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Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) by country

The procedures to enforce contracts records the list of procedural steps compiled for each economy that traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. A procedure is defined as any interaction, required by law or commonly carried out in practice, between the parties or between them and the...

Countries reporting
184
Highest
55 number
Syria
Lowest
21 number
Singapore
Median
38 number
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,119

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 55 number in Syria; the lowest is 21 number in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 38 number, and the mean is 38.1 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 10.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 12.2%).

Enforcing contracts: Procedures: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syria 55 number 2014 unchanged flat
2 Sudan 53 number 2014 down 1.9% flat
2 Kosovo 53 number 2014 unchanged flat
2 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 53 number 2014 unchanged flat
5 Belize 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
5 Iraq 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
5 Oman 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
5 East Timor 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
9 Kuwait 50 number 2014 unchanged flat
10 United Arab Emirates 49 number 2014 down 2.0% flat
10 Armenia 49 number 2014 down 2.0% flat
10 Guinea 49 number 2014 unchanged flat
10 Montenegro 49 number 2014 unchanged flat
14 Bahrain 48 number 2014 unchanged flat
14 Bahamas 48 number 2014 unchanged flat
16 Brunei 47 number 2014 unchanged flat
16 Bhutan 47 number 2014 unchanged flat
16 Honduras 47 number 2014 up 4.4% rising
19 Afghanistan 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 Angola 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
19 Dominica 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 Grenada 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 India 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 Saint Lucia 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 Mauritania 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
19 Pakistan 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Algeria 45 number 2014 down 4.3% falling
28 Taiwan 45 number 2014 unchanged flat
30 Antigua and Barbuda 44 number 2014 down 2.2% flat
30 Burundi 44 number 2014 down 8.3% falling
30 Congo 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
30 Kenya 44 number 2014 up 10.0% rising
30 Cambodia 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
30 Palestine 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
30 Suriname 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44 number 2014 down 2.2% flat
30 Samoa 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
39 Brazil 43.61 number 2014 down 5.2% flat
40 Central African Republic 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
40 Democratic Republic of Congo 43 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
40 Comoros 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
40 Cyprus 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
40 Laos 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
40 Qatar 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
40 Senegal 43 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
40 Sao Tome and Principe 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
48 Cameroon 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
48 Egypt 42 number 2014 unchanged flat
48 Malawi 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
48 Papua New Guinea 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
48 Trinidad and Tobago 42 number 2014 unchanged flat
53 Benin 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
53 Bangladesh 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
53 Lesotho 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
53 Maldives 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
53 Peru 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
53 Saudi Arabia 41 number 2014 down 4.7% flat
53 Chad 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
53 Uzbekistan 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
61 Nigeria 40.23 number 2014 down 1.9% flat
62 Azerbaijan 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Bolivia 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Costa Rica 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Djibouti 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Spain 40 number 2014 down 4.8% falling
62 Guinea-Bissau 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
62 Equatorial Guinea 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Indonesia 40 number 2014 up 2.6% flat
62 Iran 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Liberia 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
62 Sri Lanka 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Morocco 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Eswatini 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
62 Togo 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
62 Uruguay 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Albania 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Ecuador 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Eritrea 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Jordan 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Niger 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Nepal 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Puerto Rico 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
77 Sierra Leone 39 number 2014 down 2.5% flat
77 Tunisia 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Ethiopia 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
86 Gabon 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Ghana 38 number 2014 up 2.7% flat
86 Greece 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
86 Croatia 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Kyrgyzstan 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Madagascar 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 North Macedonia 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
86 Paraguay 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Tanzania 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Uganda 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
86 Zimbabwe 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Burkina Faso 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
98 Bulgaria 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 number 2014 down 2.6% falling
98 China 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Cape Verde 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Italy 37 number 2014 down 9.8% falling
98 Lebanon 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Nicaragua 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Philippines 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Palau 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
98 Solomon Islands 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
98 Tonga 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
110 Mexico 36.83 number 2014 down 3.1% flat
111 Argentina 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Canada 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Chile 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Guyana 36 number 2014 down 2.7% flat
111 Kazakhstan 36 number 2014 down 12.2% falling
111 Marshall Islands 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Mali 36 number 2014 down 7.7% falling
111 Serbia 36 number 2014 down 7.7% falling
111 Seychelles 36 number 2014 down 2.7% flat
111 Thailand 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Vietnam 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
111 Yemen 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
123 Denmark 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
123 Estonia 35 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
123 Israel 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
123 Jamaica 35 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
123 Russia 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
123 El Salvador 35 number 2014 up 9.4% rising
123 Tajikistan 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
123 Turkey 35 number 2014 down 5.4% flat
123 Zambia 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Dominican Republic 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Finland 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Fiji 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Micronesia (country) 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Haiti 34 number 2014 down 2.9% flat
132 Hungary 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Mauritius 34 number 2014 down 8.1% falling
132 Norway 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
132 Portugal 34 number 2014 down 10.5% falling
132 Romania 34 number 2014 down 2.9% flat
142 United States 33.6 number 2014 up 1.8% flat
143 Colombia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
143 Georgia 33 number 2014 down 10.8% falling
143 Gambia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
143 Namibia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
143 Poland 33 number 2014 down 10.8% falling
143 Slovakia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 Switzerland 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 Cote d'Ivoire 32 number 2014 down 3.0% flat
149 Japan 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 Kiribati 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 South Korea 32 number 2014 down 5.9% falling
149 Mongolia 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 Panama 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
149 Slovenia 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
157 Germany 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
157 Guatemala 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
157 Lithuania 31 number 2014 down 3.1% flat
157 Moldova 31 number 2014 up 3.3% flat
157 Sweden 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
162 Mozambique 30 number 2014 down 6.2% falling
162 New Zealand 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
162 Ukraine 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
162 Venezuela 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
162 Vanuatu 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
167 Belarus 29 number 2014 up 3.6% flat
167 France 29 number 2014 unchanged flat
167 United Kingdom 29 number 2014 down 6.5% falling
167 Malaysia 29 number 2014 down 3.3% flat
167 South Africa 29 number 2014 down 3.3% flat
172 Australia 28 number 2014 down 3.4% flat
172 Botswana 28 number 2014 down 3.4% flat
174 Czechia 27 number 2014 down 3.6% flat
174 Iceland 27 number 2014 unchanged flat
174 Latvia 27 number 2014 down 10.0% falling
177 Belgium 26 number 2014 down 7.1% falling
177 Hong Kong 26 number 2014 down 3.7% flat
177 Luxembourg 26 number 2014 unchanged flat
177 Netherlands 26 number 2014 unchanged flat
181 Austria 25 number 2014 down 7.4% falling
182 Rwanda 23 number 2014 down 11.5% falling
183 Ireland 21 number 2014 down 8.7% falling
183 Singapore 21 number 2014 unchanged flat

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

The procedures to enforce contracts records the list of procedural steps compiled for each economy that traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. A procedure is defined as any interaction, required by law or commonly carried out in practice, between the parties or between them and the judge or court officer. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB04-15 studies.