peaked at 7 days in 2011 and was at its lowest, 7 days, in 2011.

That places Tonga 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days) in Tonga, 2011 to 2019.
Year days Change
2011 7 days —
2012 7 days +0.0%
2013 7 days +0.0%
2014 7 days +0.0%
2015 7 days +0.0%
2016 7 days +0.0%
2017 7 days +0.0%
2018 7 days +0.0%
2019 7 days +0.0%

Tonga compared with similar countries

  • Tonga's 7 days is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.5 days, 19% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Tonga's 7 days is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35.5 days, 20% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 186 Italy 10 days compare
  2. 186 Namibia 10 days compare
  3. 186 Netherlands 10 days compare
  4. 189 New Zealand 7 days compare
  5. 191 Singapore 6 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Tonga?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Tonga was 7 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Tonga?
The highest recorded value was 7 days in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Tonga?
The lowest recorded value was 7 days in 2011.
How does Tonga rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
Tonga ranks 189th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Tonga?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Tonga 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.