Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Australia

Australia: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 76.89 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
76.89
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
31st
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.46
in 2003
All-time low
76.89
in 2013
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Australia, 2003–2019

0204060802003201120192003: 77.52004: 77.52005: 77.52006: 77.52007: 77.52008: 77.52009: 77.52010: 77.52011: 77.52012: 77.52013: 76.92014: 76.92015: 76.92016: 76.92017: 76.92018: 76.92019: 76.9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Australia is 76.89, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Australia peaked at 77.46 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 76.89, in 2013.

Australia ranks 31st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Australia, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 77.46 —
2004 77.46 +0.0%
2005 77.46 +0.0%
2006 77.46 +0.0%
2007 77.46 +0.0%
2008 77.46 +0.0%
2009 77.46 +0.0%
2010 77.46 +0.0%
2011 77.46 +0.0%
2012 77.46 +0.0%
2013 76.89 -0.7%
2014 76.89 +0.0%
2015 76.89 +0.0%
2016 76.89 +0.0%
2017 76.89 +0.0%
2018 76.89 +0.0%
2019 76.89 +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 76.89 is above the median for high income countries, which is 64.39, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 76.89 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 73.57, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 77.46 77.46 77.46 7
2010s 77.06 76.89 77.46 10

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 28 Nigeria 77.13 compare
  2. 29 Norway 77.05 compare
  3. 29 Vietnam 77.05 compare
  4. 32 Indonesia 76.79 compare
  5. 33 Kyrgyzstan 76.23 compare
  6. 33 Zimbabwe 76.23 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Australia?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Australia was 76.89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 77.46 in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 76.89 in 2013.
How does Australia rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Australia ranks 31st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.