Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-19) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score by country

The score for quality of judicial processes index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology...

Countries reporting
190
Highest
91.67
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
8.33
Iraq
Median
44.44
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
950

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-19) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 91.67 in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 8.33 in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.44, and the mean is 48.03.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-19): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 91.67 2019 rising
2 Kazakhstan 88.89 2019 rising
2 Rwanda 88.89 2019 rising
4 Australia 86.11 2019 flat
4 Singapore 86.11 2019 flat
6 United Kingdom 83.33 2019 flat
6 Lithuania 83.33 2019 flat
6 Türkiye 83.33 2019 rising
9 United States 81.11 2019 flat
10 Korea 80.56 2019 flat
11 United Arab Emirates 77.78 2019 flat
11 Denmark 77.78 2019 rising
11 Norway 77.78 2019 rising
11 Romania 77.78 2019 flat
11 Taiwan 77.78 2019 rising
16 Estonia 75 2019 flat
16 Israel 75 2019 flat
16 Latvia 75 2019 rising
16 Mauritius 75 2019 rising
16 Portugal 75 2019 flat
16 Serbia 75 2019 flat
16 Slovak Republic 75 2019 rising
23 Brazil 72.69 2019 rising
24 Austria 72.22 2019 flat
24 Croatia 72.22 2019 flat
24 Italy 72.22 2019 flat
24 North Macedonia 72.22 2019 falling
24 Malaysia 72.22 2019 flat
29 Argentina 69.44 2019 rising
29 Germany 69.44 2019 rising
29 Greece 69.44 2019 flat
29 Hungary 69.44 2019 rising
33 France 66.67 2019 flat
33 Georgia 66.67 2019 rising
33 Sweden 66.67 2019 flat
36 Armenia 63.89 2019 rising
36 Antigua and Barbuda 63.89 2019 flat
36 Brunei 63.89 2019 rising
36 Dominica 63.89 2019 flat
36 Spain 63.89 2019 rising
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 63.89 2019 flat
36 Saint Lucia 63.89 2019 flat
36 Montenegro 63.89 2019 flat
36 Saudi Arabia 63.89 2019 rising
36 Slovenia 63.89 2019 rising
36 Ukraine 63.89 2019 rising
36 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63.89 2019 flat
48 Canada 61.11 2019 rising
48 Grenada 61.11 2019 flat
48 Moldova 61.11 2019 rising
48 Poland 61.11 2019 rising
48 Puerto Rico 61.11 2019 rising
53 Azerbaijan 58.33 2019 rising
53 Bulgaria 58.33 2019 flat
53 Switzerland 58.33 2019 rising
53 India 58.33 2019 rising
53 Malta 58.33 2019 flat
53 Namibia 58.33 2019 rising
53 Paraguay 58.33 2019 rising
60 Mexico 56.08 2019 flat
61 Chile 55.56 2019 rising
61 Hong Kong (China) 55.56 2019 flat
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.78 2019 flat
63 Côte d’Ivoire 52.78 2019 rising
63 Costa Rica 52.78 2019 rising
63 Czechia 52.78 2019 flat
63 Jamaica 52.78 2019 rising
63 Morocco 52.78 2019 rising
63 Malawi 52.78 2019 rising
63 New Zealand 52.78 2019 falling
63 Peru 52.78 2019 flat
63 Palau 52.78 2019 flat
63 Russia 52.78 2019 flat
74 Nigeria 50.86 2019 rising
75 Bahrain 50 2019 rising
75 Colombia 50 2019 rising
75 Kenya 50 2019 flat
75 Solomon Islands 50 2019 flat
75 Kosovo 50 2019 flat
80 Indonesia 49.39 2019 rising
81 Finland 47.22 2019 flat
81 Guinea-Bissau 47.22 2019 rising
81 Ireland 47.22 2019 rising
81 Sri Lanka 47.22 2019 rising
81 Lesotho 47.22 2019 flat
81 Luxembourg 47.22 2019 flat
81 Mozambique 47.22 2019 flat
