Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score was 74.02 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
74.02
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
41st
of 191 countries
All-time high
77.13
in 2009
All-time low
74.02
in 2012
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

0204060802003201120192003: 76.72004: 76.72005: 76.72006: 76.72007: 76.72008: 76.72009: 77.12010: 77.12011: 77.12012: 742013: 742014: 742015: 742016: 742017: 742018: 742019: 74

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in United Kingdom is 74.02, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in United Kingdom peaked at 77.13 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 74.02, in 2012.

United Kingdom ranks 41st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

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

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score in United Kingdom, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 76.72 —
2004 76.72 +0.0%
2005 76.72 +0.0%
2006 76.72 +0.0%
2007 76.72 +0.0%
2008 76.72 +0.0%
2009 77.13 +0.5%
2010 77.13 +0.0%
2011 77.13 +0.0%
2012 74.02 -4.0%
2013 74.02 +0.0%
2014 74.02 +0.0%
2015 74.02 +0.0%
2016 74.02 +0.0%
2017 74.02 +0.0%
2018 74.02 +0.0%
2019 74.02 +0.0%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 74.02 is above the median for high income countries, which is 64.39, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 74.02 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 68.03, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 76.78 76.72 77.13 7
2010s 74.64 74.02 77.13 10

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 39 Tajikistan 74.59 compare
  2. 39 Vanuatu 74.59 compare
  3. 42 United States 73.44 compare
  4. 43 United Arab Emirates 73.36 compare
  5. 44 Burkina Faso 73.28 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in United Kingdom?
Enforcing contracts: time (days) - score in United Kingdom was 74.02 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 77.13 in 2009.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time (days) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 74.02 in 2012.
How does United Kingdom rank for enforcing contracts: time (days) - score?
United Kingdom ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time (days) - score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom 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
Last refreshed

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.