Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Uruguay

Uruguay: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 35 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
35 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
87th
of 191 countries
All-time high
75 days
in 2011
All-time low
35 days
in 2012
Years of data
9
2011–2019

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

0204060802011201520192011: 75 days2012: 35 days2013: 35 days2014: 35 days2015: 35 days2016: 35 days2017: 35 days2018: 35 days2019: 35 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 35 days for enforcing contracts: filing and service in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of down 53.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: filing and service in Uruguay peaked at 75 days in 2011 and was at its lowest, 35 days, in 2012.

That places Uruguay 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days) in Uruguay, 2011 to 2019.
Year days Change
2011 75 days —
2012 35 days -53.3%
2013 35 days +0.0%
2014 35 days +0.0%
2015 35 days +0.0%
2016 35 days +0.0%
2017 35 days +0.0%
2018 35 days +0.0%
2019 35 days +0.0%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 35 days is above the median for high income countries, which is 30 days, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 35 days is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 38 days, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 84 Jordan 37 days compare
  2. 85 Fiji 36 days compare
  3. 86 Nigeria 35.63 days compare
  4. 87 Chad 35 days compare
  5. 87 Georgia 35 days compare
  6. 87 Malaysia 35 days compare
  7. 87 Samoa 35 days compare
  8. 87 Senegal 35 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Uruguay?
Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Uruguay was 35 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 75 days in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 35 days in 2012.
How does Uruguay rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
Uruguay ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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.