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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
181
Highest
55 number
Syria
Lowest
21 number
Singapore
Median
38 number
Years covered
12
2003–2014
Data points
2,113

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) is currently reported for 181 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 37.92 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
3 Belize 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
3 Iraq 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
3 Oman 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
3 East Timor 51 number 2014 unchanged flat
7 Kuwait 50 number 2014 unchanged flat
8 United Arab Emirates 49 number 2014 down 2.0% flat
8 Armenia 49 number 2014 down 2.0% flat
8 Guinea 49 number 2014 unchanged flat
8 Montenegro 49 number 2014 unchanged flat
12 Bahrain 48 number 2014 unchanged flat
12 Bahamas 48 number 2014 unchanged flat
14 Brunei 47 number 2014 unchanged flat
14 Bhutan 47 number 2014 unchanged flat
14 Honduras 47 number 2014 up 4.4% rising
17 Afghanistan 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 Angola 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
17 Dominica 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 Grenada 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 India 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 Saint Lucia 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 Mauritania 46 number 2014 down 2.1% flat
17 Pakistan 46 number 2014 unchanged flat
26 Algeria 45 number 2014 down 4.3% falling
26 Taiwan 45 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Antigua and Barbuda 44 number 2014 down 2.2% flat
28 Burundi 44 number 2014 down 8.3% falling
28 Congo 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Kenya 44 number 2014 up 10.0% rising
28 Cambodia 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Palestine 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Suriname 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44 number 2014 down 2.2% flat
28 Samoa 44 number 2014 unchanged flat
37 Brazil 43.61 number 2014 down 5.2% flat
38 Central African Republic 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
38 Democratic Republic of Congo 43 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
38 Comoros 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
38 Cyprus 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
38 Laos 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
38 Qatar 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
38 Senegal 43 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
38 Sao Tome and Principe 43 number 2014 unchanged flat
46 Cameroon 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
46 Egypt 42 number 2014 unchanged flat
46 Malawi 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
46 Papua New Guinea 42 number 2014 down 2.3% flat
46 Trinidad and Tobago 42 number 2014 unchanged flat
51 Benin 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
51 Bangladesh 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
51 Lesotho 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
51 Maldives 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
51 Peru 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
51 Saudi Arabia 41 number 2014 down 4.7% flat
51 Chad 41 number 2014 unchanged flat
51 Uzbekistan 41 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
59 Nigeria 40.23 number 2014 down 1.9% flat
60 Azerbaijan 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Bolivia 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Costa Rica 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Spain 40 number 2014 down 4.8% falling
60 Guinea-Bissau 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
60 Equatorial Guinea 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Indonesia 40 number 2014 up 2.6% flat
60 Iran 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Liberia 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
60 Sri Lanka 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Morocco 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Eswatini 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
60 Togo 40 number 2014 down 2.4% flat
60 Uruguay 40 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Albania 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Ecuador 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Eritrea 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Jordan 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Niger 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Nepal 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Puerto Rico 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
74 Sierra Leone 39 number 2014 down 2.5% flat
74 Tunisia 39 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Ethiopia 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
83 Gabon 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Ghana 38 number 2014 up 2.7% flat
83 Greece 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
83 Croatia 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Kyrgyzstan 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Madagascar 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 North Macedonia 38 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
83 Paraguay 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Tanzania 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Uganda 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
83 Zimbabwe 38 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Burkina Faso 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
95 Bulgaria 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 number 2014 down 2.6% falling
95 China 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Cape Verde 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Italy 37 number 2014 down 9.8% falling
95 Lebanon 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Nicaragua 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Philippines 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Palau 37 number 2014 down 2.6% flat
95 Solomon Islands 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
95 Tonga 37 number 2014 unchanged flat
107 Mexico 36.83 number 2014 down 3.1% flat
108 Argentina 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Canada 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Chile 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Guyana 36 number 2014 down 2.7% flat
108 Kazakhstan 36 number 2014 down 12.2% falling
108 Marshall Islands 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Mali 36 number 2014 down 7.7% falling
108 Serbia 36 number 2014 down 7.7% falling
108 Seychelles 36 number 2014 down 2.7% flat
108 Thailand 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Vietnam 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
108 Yemen 36 number 2014 unchanged flat
120 Denmark 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
120 Estonia 35 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
120 Israel 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
120 Jamaica 35 number 2014 up 2.9% flat
120 Russia 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
120 El Salvador 35 number 2014 up 9.4% rising
120 Tajikistan 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
120 Turkey 35 number 2014 down 5.4% flat
120 Zambia 35 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Dominican Republic 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Finland 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Fiji 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Micronesia (country) 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Haiti 34 number 2014 down 2.9% flat
129 Hungary 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Mauritius 34 number 2014 down 8.1% falling
129 Norway 34 number 2014 unchanged flat
129 Portugal 34 number 2014 down 10.5% falling
129 Romania 34 number 2014 down 2.9% flat
139 United States 33.6 number 2014 up 1.8% flat
140 Colombia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
140 Georgia 33 number 2014 down 10.8% falling
140 Gambia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
140 Namibia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
140 Poland 33 number 2014 down 10.8% falling
140 Slovakia 33 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 Switzerland 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 Cote d'Ivoire 32 number 2014 down 3.0% flat
146 Japan 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 Kiribati 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 South Korea 32 number 2014 down 5.9% falling
146 Mongolia 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 Panama 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
146 Slovenia 32 number 2014 unchanged flat
154 Germany 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
154 Guatemala 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
154 Lithuania 31 number 2014 down 3.1% flat
154 Moldova 31 number 2014 up 3.3% flat
154 Sweden 31 number 2014 unchanged flat
159 Mozambique 30 number 2014 down 6.2% falling
159 New Zealand 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
159 Ukraine 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
159 Venezuela 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
159 Vanuatu 30 number 2014 unchanged flat
164 Belarus 29 number 2014 up 3.6% flat
164 France 29 number 2014 unchanged flat
164 United Kingdom 29 number 2014 down 6.5% falling
164 Malaysia 29 number 2014 down 3.3% flat
164 South Africa 29 number 2014 down 3.3% flat
169 Australia 28 number 2014 down 3.4% flat
169 Botswana 28 number 2014 down 3.4% flat
171 Czechia 27 number 2014 down 3.6% flat
171 Iceland 27 number 2014 unchanged flat
171 Latvia 27 number 2014 down 10.0% falling
174 Belgium 26 number 2014 down 7.1% falling
174 Hong Kong 26 number 2014 down 3.7% flat
174 Luxembourg 26 number 2014 unchanged flat
174 Netherlands 26 number 2014 unchanged flat
178 Austria 25 number 2014 down 7.4% falling
179 Rwanda 23 number 2014 down 11.5% falling
180 Ireland 21 number 2014 down 8.7% falling
180 Singapore 21 number 2014 unchanged 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)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,113 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.