Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Panama

Panama: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 45.08 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
45.08
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 191 countries
All-time high
53.61
in 2003
All-time low
45.08
in 2013
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

02040602003201120192003: 53.62004: 53.62005: 53.62006: 53.62007: 53.62008: 53.62009: 53.62010: 53.62011: 53.62012: 53.62013: 45.12014: 45.12015: 45.12016: 45.12017: 45.12018: 45.12019: 45.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Panama is 45.08, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Panama peaked at 53.61 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 45.08, in 2013.

Panama ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Panama, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 53.61
2004 53.61 +0.0%
2005 53.61 +0.0%
2006 53.61 +0.0%
2007 53.61 +0.0%
2008 53.61 +0.0%
2009 53.61 +0.0%
2010 53.61 +0.0%
2011 53.61 +0.0%
2012 53.61 +0.0%
2013 45.08 -15.9%
2014 45.08 +0.0%
2015 45.08 +0.0%
2016 45.08 +0.0%
2017 45.08 +0.0%
2018 45.08 +0.0%
2019 45.08 +0.0%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 45.08 is below the median for high income countries, which is 64.39, 70% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 45.08 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.97, 79% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 53.61 53.61 53.61 7
2010s 47.64 45.08 53.61 10

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 145 Gambia 47.7 compare
  2. 146 Maldives 47.54 compare
  3. 147 Slovakia 46.31 compare
  4. 149 Cameroon 44.26 compare
  5. 150 Brazil 44.16 compare
  6. 151 Palau 43.44 compare
  7. 151 Sudan 43.44 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Panama?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Panama was 45.08 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 53.61 in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 45.08 in 2013.
How does Panama rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Panama ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Panama 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.