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Resolving insolvency: Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16) by country

The strength of insolvency framework index measures the legal framework applicable to judicial liquidation and reorganization proceedings and the extent to which best insolvency practices have been implemented in each economy covered by the Doing Business. This index ranges has four components, the commencement of...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
15.5 0-16
Serbia
Lowest
2 0-16
Maldives
Median
9.5 0-16
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,247

What the numbers show

Resolving insolvency: Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 15.5 0-16 in Serbia; the lowest is 2 0-16 in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.5 0-16, and the mean is 9.44 0-16.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Resolving insolvency: Strength of insolvency framework index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Serbia 15.5 0-16 2019 up 24.0% rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
2 Germany 15 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
2 North Macedonia 15 0-16 2019 up 7.1% rising
2 Puerto Rico 15 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
2 Rwanda 15 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
2 United States 15 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
8 Finland 14.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
8 Kazakhstan 14.5 0-16 2019 up 52.6% rising
8 Kenya 14.5 0-16 2019 up 190.0% rising
8 Portugal 14.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
12 Albania 14 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
12 Czechia 14 0-16 2019 up 7.7% rising
12 Philippines 14 0-16 2019 up 33.3% rising
12 Poland 14 0-16 2019 up 12.0% rising
16 Azerbaijan 13.5 0-16 2019 up 107.7% rising
16 China 13.5 0-16 2019 up 17.4% volatile
16 Djibouti 13.5 0-16 2019 up 92.9% rising
16 Italy 13.5 0-16 2019 up 12.5% rising
16 Kosovo 13.5 0-16 2019 — volatile
16 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 13.5 0-16 2019 — volatile
22 Brazil 13 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
22 Estonia 13 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
22 Japan 13 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
22 Cambodia 13 0-16 2019 unchanged volatile
22 Romania 13 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
22 Slovakia 13 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
28 Israel 12.5 0-16 2019 up 56.2% rising
28 Montenegro 12.5 0-16 2019 up 8.7% rising
28 Thailand 12.5 0-16 2019 up 8.7% rising
31 Afghanistan 12 0-16 2019 up 300.0% volatile
31 Bulgaria 12 0-16 2019 up 9.1% rising
31 Switzerland 12 0-16 2019 up 9.1% rising
31 Chile 12 0-16 2019 up 20.0% rising
31 Denmark 12 0-16 2019 up 20.0% rising
31 Spain 12 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
31 Croatia 12 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
31 South Korea 12 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
31 Latvia 12 0-16 2019 up 41.2% rising
31 Morocco 12 0-16 2019 up 100.0% rising
31 Moldova 12 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
31 Mauritius 12 0-16 2019 up 14.3% rising
31 Sweden 12 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
44 Belgium 11.5 0-16 2019 up 21.1% rising
44 Bahrain 11.5 0-16 2019 up 64.3% rising
44 Micronesia (country) 11.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
44 Greece 11.5 0-16 2019 up 15.0% rising
44 Iceland 11.5 0-16 2019 up 4.5% rising
44 Mexico 11.5 0-16 2019 up 35.3% rising
44 Netherlands 11.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
44 Norway 11.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
44 Pakistan 11.5 0-16 2019 up 64.3% rising
44 Russia 11.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
44 Slovenia 11.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
44 South Africa 11.5 0-16 2019 up 35.3% rising
56 United Arab Emirates 11 0-16 2019 up 37.5% rising
56 Australia 11 0-16 2019 up 10.0% rising
56 Austria 11 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
56 Barbados 11 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
56 Canada 11 0-16 2019 up 10.0% rising
56 Colombia 11 0-16 2019 up 10.0% flat
56 France 11 0-16 2019 up 4.8% rising
56 United Kingdom 11 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
56 Georgia 11 0-16 2019 up 83.3% falling
56 Jamaica 11 0-16 2019 up 83.3% rising
56 Trinidad and Tobago 11 0-16 2019 up 83.3% rising
67 Brunei 10.5 0-16 2019 up 162.5% rising
67 Cyprus 10.5 0-16 2019 up 162.5% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 10.5 0-16 2019 up 75.0% rising
67 Indonesia 10.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
67 Ireland 10.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
67 Turkey 10.5 0-16 2019 up 31.2% rising
67 Taiwan 10.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
74 Belarus 10 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
74 Hungary 10 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
74 Liberia 10 0-16 2019 up 900.0% volatile
74 Mozambique 10 0-16 2019 up 66.7% volatile
74 Seychelles 10 0-16 2019 up 100.0% rising
79 Argentina 9.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
79 Egypt 9.5 0-16 2019 up 18.8% rising
79 Peru 9.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
79 Paraguay 9.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
79 Suriname 9.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
79 Uruguay 9.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
85 Benin 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Burkina Faso 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Central African Republic 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Cote d'Ivoire 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Cameroon 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Congo 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Gabon 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Guinea 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Kyrgyzstan 9 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
85 Madagascar 9 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
85 Mali 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Niger 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Senegal 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 El Salvador 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Chad 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Togo 9 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
85 Tanzania 9 0-16 2019 up 28.6% rising
102 Burundi 8.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
102 Malawi 8.5 0-16 2019 up 70.0% rising
102 New Zealand 8.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
102 Singapore 8.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
102 Tunisia 8.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
102 Ukraine 8.5 0-16 2019 up 30.8% rising
102 Vietnam 8.5 0-16 2019 up 13.3% rising
109 Jordan 8 0-16 2019 up 60.0% rising
109 Lithuania 8 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
109 Nepal 8 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
109 Panama 8 0-16 2019 up 60.0% rising
109 Uzbekistan 8 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
114 Armenia 7.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
114 India 7.5 0-16 2019 up 25.0% rising
114 Malaysia 7.5 0-16 2019 up 25.0% rising
114 Samoa 7.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
114 Zimbabwe 7.5 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
119 Algeria 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Gambia 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Honduras 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Kuwait 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Sri Lanka 7 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
119 Lesotho 7 0-16 2019 up 133.3% rising
119 Luxembourg 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Nicaragua 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Oman 7 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
119 Qatar 7 0-16 2019 unchanged volatile
119 Uganda 7 0-16 2019 up 75.0% rising
119 Zambia 7 0-16 2019 up 40.0% rising
131 Bolivia 6.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
131 Mongolia 6.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Bahamas 6 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
133 Costa Rica 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Dominica 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Fiji 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Hong Kong 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Namibia 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Papua New Guinea 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Solomon Islands 6 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
133 Sierra Leone 6 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
133 Eswatini 6 0-16 2019 up 50.0% rising
133 Tonga 6 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
133 Vanuatu 6 0-16 2019 up 20.0% rising
145 Malta 5.5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Antigua and Barbuda 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Belize 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Ecuador 5 0-16 2019 up 11.1% rising
146 Ethiopia 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Iran 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Nigeria 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Syria 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Venezuela 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
146 Yemen 5 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
155 San Marino 4.5 0-16 2019 unchanged rising
156 Bangladesh 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Botswana 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Ghana 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Guatemala 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Guyana 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Lebanon 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Saint Lucia 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Myanmar 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
156 Sudan 4 0-16 2019 up 33.3% rising
156 Tajikistan 4 0-16 2019 unchanged flat
166 Maldives 2 0-16 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Resolving insolvency: Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16)
Unit
0-16
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,247 data points, 2003–2019
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The strength of insolvency framework index measures the legal framework applicable to judicial liquidation and reorganization proceedings and the extent to which best insolvency practices have been implemented in each economy covered by the Doing Business. This index ranges has four components, the commencement of proceedings index, management of debtor’s assets index, reorganization proceedings index and creditor participation index.