Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 58.2 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
58.2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
120th
of 191 countries
All-time high
59.02
in 2003
All-time low
58.2
in 2012
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

02040602003201120192003: 592004: 592005: 592006: 592007: 592008: 592009: 592010: 592011: 592012: 58.22013: 58.22014: 58.22015: 58.22016: 58.22017: 58.22018: 58.22019: 58.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 58.2 for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Puerto Rico peaked at 59.02 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 58.2, in 2012.

Puerto Rico ranks 120th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 59.02 —
2004 59.02 +0.0%
2005 59.02 +0.0%
2006 59.02 +0.0%
2007 59.02 +0.0%
2008 59.02 +0.0%
2009 59.02 +0.0%
2010 59.02 +0.0%
2011 59.02 +0.0%
2012 58.2 -1.4%
2013 58.2 +0.0%
2014 58.2 +0.0%
2015 58.2 +0.0%
2016 58.2 +0.0%
2017 58.2 +0.0%
2018 58.2 +0.0%
2019 58.2 +0.0%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 58.2 is below the median for high income countries, which is 64.39, 90% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 58.2 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.97, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 59.02 59.02 59.02 7
2010s 58.36 58.2 59.02 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 117 Mali 59.02 compare
  2. 118 Serbia 58.85 compare
  3. 119 Turkey 58.77 compare
  4. 120 Algeria 58.2 compare
  5. 122 North Macedonia 57.87 compare
  6. 123 Bahrain 57.79 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Puerto Rico?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Puerto Rico was 58.2 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 59.02 in 2003.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 58.2 in 2012.
How does Puerto Rico rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.