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Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score by country

The score for procedures to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
100
Ireland
Lowest
6.25
East Timor
Median
46.88
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,119

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 100 in Ireland; the lowest is 6.25 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.88, and the mean is 47.63.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 80.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 30.8%).

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 100 2014 up 6.7% rising
1 Singapore 100 2014 unchanged flat
3 Rwanda 93.75 2014 up 11.1% rising
4 Austria 87.5 2014 up 7.7% rising
5 Belgium 84.38 2014 up 8.0% rising
5 Hong Kong 84.38 2014 up 3.8% flat
5 Luxembourg 84.38 2014 unchanged flat
5 Netherlands 84.38 2014 unchanged flat
9 Czechia 81.25 2014 up 4.0% flat
9 Iceland 81.25 2014 unchanged flat
9 Latvia 81.25 2014 up 13.0% rising
12 Australia 78.12 2014 up 4.2% flat
12 Botswana 78.12 2014 up 4.2% rising
14 Belarus 75 2014 down 4.0% flat
14 France 75 2014 unchanged flat
14 United Kingdom 75 2014 up 9.1% rising
14 Malaysia 75 2014 up 4.3% rising
14 South Africa 75 2014 up 4.3% rising
19 Mozambique 71.88 2014 up 9.5% rising
19 New Zealand 71.88 2014 unchanged flat
19 Ukraine 71.88 2014 unchanged flat
19 Venezuela 71.88 2014 unchanged flat
19 Vanuatu 71.88 2014 unchanged flat
24 Germany 68.75 2014 unchanged flat
24 Guatemala 68.75 2014 unchanged flat
24 Lithuania 68.75 2014 up 4.8% flat
24 Moldova 68.75 2014 down 4.3% flat
24 Sweden 68.75 2014 unchanged flat
29 Switzerland 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
29 Cote d'Ivoire 65.62 2014 up 5.0% flat
29 Japan 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
29 Kiribati 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
29 South Korea 65.62 2014 up 10.5% rising
29 Mongolia 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
29 Panama 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
29 Slovenia 65.62 2014 unchanged flat
37 Colombia 62.5 2014 unchanged rising
37 Georgia 62.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
37 Gambia 62.5 2014 unchanged flat
37 Namibia 62.5 2014 unchanged flat
37 Poland 62.5 2014 up 25.0% rising
37 Slovakia 62.5 2014 unchanged flat
43 United States 60.62 2014 down 3.0% flat
44 Dominican Republic 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Finland 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Fiji 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Micronesia (country) 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Haiti 59.38 2014 up 5.6% rising
44 Hungary 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Mauritius 59.38 2014 up 18.8% rising
44 Norway 59.38 2014 unchanged flat
44 Portugal 59.38 2014 up 26.7% rising
44 Romania 59.38 2014 up 5.6% rising
54 Denmark 56.25 2014 unchanged flat
54 Estonia 56.25 2014 down 5.3% falling
54 Israel 56.25 2014 unchanged flat
54 Jamaica 56.25 2014 down 5.3% falling
54 Russia 56.25 2014 unchanged flat
54 El Salvador 56.25 2014 down 14.3% falling
54 Tajikistan 56.25 2014 unchanged flat
54 Turkey 56.25 2014 up 12.5% rising
54 Zambia 56.25 2014 unchanged flat
63 Argentina 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Canada 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Chile 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Guyana 53.12 2014 up 6.2% flat
63 Kazakhstan 53.12 2014 up 41.7% rising
63 Marshall Islands 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Mali 53.12 2014 up 21.4% rising
63 Serbia 53.12 2014 up 21.4% rising
63 Seychelles 53.12 2014 up 6.2% flat
63 Thailand 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Vietnam 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
63 Yemen 53.12 2014 unchanged flat
75 Mexico 50.53 2014 up 7.8% rising
76 Burkina Faso 50 2014 up 6.7% rising
76 Bulgaria 50 2014 up 6.7% rising
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 2014 up 6.7% rising
76 China 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Cape Verde 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Italy 50 2014 up 33.3% rising
76 Lebanon 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Nicaragua 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Philippines 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Palau 50 2014 up 6.7% rising
76 Solomon Islands 50 2014 unchanged flat
76 Tonga 50 2014 unchanged flat
88 Ethiopia 46.88 2014 up 7.1% rising
88 Gabon 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Ghana 46.88 2014 down 6.2% flat
88 Greece 46.88 2014 up 7.1% flat
88 Croatia 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Kyrgyzstan 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Madagascar 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 North Macedonia 46.88 2014 up 7.1% rising
