Enforcing contracts: Procedures in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Enforcing contracts: Procedures was 29 number in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
29 number
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
164th
of 181 countries
All-time high
31 number
in 2003
All-time low
29 number
in 2010
Years of data
12
2003–2014

Enforcing contracts: Procedures in United Kingdom, 2003–2014

01020302003200820142003: 31 number2004: 31 number2005: 31 number2006: 31 number2007: 31 number2008: 31 number2009: 31 number2010: 29 number2011: 29 number2012: 29 number2013: 29 number2014: 29 number

Source: World Bank. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: procedures in United Kingdom is 29 number, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is down 6.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: procedures in United Kingdom peaked at 31 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 29 number, in 2010.

United Kingdom ranks 164th of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31 number 31 number 31 number 7
2010s 29 number 29 number 29 number 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 164 Belarus 29 number compare
  2. 164 France 29 number compare
  3. 164 Malaysia 29 number compare
  4. 164 South Africa 29 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: procedures in United Kingdom?
Enforcing contracts: procedures in United Kingdom was 29 number in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 31 number in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: procedures recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 29 number in 2010.
How does United Kingdom rank for enforcing contracts: procedures?
United Kingdom ranks 164th out of 181 countries with data for 2014.
Is enforcing contracts: procedures rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom 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.