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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
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.