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Enforcing contracts: Time (days) by country

The time to enforce contracts is recorded in calendar days, counted from the moment plaintiff decides to file the lawsuit in court until payment. The average duration of the following three different stages of dispute resolution is recorded: (i) filing and service, (ii) trial and judgment, and (iii) enforcement.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
1,785 days
Guinea-Bissau
Lowest
164 days
Singapore
Median
575 days
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,094

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Time (days) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 1,785 days in Guinea-Bissau; the lowest is 164 days in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 575 days, and the mean is 648.08 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 32.6%).

Enforcing contracts: Time: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea-Bissau 1,785 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Suriname 1,715 days 2019 unchanged flat
3 Greece 1,711 days 2019 up 78.2% rising
4 Afghanistan 1,642 days 2019 unchanged flat
5 India 1,445 days 2019 up 1.8% flat
6 Bangladesh 1,442 days 2019 unchanged flat
7 Guatemala 1,402 days 2019 down 3.9% falling
8 Barbados 1,340 days 2019 unchanged flat
8 Trinidad and Tobago 1,340 days 2019 unchanged flat
10 Sri Lanka 1,318 days 2019 unchanged flat
11 Liberia 1,300 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Angola 1,296 days 2019 up 3.7% rising
13 Colombia 1,288 days 2019 down 4.3% falling
14 East Timor 1,285 days 2019 down 10.5% falling
15 Sao Tome and Principe 1,185 days 2019 unchanged falling
16 Gabon 1,160 days 2019 up 8.4% rising
16 Myanmar 1,160 days 2019 unchanged flat
16 Slovenia 1,160 days 2019 down 10.1% falling
19 Italy 1,120 days 2019 down 7.4% falling
20 Cyprus 1,100 days 2019 up 49.7% rising
21 Pakistan 1,071 days 2019 up 9.7% rising
22 Egypt 1,010 days 2019 unchanged flat
23 Argentina 995 days 2019 up 68.6% rising
24 Israel 975 days 2019 up 9.6% rising
25 Philippines 962 days 2019 unchanged falling
26 Eswatini 956 days 2019 down 1.6% flat
27 Mozambique 950 days 2019 unchanged falling
28 Honduras 920 days 2019 up 2.2% flat
29 Seychelles 915 days 2019 up 27.1% rising
30 Canada 910 days 2019 up 59.6% rising
30 Nepal 910 days 2019 down 11.2% falling
32 Belize 892 days 2019 unchanged flat
33 Micronesia (country) 885 days 2019 unchanged flat
34 Syria 872 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 Costa Rica 852 days 2019 unchanged flat
36 Burundi 832 days 2019 unchanged rising
37 Laos 828 days 2019 unchanged flat
38 El Salvador 816 days 2019 unchanged flat
39 Madagascar 811 days 2019 down 6.9% flat
40 Palau 810 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Sudan 810 days 2019 unchanged flat
42 Brazil 801.2 days 2019 up 9.6% rising
43 Cameroon 800 days 2019 unchanged flat
44 Panama 790 days 2019 up 15.2% rising
45 Slovakia 775 days 2019 up 37.2% rising
46 Maldives 760 days 2019 up 14.3% rising
47 Gambia 758 days 2019 down 3.4% flat
48 Portugal 755 days 2019 down 13.2% falling
49 Chad 743 days 2019 unchanged flat
50 Dominica 741 days 2019 up 8.8% rising
51 Uruguay 725 days 2019 up 0.7% flat
52 Lebanon 721 days 2019 unchanged flat
53 Venezuela 720 days 2019 up 41.2% rising
54 Ghana 710 days 2019 up 45.8% rising
55 Djibouti 695 days 2019 unchanged flat
56 Libya 690 days 2019 unchanged flat
57 Grenada 688 days 2019 unchanged falling
58 Poland 685 days 2019 down 17.5% falling
59 Czechia 678 days 2019 unchanged falling
60 Botswana 660 days 2019 down 8.6% falling
60 Central African Republic 660 days 2019 unchanged flat
60 Kiribati 660 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Croatia 650 days 2019 up 15.9% rising
63 Ireland 650 days 2019 up 26.2% rising
63 Senegal 650 days 2019 down 32.6% falling
66 Saint Lucia 645 days 2019 up 1.6% flat
66 Yemen 645 days 2019 up 24.0% rising
68 Jordan 642 days 2019 down 6.8% falling
69 Bahrain 635 days 2019 unchanged flat
70 North Macedonia 634 days 2019 down 4.9% rising
71 Algeria 630 days 2019 unchanged flat
71 Puerto Rico 630 days 2019 up 1.6% flat
73 Turkey 623 days 2019 up 38.8% rising
74 Serbia 622 days 2019 down 2.0% falling
75 Mali 620 days 2019 down 1.0% falling
76 Marshall Islands 616 days 2019 unchanged flat
77 Lesotho 615 days 2019 down 29.7% falling
78 Zambia 611 days 2019 unchanged rising
79 Democratic Republic of Congo 610 days 2019 unchanged falling
80 Paraguay 606 days 2019 up 2.5% flat
81 Hungary 605 days 2019 unchanged rising
82 South Africa 600 days 2019 unchanged flat
83 Switzerland 598 days 2019 up 11.8% rising
83 Oman 598 days 2019 unchanged flat
85 Benin 595 days 2019 down 27.9% falling
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 595 days 2019 unchanged falling
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 595 days 2019 up 51.0% rising
88 Bolivia 591 days 2019 unchanged flat
88 Papua New Guinea 591 days 2019 unchanged flat
90 Dominican Republic 590 days 2019 up 28.3% rising