81 Papua New Guinea 47.22 2019 flat
81 Thailand 47.22 2019 rising
81 Uganda 47.22 2019 flat
81 Uzbekistan 47.22 2019 rising
81 South Africa 47.22 2019 rising
93 Belgium 44.44 2019 flat
93 Bahamas 44.44 2019 flat
93 Belize 44.44 2019 flat
93 Bhutan 44.44 2019 rising
93 Cyprus 44.44 2019 rising
93 Jordan 44.44 2019 rising
93 Madagascar 44.44 2019 rising
93 Marshall Islands 44.44 2019 flat
93 Mauritania 44.44 2019 rising
93 Niger 44.44 2019 rising
93 Panama 44.44 2019 flat
93 Sierra Leone 44.44 2019 flat
93 El Salvador 44.44 2019 flat
93 Trinidad and Tobago 44.44 2019 flat
93 Uruguay 44.44 2019 flat
108 Albania 41.67 2019 rising
108 Burkina Faso 41.67 2019 rising
108 Bangladesh 41.67 2019 flat
108 Belarus 41.67 2019 flat
108 Cape Verde 41.67 2019 flat
108 Fiji 41.67 2019 flat
108 Guyana 41.67 2019 rising
108 Honduras 41.67 2019 flat
108 Iceland 41.67 2019 flat
108 Japan 41.67 2019 flat
108 Kuwait 41.67 2019 rising
108 Liberia 41.67 2019 flat
108 Oman 41.67 2019 rising
108 Philippines 41.67 2019 flat
108 Eswatini 41.67 2019 flat
108 Vietnam 41.67 2019 rising
124 Barbados 38.89 2019 rising
124 Botswana 38.89 2019 flat
124 Ethiopia 38.89 2019 rising
124 Netherlands 38.89 2019 flat
124 Chad 38.89 2019 rising
124 Venezuela 38.89 2019 flat
130 Benin 36.11 2019 rising
130 Dominican Republic 36.11 2019 rising
130 Ecuador 36.11 2019 rising
130 Ghana 36.11 2019 flat
130 Haiti 36.11 2019 flat
130 Lebanon 36.11 2019 rising
130 Nicaragua 36.11 2019 flat
130 Senegal 36.11 2019 flat
130 Seychelles 36.11 2019 rising
130 Tajikistan 36.11 2019 flat
130 Tunisia 36.11 2019 flat
130 Vanuatu 36.11 2019 flat
130 Zambia 36.11 2019 rising
130 Zimbabwe 36.11 2019 rising
144 Bolivia 33.33 2019 rising
144 Guatemala 33.33 2019 flat
144 Kiribati 33.33 2019 flat
144 Nepal 33.33 2019 rising
144 Tanzania 33.33 2019 flat
149 Pakistan 31.39 2019 flat
150 Angola 30.56 2019 rising
150 Central African Republic 30.56 2019 rising
150 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.56 2019 rising
150 Comoros 30.56 2019 rising
150 Djibouti 30.56 2019 rising
150 Algeria 30.56 2019 flat
150 Maldives 30.56 2019 flat
150 Mongolia 30.56 2019 flat
150 San Marino 30.56 2019 flat
150 Togo 30.56 2019 rising
150 Samoa 30.56 2019 falling
161 Afghanistan 27.78 2019 flat
161 Burundi 27.78 2019 flat
161 Cameroon 27.78 2019 rising
161 Congo 27.78 2019 rising
161 Guinea 27.78 2019 rising
161 Gambia 27.78 2019 flat
161 Iran 27.78 2019 rising
161 Kyrgyzstan 27.78 2019 rising
161 Mali 27.78 2019 rising
170 Micronesia (country) 25 2019 flat
170 Cambodia 25 2019 flat
170 Qatar 25 2019 flat
170 Somalia 25 2019 flat
170 Sao Tome and Principe 25 2019 flat
170 Tonga 25 2019 flat
176 Egypt 22.22 2019 flat
176 Gabon 22.22 2019 flat
176 Libya 22.22 2019 flat
176 Myanmar 22.22 2019 rising
176 Palestine 22.22 2019 flat
176 Sudan 22.22 2019 rising
176 Syria 22.22 2019 flat
176 Yemen 22.22 2019 flat
184 Equatorial Guinea 19.44 2019 rising
184 Laos 19.44 2019 flat
184 South Sudan 19.44 2019 flat
184 Suriname 19.44 2019 flat
188 Eritrea 16.67 2019 flat
189 East Timor 13.89 2019 flat
190 Iraq 8.33 2019 flat

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Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-19) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 950 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for quality of judicial processes index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.