Legal cases processed in first instance courts by legal status of the court process (until 2022) by country
Countries reporting
30
Highest
4.37 million
France
Lowest
35
Liechtenstein
Median
63,700
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
439
What the numbers show
Legal cases processed in first instance courts by legal status of the court process (until 2022) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 4.37 million in France; the lowest is 35 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 63,700, and the mean is 348,800.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 331.4%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 75.0%).
Legal cases processed in first instance courts by legal status of the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 4.37 million | 2022 | up 331.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 2.03 million | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 1.14 million | 2022 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 560,364 | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 5 | Romania | 366,408 | 2022 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 326,349 | 2022 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Greece | 264,496 | 2022 | up 60.5% | falling |
| 8 | Belgium | 223,845 | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 9 | Serbia | 197,424 | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 153,429 | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 147,256 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Hungary | 131,595 | 2022 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 122,018 | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 66,374 | 2022 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 15 | Czechia | 65,299 | 2022 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 16 | Portugal | 62,101 | 2022 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 17 | Finland | 51,566 | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48,893 | 2022 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 47,499 | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 20 | Kosovo* | 21,550 | 2019 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 17,707 | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 22 | Lithuania | 15,413 | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 23 | Albania | 14,945 | 2021 | up 34.0% | flat |
| 24 | Slovenia | 8,420 | 2022 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 4,557 | 2022 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 26 | Estonia | 3,877 | 2022 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 27 | Montenegro | 3,543 | 2022 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 28 | Iceland | 1,474 | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 29 | Malta | 1,320 | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | 35 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 1.80 million
- England and Wales 1.64 million
- Scotland (NUTS 2021) 109,881
- Northern Ireland (UK) (NUTS 2021) 42,553