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Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days) by country

The time for trial and judgment captures the time from the moment defendant is served until the time to appeal has elapsed.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1,420 days
Afghanistan
Lowest
90 days
Uzbekistan
Median
365 days
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,702

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1,420 days in Afghanistan; the lowest is 90 days in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 365 days, and the mean is 419.04 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 143.3%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 58.9%).

Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1,420 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Greece 1,400 days 2019 up 52.2% rising
3 Trinidad and Tobago 1,195 days 2019 unchanged flat
4 Guinea-Bissau 1,095 days 2019 unchanged flat
4 India 1,095 days 2019 unchanged flat
4 Suriname 1,095 days 2019 unchanged flat
7 Bangladesh 1,047 days 2019 unchanged flat
8 Barbados 1,020 days 2019 unchanged flat
9 Sri Lanka 1,000 days 2019 unchanged flat
10 East Timor 995 days 2019 down 5.7% flat
11 Eswatini 912 days 2019 unchanged flat
12 Cyprus 900 days 2019 up 65.1% rising
13 Colombia 855 days 2019 down 6.4% falling
14 Italy 840 days 2019 down 6.7% falling
15 Myanmar 815 days 2019 unchanged flat
16 Gabon 810 days 2019 up 12.5% rising
17 Slovenia 800 days 2019 down 14.0% falling
18 Guatemala 796 days 2019 unchanged flat
19 Angola 770 days 2019 unchanged flat
20 Canada 730 days 2019 up 87.2% rising
20 Liberia 730 days 2019 unchanged flat
20 Sao Tome and Principe 730 days 2019 unchanged flat
23 Egypt 720 days 2019 unchanged flat
23 Seychelles 720 days 2019 unchanged flat
25 Philippines 700 days 2019 unchanged flat
26 Honduras 680 days 2019 unchanged flat
27 Pakistan 665 days 2019 up 14.7% flat
28 Madagascar 640 days 2019 down 8.6% flat
28 Mozambique 640 days 2019 unchanged flat
30 Israel 600 days 2019 up 16.5% rising
31 Syria 590 days 2019 unchanged flat
32 Belize 562 days 2019 unchanged flat
33 Lebanon 556 days 2019 up 5.7% flat
34 Brazil 550.2 days 2019 up 14.6% rising
35 Botswana 550 days 2019 unchanged flat
36 Costa Rica 547 days 2019 unchanged flat
37 Bahrain 545 days 2019 unchanged flat
37 Portugal 545 days 2019 down 17.4% falling
39 Argentina 540 days 2019 up 68.8% rising
40 Slovakia 525 days 2019 up 43.8% rising
41 Dominica 510 days 2019 up 13.3% rising
42 Ireland 500 days 2019 unchanged flat
42 Nepal 500 days 2019 unchanged flat
42 Puerto Rico 500 days 2019 unchanged flat
45 Serbia 495 days 2019 unchanged flat
46 Gambia 490 days 2019 unchanged flat
46 South Africa 490 days 2019 unchanged flat
48 Poland 480 days 2019 down 17.2% falling
49 Zambia 470 days 2019 up 42.4% rising
50 Paraguay 466 days 2019 unchanged flat
51 Grenada 460 days 2019 unchanged flat
52 Dominican Republic 450 days 2019 up 40.6% rising
52 Jamaica 450 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
52 Oman 450 days 2019 unchanged flat
52 Qatar 450 days 2019 unchanged flat
52 Turkey 450 days 2019 up 55.2% rising
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 445 days 2019 up 82.4% rising
58 Saint Lucia 444 days 2019 unchanged flat
59 Netherlands 442 days 2019 unchanged flat
60 Palestine 440 days 2019 unchanged flat
61 North Macedonia 437 days 2019 down 12.6% falling
62 Comoros 425 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Armenia 420 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Kuwait 420 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Moldova 420 days 2019 up 133.3% rising
63 Uruguay 420 days 2019 unchanged flat
63 Venezuela 420 days 2019 up 31.2% rising
68 Jordan 415 days 2019 down 10.2% falling
68 Libya 415 days 2019 unchanged flat
70 Cameroon 410 days 2019 unchanged flat
70 Czechia 410 days 2019 unchanged flat
72 Switzerland 408 days 2019 unchanged flat
73 Bolivia 401 days 2019 unchanged flat
74 Belgium 400 days 2019 unchanged flat
74 Brunei 400 days 2019 unchanged flat
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 400 days 2019 unchanged flat
74 Namibia 400 days 2019 down 9.1% falling
74 Palau 400 days 2019 unchanged flat
74 Yemen 400 days 2019 up 45.5% rising
80 Burundi 395 days 2019 unchanged flat
80 Sierra Leone 395 days 2019 unchanged flat
82 Algeria 390 days 2019 unchanged flat
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 385 days 2019 unchanged flat
84 Papua New Guinea 381 days 2019 unchanged flat
84 El Salvador 381 days 2019 unchanged flat
86 Germany 380 days 2019 up 22.6% rising
87 Antigua and Barbuda 365 days 2019 up 52.1% rising
87 Denmark 365 days 2019 up 40.4% rising
87 Ecuador 365 days 2019 down 19.8% falling
87 Finland 365 days 2019 up 43.1% rising
87 Micronesia (country) 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Ghana 365 days 2019 up 143.3% rising
87 Equatorial Guinea 365 days 2019 down 16.1% falling
87 Croatia 365 days 2019 up 3.1% flat
