Enforcing contracts: Procedures in Portugal

Portugal: Enforcing contracts: Procedures was 34 number in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
34 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
129th
of 181 countries
All-time high
38 number
in 2004
All-time low
34 number
in 2009
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts: Procedures in Portugal, 2003–2014

0102030402003200820142003: 37 number2004: 38 number2005: 38 number2006: 38 number2007: 38 number2008: 37 number2009: 34 number2010: 34 number2011: 34 number2012: 34 number2013: 34 number2014: 34 number

Source: World Bank. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: procedures in Portugal is 34 number, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: procedures in Portugal peaked at 38 number in 2004 and was at its lowest, 34 number, in 2009.

Portugal ranks 129th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 37.14 number 34 number 38 number 7
2010s 34 number 34 number 34 number 5

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 129 Dominican Republic 34 number compare
  2. 129 Fiji 34 number compare
  3. 129 Finland 34 number compare
  4. 129 Haiti 34 number compare
  5. 129 Hungary 34 number compare
  6. 129 Mauritius 34 number compare
  7. 129 Micronesia (country) 34 number compare
  8. 129 Norway 34 number compare
  9. 129 Romania 34 number compare

See the full ranking of 183 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: procedures in Portugal?
Enforcing contracts: procedures in Portugal was 34 number in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 38 number in 2004.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 34 number in 2009.
How does Portugal rank for enforcing contracts: procedures?
Portugal ranks 129th out of 181 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts: procedures rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Portugal 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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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.