Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Portugal

Portugal: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 47.95 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
47.95
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
144th
of 191 countries
All-time high
47.95
in 2015
All-time low
36.07
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

010203040502003201120192003: 36.12004: 36.12005: 36.12006: 36.12007: 36.12008: 36.12009: 38.52010: 38.52011: 38.52012: 38.52013: 38.52014: 38.52015: 482016: 482017: 482018: 482019: 48

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Portugal recorded 47.95 for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 24.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Portugal peaked at 47.95 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 36.07, in 2003.

That places Portugal 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Portugal, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 36.07
2004 36.07 +0.0%
2005 36.07 +0.0%
2006 36.07 +0.0%
2007 36.07 +0.0%
2008 36.07 +0.0%
2009 38.52 +6.8%
2010 38.52 +0.0%
2011 38.52 +0.0%
2012 38.52 +0.0%
2013 38.52 +0.0%
2014 38.52 +0.0%
2015 47.95 +24.5%
2016 47.95 +0.0%
2017 47.95 +0.0%
2018 47.95 +0.0%
2019 47.95 +0.0%

Portugal compared with similar countries

  • Portugal's 47.95 is below the median for high income countries, which is 64.39, 74% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Portugal's 47.95 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 68.03, 70% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 36.42 36.07 38.52 7
2010s 43.24 38.52 47.95 10

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 141 Uruguay 50.41 compare
  2. 142 Dominica 49.1 compare
  3. 143 Chad 48.93 compare
  4. 145 Gambia 47.7 compare
  5. 146 Maldives 47.54 compare
  6. 147 Slovakia 46.31 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Portugal?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Portugal was 47.95 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 47.95 in 2015.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 36.07 in 2003.
How does Portugal rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Portugal ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal 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.