87 Hungary 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Kenya 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Malta 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Montenegro 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Panama 365 days 2019 up 21.7% rising
87 Romania 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Saudi Arabia 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Somalia 365 days 2019 — flat
87 Sweden 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Tanzania 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Uganda 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
106 Iraq 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
106 Malawi 360 days 2019 up 140.0% rising
106 Taiwan 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
109 San Marino 350 days 2019 unchanged flat
110 Bahamas 345 days 2019 up 43.8% rising
110 United Kingdom 345 days 2019 up 10.2% flat
112 Laos 344 days 2019 unchanged flat
113 Bulgaria 334 days 2019 unchanged flat
114 Australia 328 days 2019 unchanged flat
115 France 325 days 2019 up 20.4% rising
115 Mauritius 325 days 2019 down 26.1% falling
117 Estonia 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
117 Haiti 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
117 Chad 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
120 United States 314 days 2019 up 74.4% rising
121 Hong Kong 310 days 2019 up 34.8% rising
121 Morocco 310 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Sudan 310 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Albania 300 days 2019 up 66.7% rising
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Lesotho 300 days 2019 down 46.4% falling
124 Latvia 300 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
124 Norway 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Senegal 300 days 2019 down 50.4% falling
124 Tunisia 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
131 Iran 295 days 2019 unchanged flat
132 Iceland 292 days 2019 unchanged flat
133 Ethiopia 290 days 2019 unchanged flat
134 Togo 285 days 2019 down 26.0% falling
135 United Arab Emirates 280 days 2019 down 15.2% falling
135 Central African Republic 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
135 Spain 280 days 2019 down 1.8% flat
135 Japan 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
139 Austria 277 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Chile 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Eritrea 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Malaysia 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
143 Tonga 263 days 2019 unchanged flat
144 Maldives 260 days 2019 up 57.6% rising
144 Thailand 260 days 2019 unchanged flat
146 Benin 250 days 2019 down 44.4% falling
146 Cambodia 250 days 2019 up 15.2% rising
148 Zimbabwe 247 days 2019 unchanged flat
149 Congo 242 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Guyana 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Kyrgyzstan 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Lithuania 240 days 2019 up 41.2% rising
150 Luxembourg 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Mali 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Samoa 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
156 Nigeria 233.33 days 2019 down 14.5% falling
157 Nicaragua 230 days 2019 unchanged flat
158 China 223.5 days 2019 up 6.4% rising
159 Peru 223 days 2019 up 30.4% rising
160 Fiji 206 days 2019 unchanged flat
161 Marshall Islands 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
161 Niger 200 days 2019 down 45.2% falling
161 Vietnam 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
161 Vanuatu 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
165 Burkina Faso 196 days 2019 unchanged flat
166 Mauritania 190 days 2019 unchanged flat
167 Solomon Islands 182 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 Cape Verde 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 Mongolia 180 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
170 New Zealand 167 days 2019 unchanged flat
171 Azerbaijan 160 days 2019 up 33.3% rising
172 Russia 157 days 2019 down 1.9% flat
173 South Sudan 155 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Cote d'Ivoire 150 days 2019 down 58.9% falling
174 South Korea 150 days 2019 up 66.7% rising
174 Ukraine 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Indonesia 143.4 days 2019 down 34.8% falling
178 Guinea 140 days 2019 up 33.3% rising
179 Belarus 135 days 2019 unchanged flat
179 Kazakhstan 135 days 2019 unchanged flat
181 Mexico 124.15 days 2019 down 34.7% falling
182 Rwanda 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
182 Tajikistan 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
184 Singapore 118 days 2019 unchanged flat
185 Georgia 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
185 Kiribati 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 Bhutan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 Uzbekistan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 1,702 data points, 2011–2019
Last refreshed

The time for trial and judgment captures the time from the moment defendant is served until the time to appeal has elapsed.