Enforcing contracts: Time in Bahamas

Bahamas: Enforcing contracts: Time was 545 days in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
545 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
103rd
of 188 countries
All-time high
545 days
in 2012
All-time low
440 days
in 2007
Years of data
13
2007–2019

Enforcing contracts: Time in Bahamas, 2007–2019

02004006002007201320192007: 440 days2008: 440 days2009: 440 days2010: 440 days2011: 440 days2012: 545 days2013: 545 days2014: 545 days2015: 545 days2016: 545 days2017: 545 days2018: 545 days2019: 545 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

Bahamas recorded 545 days for enforcing contracts: time in 2019. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of up 23.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: time in Bahamas peaked at 545 days in 2012 and was at its lowest, 440 days, in 2007.

Bahamas ranks 103rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 440 days 440 days 440 days 3
2010s 524 days 440 days 545 days 10

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 100 Bulgaria 564 days compare
  2. 101 Congo 560 days compare
  3. 102 Jamaica 550 days compare
  4. 103 Montenegro 545 days compare
  5. 105 Brunei 540 days compare
  6. 105 Palestine 540 days compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

More reference data data for Bahamas

All data for Bahamas →

Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: time in Bahamas?
Enforcing contracts: time in Bahamas was 545 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: time recorded in Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 545 days in 2012.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: time recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 440 days in 2007.
How does Bahamas rank for enforcing contracts: time?
Bahamas ranks 103rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: time rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahamas data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Time (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Time (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 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.