Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 12.7 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
12.7
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
177th
of 191 countries
All-time high
22.54
in 2013
All-time low
12.7
in 2004
Years of data
16
2004–2019

Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2004–2019

05101520252004201120192004: 12.72005: 12.72006: 12.72007: 12.72008: 12.72009: 12.72010: 12.72011: 12.72012: 15.22013: 22.52014: 22.52015: 22.52016: 22.52017: 12.72018: 12.72019: 12.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Sao Tome and Principe recorded 12.7 for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 22.54 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 12.7, in 2004.

That places Sao Tome and Principe 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in Sao Tome and Principe, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 12.7 —
2005 12.7 +0.0%
2006 12.7 +0.0%
2007 12.7 +0.0%
2008 12.7 +0.0%
2009 12.7 +0.0%
2010 12.7 +0.0%
2011 12.7 +0.0%
2012 15.16 +19.4%
2013 22.54 +48.6%
2014 22.54 +0.0%
2015 22.54 +0.0%
2016 22.54 +0.0%
2017 12.7 -43.6%
2018 12.7 +0.0%
2019 12.7 +0.0%

Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries

  • Sao Tome and Principe's 12.7 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.39, 21% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Sao Tome and Principe's 12.7 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61.89, 21% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 12.7 12.7 12.7 6
2010s 16.89 12.7 22.54 10

Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe

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  3. 174 Slovenia 14.75 compare
  4. 178 East Timor 4.51 compare
  5. 179 Colombia 4.26 compare
  6. 180 Angola 3.61 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Sao Tome and Principe?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in Sao Tome and Principe was 12.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The highest recorded value was 22.54 in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
The lowest recorded value was 12.7 in 2004.
How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.