Enforcing contracts: Procedures in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Enforcing contracts: Procedures was 42 number in 2014. ▬ Flat

Latest (2014)
42 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
48th
of 184 countries
All-time high
43 number
in 2003
All-time low
42 number
in 2009
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts: Procedures in Papua New Guinea, 2003–2014

0102030402003200820142003: 43 number2004: 43 number2005: 43 number2006: 43 number2007: 43 number2008: 43 number2009: 42 number2010: 42 number2011: 42 number2012: 42 number2013: 42 number2014: 42 number

Source: World Bank. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: procedures in Papua New Guinea is 42 number, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: procedures in Papua New Guinea peaked at 43 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 42 number, in 2009.

That places Papua New Guinea 48th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.

Enforcing contracts: Procedures in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) in Papua New Guinea, 2003 to 2014.
Year number Change
2003 43 number —
2004 43 number +0.0%
2005 43 number +0.0%
2006 43 number +0.0%
2007 43 number +0.0%
2008 43 number +0.0%
2009 42 number -2.3%
2010 42 number +0.0%
2011 42 number +0.0%
2012 42 number +0.0%
2013 42 number +0.0%
2014 42 number +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 42 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.61 number, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 42 number is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 36 number, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 42.86 number 42 number 43 number 7
2010s 42 number 42 number 42 number 5

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 48 Cameroon 42 number compare
  2. 48 Egypt 42 number compare
  3. 48 Malawi 42 number compare
  4. 48 Trinidad and Tobago 42 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: procedures in Papua New Guinea?
Enforcing contracts: procedures in Papua New Guinea was 42 number in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 43 number in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 42 number in 2009.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for enforcing contracts: procedures?
Papua New Guinea ranks 48th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts: procedures rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.