Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Kenya

Kenya: Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score was 28.12 in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
28.12
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
147th
of 184 countries
All-time high
40.62
in 2003
All-time low
28.12
in 2012
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Kenya, 2003–2014

0102030402003200820142003: 40.62004: 40.62005: 40.62006: 40.62007: 40.62008: 40.62009: 40.62010: 40.62011: 40.62012: 28.12013: 28.12014: 28.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2014, enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Kenya stood at 28.12. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is down 30.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Kenya peaked at 40.62 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 28.12, in 2012.

That places Kenya 147th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score in Kenya, 2003 to 2014.
Year Value Change
2003 40.62 —
2004 40.62 +0.0%
2005 40.62 +0.0%
2006 40.62 +0.0%
2007 40.62 +0.0%
2008 40.62 +0.0%
2009 40.62 +0.0%
2010 40.62 +0.0%
2011 40.62 +0.0%
2012 28.12 -30.8%
2013 28.12 +0.0%
2014 28.12 +0.0%

Kenya compared with similar countries

  • Kenya's 28.12 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7, 73% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Kenya's 28.12 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.19, 67% of the median. (46 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 40.62 40.62 40.62 7
2010s 33.12 28.12 40.62 5

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 146 Brazil 29.34 compare
  2. 147 Antigua and Barbuda 28.12 compare
  3. 147 Burundi 28.12 compare
  4. 147 Cambodia 28.12 compare
  5. 147 Congo 28.12 compare
  6. 147 Samoa 28.12 compare
  7. 147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.12 compare
  8. 147 Suriname 28.12 compare
  9. 147 Palestine 28.12 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Kenya?
Enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score in Kenya was 28.12 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 40.62 in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 28.12 in 2012.
How does Kenya rank for enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score?
Kenya ranks 147th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kenya data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.