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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
181
Highest
100
Ireland
Lowest
0
Syria
Median
46.88
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,113

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 100 in Ireland; the lowest is 0 in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.88, and the mean is 47.15.

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 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
123 Nigeria 39.91 2014 up 6.4% rising
124 Benin 37.5 2014 up 9.1% flat
124 Bangladesh 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
124 Lesotho 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
124 Maldives 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
124 Peru 37.5 2014 up 9.1% rising
124 Saudi Arabia 37.5 2014 up 20.0% rising
124 Chad 37.5 2014 unchanged flat
124 Uzbekistan 37.5 2014 up 9.1% rising
132 Cameroon 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
132 Egypt 34.38 2014 unchanged flat
132 Malawi 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
132 Papua New Guinea 34.38 2014 up 10.0% rising
132 Trinidad and Tobago 34.38 2014 unchanged flat
137 Central African Republic 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
137 Democratic Republic of Congo 31.25 2014 up 11.1% rising
137 Comoros 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
137 Cyprus 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
137 Laos 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
137 Qatar 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
137 Senegal 31.25 2014 up 11.1% rising
137 Sao Tome and Principe 31.25 2014 unchanged flat
145 Brazil 29.34 2014 up 34.1% rising
146 Antigua and Barbuda 28.12 2014 up 12.5% rising
146 Burundi 28.12 2014 up 80.0% rising
146 Congo 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
146 Kenya 28.12 2014 down 30.8% falling
146 Cambodia 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
146 Palestine 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
146 Suriname 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.12 2014 up 12.5% rising
146 Samoa 28.12 2014 unchanged flat
155 Algeria 25 2014 up 33.3% rising
155 Taiwan 25 2014 unchanged flat
157 Afghanistan 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 Angola 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
157 Dominica 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 Grenada 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 India 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 Saint Lucia 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 Mauritania 21.88 2014 up 16.7% rising
157 Pakistan 21.88 2014 unchanged flat
166 Brunei 18.75 2014 unchanged flat
166 Bhutan 18.75 2014 unchanged flat
166 Honduras 18.75 2014 down 25.0% falling
169 Bahrain 15.62 2014 unchanged flat
169 Bahamas 15.62 2014 unchanged flat
171 United Arab Emirates 12.5 2014 up 33.3% rising
171 Armenia 12.5 2014 up 33.3% rising
171 Guinea 12.5 2014 unchanged flat
171 Montenegro 12.5 2014 unchanged flat
175 Kuwait 9.38 2014 unchanged flat
176 Belize 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
176 Iraq 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
176 Oman 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
176 East Timor 6.25 2014 unchanged flat
180 Sudan 0 2014 — flat
180 Syria 0 2014 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,113 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.