Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Malawi

Malawi: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 67.05 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
67.05
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
79th
of 191 countries
All-time high
74.43
in 2003
All-time low
67.05
in 2016
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 74.42004: 74.42005: 74.42006: 74.42007: 74.42008: 74.42009: 74.42010: 74.42011: 74.42012: 74.42013: 74.42014: 74.42015: 74.42016: 672017: 672018: 672019: 67

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 67.05 for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 9.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Malawi peaked at 74.43 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 67.05, in 2016.

That places Malawi 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Malawi, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 74.43
2004 74.43 +0.0%
2005 74.43 +0.0%
2006 74.43 +0.0%
2007 74.43 +0.0%
2008 74.43 +0.0%
2009 74.43 +0.0%
2010 74.43 +0.0%
2011 74.43 +0.0%
2012 74.43 +0.0%
2013 74.43 +0.0%
2014 74.43 +0.0%
2015 74.43 +0.0%
2016 67.05 -9.9%
2017 67.05 +0.0%
2018 67.05 +0.0%
2019 67.05 +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 67.05 is above the median for low income countries, which is 57.99, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 67.05 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61.89, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 74.43 74.43 74.43 7
2010s 71.48 67.05 74.43 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 77 Chile 67.3 compare
  2. 78 Iraq 67.21 compare
  3. 80 Ecuador 66.97 compare
  4. 81 Albania 66.8 compare
  5. 81 Cote d'Ivoire 66.8 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Malawi?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Malawi was 67.05 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 74.43 in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 67.05 in 2016.
How does Malawi rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Malawi ranks 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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
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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.