91 Moldova 585 days 2019 up 60.3% rising
92 Guyana 581 days 2019 unchanged flat
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 578 days 2019 unchanged flat
94 Saudi Arabia 575 days 2019 down 9.4% falling
94 San Marino 575 days 2019 unchanged flat
94 Somalia 575 days 2019 — flat
97 Armenia 570 days 2019 up 100.0% rising
97 Qatar 570 days 2019 unchanged flat
99 Kuwait 566 days 2019 unchanged flat
100 Tunisia 565 days 2019 unchanged flat
101 Bulgaria 564 days 2019 unchanged flat
102 Congo 560 days 2019 unchanged flat
103 Jamaica 550 days 2019 down 16.0% falling
104 Bahamas 545 days 2019 up 23.9% rising
104 Montenegro 545 days 2019 unchanged flat
106 Brunei 540 days 2019 unchanged flat
106 Palestine 540 days 2019 down 10.0% falling
108 Ethiopia 530 days 2019 unchanged falling
108 Haiti 530 days 2019 unchanged flat
110 Albania 525 days 2019 up 16.7% rising
110 Cote d'Ivoire 525 days 2019 down 31.8% falling
112 Ecuador 523 days 2019 down 11.1% falling
113 Malawi 522 days 2019 up 20.8% rising
114 Iraq 520 days 2019 unchanged flat
115 Chile 519 days 2019 down 0.4% flat
116 Sierra Leone 515 days 2019 unchanged flat
116 Tanzania 515 days 2019 unchanged flat
118 Netherlands 514 days 2019 unchanged flat
119 Romania 512 days 2019 unchanged falling
120 Spain 510 days 2019 down 1.0% flat
120 Morocco 510 days 2019 unchanged flat
120 Taiwan 510 days 2019 unchanged flat
123 Comoros 506 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Belgium 505 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Iran 505 days 2019 down 2.9% flat
124 Malta 505 days 2019 unchanged flat
127 Germany 499 days 2019 up 26.6% rising
128 Solomon Islands 497 days 2019 unchanged flat
129 China 496.25 days 2019 up 17.9% rising
130 Eritrea 490 days 2019 up 21.0% rising
130 Mauritius 490 days 2019 down 31.9% falling
130 Nicaragua 490 days 2019 down 9.3% falling
130 Uganda 490 days 2019 down 3.9% falling
134 Togo 488 days 2019 down 17.0% falling
135 Denmark 485 days 2019 up 27.6% rising
135 Finland 485 days 2019 up 29.3% rising
137 Cambodia 483 days 2019 up 15.0% rising
137 Sweden 483 days 2019 up 1.5% falling
139 Peru 478 days 2019 up 11.7% falling
140 Antigua and Barbuda 476 days 2019 up 35.6% rising
141 Equatorial Guinea 475 days 2019 unchanged flat
142 Latvia 469 days 2019 up 51.8% rising
143 Kenya 465 days 2019 unchanged flat
144 Namibia 460 days 2019 down 8.0% falling
145 Estonia 455 days 2019 up 7.1% rising
145 Samoa 455 days 2019 unchanged flat
147 France 447 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Burkina Faso 446 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 United Arab Emirates 445 days 2019 down 17.1% falling
150 United States 444 days 2019 up 48.0% rising
151 United Kingdom 437 days 2019 up 9.5% rising
152 Tajikistan 430 days 2019 unchanged flat
152 Vanuatu 430 days 2019 unchanged flat
154 Cape Verde 425 days 2019 unchanged flat
154 Malaysia 425 days 2019 down 27.4% falling
156 Thailand 420 days 2019 down 12.3% falling
157 Iceland 417 days 2019 unchanged rising
158 Kyrgyzstan 410 days 2019 up 57.7% rising
158 Zimbabwe 410 days 2019 unchanged flat
160 Indonesia 403.2 days 2019 down 19.0% falling
161 Australia 402 days 2019 up 1.8% flat
162 Norway 400 days 2019 unchanged falling
162 Vietnam 400 days 2019 unchanged falling
164 Nigeria 399 days 2019 down 12.7% falling
165 Austria 397 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 Fiji 397 days 2019 unchanged flat
167 Hong Kong 385 days 2019 up 26.2% rising
168 Niger 380 days 2019 down 30.3% falling
169 Ukraine 378 days 2019 unchanged flat
170 Mongolia 374 days 2019 up 19.1% rising
171 Kazakhstan 370 days 2019 down 5.1% falling
171 Lithuania 370 days 2019 up 23.3% rising
171 Mauritania 370 days 2019 unchanged falling
174 Japan 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
175 Tonga 350 days 2019 unchanged falling
176 Mexico 340.65 days 2019 down 17.9% falling
177 Russia 337 days 2019 up 19.9% rising
178 Kosovo 330 days 2019 down 21.4% falling
178 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 330 days 2019 down 21.4% falling
180 Luxembourg 321 days 2019 unchanged flat
181 Guinea 311 days 2019 up 12.7% rising
182 South Korea 290 days 2019 up 26.1% rising
183 Georgia 285 days 2019 unchanged falling
184 Azerbaijan 277 days 2019 up 16.9% rising
185 Belarus 275 days 2019 up 22.2% rising
186 Rwanda 230 days 2019 down 11.5% falling
187 South Sudan 228 days 2019 unchanged flat
188 Bhutan 225 days 2019 unchanged falling
188 Uzbekistan 225 days 2019 unchanged flat
190 New Zealand 216 days 2019 unchanged flat
191 Singapore 164 days 2019 up 9.3% rising

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Time (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The time to enforce contracts is recorded in calendar days, counted from the moment plaintiff decides to file the lawsuit in court until payment. The average duration of the following three different stages of dispute resolution is recorded: (i) filing and service, (ii) trial and judgment, and (iii) enforcement.