Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Enforcing contracts: Filing and service was 14 days in 2019. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Zimbabwe, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: filing and service in Zimbabwe is 14 days, measured 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 Zimbabwe peaked at 14 days in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14 days, in 2011.
That places Zimbabwe 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Enforcing contracts: Filing and service in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 days | — |
| 2012 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 days | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 14 days is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30 days, 47% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 14 days is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 30 days, 47% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More reference data data for Zimbabwe
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 58,959 (2026)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2024)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 122.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: filing and service in Zimbabwe?
- Enforcing contracts: filing and service in Zimbabwe was 14 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 14 days in 2011.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: filing and service recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 days in 2011.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for enforcing contracts: filing and service?
- Zimbabwe ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: filing and service rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.