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DEFINITION:
Time required to enforce a contract (days). Time required to enforce a contract is the number of calendar days from the filing of the lawsuit in court until the final determination and, in appropriate cases, payment.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Suriname | 1,715 | 2013 | ||
| =1 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,715 | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Bangladesh | 1,442 | 2013 | ||
| 4 | India | 1,420 | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Guatemala | 1,402 | 2013 | ||
| =6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340 | 2013 | ||
| =6 | Barbados | 1,340 | 2013 | ||
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 1,318 | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Angola | 1,296 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Colombia | 1,288 | 2013 | ||
| 11 | Liberia | 1,280 | 2013 | ||
| 12 | Djibouti | 1,225 | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Burma | 1,160 | 2013 | ||
| 14 | Gabon | 1,070 | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Egypt | 1,010 | 2013 | ||
| 16 | Pakistan | 976 | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Swaziland | 956 | 2013 | ||
| 18 | Mozambique | 950 | 2013 | ||
| 19 | Honduras | 920 | 2013 | ||
| 20 | Seychelles | 915 | 2013 | ||
| 21 | Belize | 892 | 2013 | ||
| 22 | Madagascar | 871 | 2013 | ||
| 23 | Costa Rica | 852 | 2013 | ||
| 24 | Philippines | 842 | 2013 | ||
| 25 | Sudan | 810 | 2013 | ||
| 26 | Cameroon | 800 | 2013 | ||
| 27 | Benin | 795 | 2013 | ||
| 28 | El Salvador | 786 | 2013 | ||
| 29 | Senegal | 770 | 2013 | ||
| 30 | Chad | 743 | 2013 | ||
| 31 | Brazil | 731 | 2013 | ||
| 32 | Libya | 690 | 2013 | ||
| 33 | Grenada | 688 | 2013 | ||
| 34 | Panama | 686 | 2013 | ||
| 35 | Dominica | 681 | 2013 | ||
| 36 | Maldives | 665 | 2013 | ||
| 37 | Kiribati | 660 | 2013 | ||
| 38 | Jamaica | 655 | 2013 | ||
| 39 | Yemen | 645 | 2013 | ||
| =40 | Saint Lucia | 635 | 2013 | ||
| =40 | Saudi Arabia | 635 | 2013 | ||
| =40 | Bahrain | 635 | 2013 | ||
| 43 | Algeria | 630 | 2013 | ||
| 44 | Botswana | 625 | 2013 | ||
| 45 | Mali | 620 | 2013 | ||
| 46 | Zambia | 611 | 2013 | ||
| =47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 610 | 2013 | ||
| =47 | Venezuela | 610 | 2013 | ||
| 49 | Oman | 598 | 2013 | ||
| =50 | Bolivia | 591 | 2013 | ||
| =50 | Paraguay | 591 | 2013 | ||
| =50 | Papua New Guinea | 591 | 2013 | ||
| =53 | Togo | 588 | 2013 | ||
| =53 | Ecuador | 588 | 2013 | ||
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 585 | 2013 | ||
| 56 | Guyana | 581 | 2013 | ||
| 57 | Qatar | 570 | 2013 | ||
| 58 | Kuwait | 566 | 2013 | ||
| 59 | Niger | 545 | 2013 | ||
| 60 | Brunei | 540 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Haiti | 530 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Ethiopia | 530 | 2013 | ||
| 63 | Mauritius | 529 | 2013 | ||
| 64 | Iraq | 520 | 2013 | ||
| =65 | Sierra Leone | 515 | 2013 | ||
| =65 | Tanzania | 515 | 2013 | ||
| 67 | Comoros | 506 | 2013 | ||
| 68 | Indonesia | 498 | 2013 | ||
| 69 | Ghana | 495 | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Uganda | 490 | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Eritrea | 490 | 2013 | ||
| 72 | Cambodia | 483 | 2013 | ||
| 73 | Marshall Islands | 476 | 2013 | ||
| 74 | Equatorial Guinea | 475 | 2013 | ||
| 75 | Kenya | 465 | 2013 | ||
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 460 | 2013 | ||
| =77 | Solomon Islands | 455 | 2013 | ||
| =77 | Samoa | 455 | 2013 | ||
| 79 | Nigeria | 447 | 2013 | ||
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 446 | 2013 | ||
| 81 | Laos | 443 | 2013 | ||
| 82 | Thailand | 440 | 2013 | ||
| 83 | Malawi | 432 | 2013 | ||
| 84 | The Bahamas | 427 | 2013 | ||
| =85 | Malaysia | 425 | 2013 | ||
| =85 | Cape Verde | 425 | 2013 | ||
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 410 | 2013 | ||
| 88 | Nicaragua | 409 | 2013 | ||
| =89 | Mexico | 400 | 2013 | ||
| =89 | Vietnam | 400 | 2013 | ||
| 91 | Fiji | 397 | 2013 | ||
| 92 | Australia | 395 | 2013 | ||
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 394 | 2013 | ||
| 94 | Mauritania | 370 | 2013 | ||
| 95 | Hong Kong | 360 | 2013 | ||
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 351 | 2013 | ||
| 97 | Tonga | 350 | 2013 | ||
| 98 | Guinea | 276 | 2013 | ||
| 99 | Singapore | 150 | 2013 |
