Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score by country
The score for time to enforce contracts 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.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
96.39
Singapore
Lowest
0
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
62.7
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,083
What the numbers show
Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 96.39 in Singapore; the lowest is 0 in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.7, and the mean is 57.23.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 260.0%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 100.0%).
Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 96.39 | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | New Zealand | 92.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Bhutan | 91.39 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 91.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | South Sudan | 91.15 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Rwanda | 90.98 | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 87.3 | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 87.13 | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 9 | Georgia | 86.48 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | South Korea | 86.07 | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea | 84.34 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 83.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Russia | 82.21 | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 81.91 | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 15 | Tonga | 81.15 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 80.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 79.51 | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 17 | Lithuania | 79.51 | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mauritania | 79.51 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Mongolia | 79.18 | 2019 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 78.85 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Niger | 78.69 | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 78.28 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 24 | Austria | 77.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Fiji | 77.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Nigeria | 77.13 | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 77.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Vietnam | 77.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Australia | 76.89 | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Indonesia | 76.79 | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.23 | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 76.23 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Iceland | 75.66 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Thailand | 75.41 | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Malaysia | 75 | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 74.59 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 74.59 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 74.02 | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 40 | United States | 73.44 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 73.36 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 73.28 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | France | 73.2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Estonia | 72.54 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 44 | Samoa | 72.54 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Namibia | 72.13 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 47 | Kenya | 71.72 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Latvia | 71.39 | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.9 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.82 | 2019 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 70.66 | 2019 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 70.25 | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 70.25 | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 54 | Denmark | 70.08 | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 54 | Finland | 70.08 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 56 | Togo | 69.84 | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 57 | Eritrea | 69.67 | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 57 | Mauritius | 69.67 | 2019 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 69.67 | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 57 | Uganda | 69.67 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | China | 69.16 | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 69.1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Germany | 68.93 | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 64 | Belgium | 68.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Iran | 68.44 | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 64 | Malta | 68.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Comoros | 68.36 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Spain | 68.03 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 68 | Morocco | 68.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Taiwan | 68.03 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Romania | 67.87 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Netherlands | 67.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 67.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Tanzania | 67.62 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Chile | 67.3 | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Iraq | 67.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Malawi | 67.05 | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 78 | Ecuador | 66.97 | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 66.8 | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 66.8 | 2019 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 66.39 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Haiti | 66.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Brunei | 65.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Palestine | 65.57 | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 65.16 | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 85 | Montenegro | 65.16 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Jamaica | 64.75 | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 88 | Congo | 63.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 63.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Tunisia | 63.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Kuwait | 63.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Armenia | 63.11 | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 92 | Qatar | 63.11 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 62.7 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 94 | San Marino | 62.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Somalia | 62.7 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62.46 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Guyana | 62.21 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Moldova | 61.89 | 2019 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 61.48 | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 101 | Bolivia | 61.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 61.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Benin | 61.07 | 2019 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.07 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.07 | 2019 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 106 | Switzerland | 60.82 | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 106 | Oman | 60.82 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | South Africa | 60.66 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Hungary | 60.25 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Paraguay | 60.16 | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 111 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.84 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Zambia | 59.75 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 59.43 | 2019 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 59.34 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Mali | 59.02 | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 58.85 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | Turkey | 58.77 | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 118 | Algeria | 58.2 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 58.2 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 57.87 | 2019 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 121 | Bahrain | 57.79 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Jordan | 57.21 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 56.97 | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 123 | Yemen | 56.97 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 125 | Croatia | 56.56 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 56.56 | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 125 | Senegal | 56.56 | 2019 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 128 | Botswana | 55.74 | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 55.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Kiribati | 55.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Czechia | 54.26 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Poland | 53.69 | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 133 | Grenada | 53.44 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Libya | 53.28 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Ghana | 51.64 | 2019 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 136 | Venezuela | 50.82 | 2019 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | 50.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Uruguay | 50.41 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 139 | Dominica | 49.1 | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 140 | Chad | 48.93 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Portugal | 47.95 | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 142 | Gambia | 47.7 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 143 | Maldives | 47.54 | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 144 | Slovakia | 46.31 | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 145 | Panama | 45.08 | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Cameroon | 44.26 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Brazil | 44.16 | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 148 | Palau | 43.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Sudan | 43.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Madagascar | 43.36 | 2019 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 151 | El Salvador | 42.95 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Laos | 41.97 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Burundi | 41.64 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Costa Rica | 40 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Syria | 38.36 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Micronesia (country) | 37.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Belize | 36.72 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Canada | 35.25 | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 158 | Nepal | 35.25 | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 160 | Seychelles | 34.84 | 2019 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 161 | Honduras | 34.43 | 2019 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 162 | Mozambique | 31.97 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Eswatini | 31.48 | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 164 | Philippines | 30.98 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Israel | 29.92 | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 166 | Argentina | 28.28 | 2019 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 167 | Egypt | 27.05 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Pakistan | 22.04 | 2019 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 169 | Cyprus | 19.67 | 2019 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 170 | Italy | 18.03 | 2019 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Gabon | 14.75 | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 171 | Myanmar | 14.75 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Slovenia | 14.75 | 2019 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.7 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | East Timor | 4.51 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Colombia | 4.26 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Angola | 3.61 | 2019 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Liberia | 3.28 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Sri Lanka | 1.8 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Barbados | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Greece | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Guatemala | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | India | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Suriname | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 82.79
About this data
The score for time to enforce contracts 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.