88 Paraguay 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Tanzania 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Uganda 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
88 Zimbabwe 46.88 2014 unchanged flat
100 Albania 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Ecuador 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Eritrea 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Jordan 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Niger 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Nepal 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Puerto Rico 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
100 Sierra Leone 43.75 2014 up 7.7% rising
100 Tunisia 43.75 2014 unchanged flat
109 Azerbaijan 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Bolivia 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Costa Rica 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Djibouti 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Spain 40.62 2014 up 18.2% rising
109 Guinea-Bissau 40.62 2014 up 8.3% rising
109 Equatorial Guinea 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Indonesia 40.62 2014 down 7.1% falling
109 Iran 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Liberia 40.62 2014 up 8.3% rising
109 Sri Lanka 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Morocco 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Eswatini 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
109 Togo 40.62 2014 up 8.3% rising
109 Uruguay 40.62 2014 unchanged flat
124 Nigeria 39.91 2014 up 6.4% rising
125 Benin 37.5 2014 up 9.1% flat
125 Bangladesh 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
125 Lesotho 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
125 Maldives 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
125 Peru 37.5 2014 up 9.1% rising
125 Saudi Arabia 37.5 2014 up 20.0% rising
125 Chad 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
125 Uzbekistan 37.5 2014 up 9.1% rising
133 Cameroon 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
133 Egypt 34.38 2014 unchanged flat
133 Malawi 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
133 Trinidad and Tobago 34.38 2014 unchanged flat
138 Central African Republic 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
138 Democratic Republic of Congo 31.25 2014 up 11.1% rising
138 Comoros 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
138 Cyprus 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
138 Laos 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
138 Qatar 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
138 Senegal 31.25 2014 up 11.1% rising
138 Sao Tome and Principe 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
146 Brazil 29.34 2014 up 34.1% rising
147 Antigua and Barbuda 28.12 2014 up 12.5% rising
147 Burundi 28.12 2014 up 80.0% rising
147 Congo 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
147 Kenya 28.12 2014 down 30.8% falling
147 Cambodia 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
147 Palestine 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
147 Suriname 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.12 2014 up 12.5% rising
147 Samoa 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
156 Algeria 25 2014 up 33.3% rising
156 Taiwan 25 2014 unchanged flat
158 Afghanistan 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 Angola 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
158 Dominica 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 Grenada 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 India 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 Saint Lucia 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 Mauritania 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
158 Pakistan 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
167 Brunei 18.75 2014 unchanged flat
167 Bhutan 18.75 2014 unchanged flat
167 Honduras 18.75 2014 down 25.0% falling
170 Bahrain 15.62 2014 unchanged flat
170 Bahamas 15.62 2014 unchanged flat
172 United Arab Emirates 12.5 2014 up 33.3% rising
172 Armenia 12.5 2014 up 33.3% rising
172 Guinea 12.5 2014 unchanged flat
172 Montenegro 12.5 2014 unchanged flat
176 Kuwait 9.38 2014 unchanged flat
177 Belize 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
177 Iraq 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
177 Oman 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
177 East Timor 6.25 2014 unchanged flat

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Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
184 places, 2,119 data points, 2003–2014
Last refreshed

The score for procedures to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB04-15 studies.