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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
191
Highest
1,420 days
Afghanistan
Lowest
90 days
Uzbekistan
Median
365 days
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,711

What the numbers show

Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days) is currently reported for 191 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 416.25 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 Djibouti 365 days 2019 unchanged flat
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
107 Iraq 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
107 Malawi 360 days 2019 up 140.0% rising
107 Taiwan 360 days 2019 unchanged flat
110 San Marino 350 days 2019 unchanged flat
111 Bahamas 345 days 2019 up 43.8% rising
111 United Kingdom 345 days 2019 up 10.2% flat
113 Laos 344 days 2019 unchanged flat
114 Bulgaria 334 days 2019 unchanged flat
115 Australia 328 days 2019 unchanged flat
116 France 325 days 2019 up 20.4% rising
116 Mauritius 325 days 2019 down 26.1% falling
118 Estonia 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
118 Haiti 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
118 Chad 320 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 United States 314 days 2019 up 74.4% rising
122 Hong Kong 310 days 2019 up 34.8% rising
122 Morocco 310 days 2019 unchanged flat
122 Sudan 310 days 2019 unchanged flat
125 Albania 300 days 2019 up 66.7% rising
125 Democratic Republic of Congo 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
125 Lesotho 300 days 2019 down 46.4% falling
125 Latvia 300 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
125 Norway 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
125 Senegal 300 days 2019 down 50.4% falling
125 Tunisia 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
132 Iran 295 days 2019 unchanged flat
133 Iceland 292 days 2019 unchanged flat
134 Ethiopia 290 days 2019 unchanged flat
135 Togo 285 days 2019 down 26.0% falling
136 United Arab Emirates 280 days 2019 down 15.2% falling
136 Central African Republic 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
136 Spain 280 days 2019 down 1.8% flat
136 Japan 280 days 2019 unchanged flat
140 Austria 277 days 2019 unchanged flat
141 Chile 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
141 Eritrea 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
141 Malaysia 270 days 2019 unchanged flat
144 Tonga 263 days 2019 unchanged flat
145 Maldives 260 days 2019 up 57.6% rising
145 Thailand 260 days 2019 unchanged flat
147 Benin 250 days 2019 down 44.4% falling
147 Cambodia 250 days 2019 up 15.2% rising
149 Zimbabwe 247 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Congo 242 days 2019 unchanged flat
151 Guyana 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
151 Kyrgyzstan 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
151 Lithuania 240 days 2019 up 41.2% rising
151 Luxembourg 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
151 Mali 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
151 Samoa 240 days 2019 unchanged flat
157 Nigeria 233.33 days 2019 down 14.5% falling
158 Nicaragua 230 days 2019 unchanged flat
159 China 223.5 days 2019 up 6.4% rising
160 Peru 223 days 2019 up 30.4% rising
161 Fiji 206 days 2019 unchanged flat
162 Marshall Islands 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
162 Niger 200 days 2019 down 45.2% falling
162 Vietnam 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
162 Vanuatu 200 days 2019 unchanged flat
166 Burkina Faso 196 days 2019 unchanged flat
167 Mauritania 190 days 2019 unchanged flat
168 Solomon Islands 182 days 2019 unchanged flat
169 Cape Verde 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
169 Mongolia 180 days 2019 up 50.0% rising
169 Kosovo 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
169 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
173 New Zealand 167 days 2019 unchanged flat
174 Azerbaijan 160 days 2019 up 33.3% rising
175 Russia 157 days 2019 down 1.9% flat
176 South Sudan 155 days 2019 unchanged flat
177 Cote d'Ivoire 150 days 2019 down 58.9% falling
177 South Korea 150 days 2019 up 66.7% rising
177 Ukraine 150 days 2019 unchanged flat
180 Indonesia 143.4 days 2019 down 34.8% falling
181 Guinea 140 days 2019 up 33.3% rising
182 Belarus 135 days 2019 unchanged flat
182 Kazakhstan 135 days 2019 unchanged flat
184 Mexico 124.15 days 2019 down 34.7% falling
185 Rwanda 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
185 Tajikistan 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
187 Singapore 118 days 2019 unchanged flat
188 Georgia 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
188 Kiribati 100 days 2019 unchanged flat
190 Bhutan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
190 Uzbekistan 90 days 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,711 data points, 2011–2019
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The time for trial and judgment captures the time from the moment defendant is served until the time to appeal has elapsed.