Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Government > Red tape > Time required to enforce a contract > Days
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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Suriname | 1,715 | 2013 | ||
2 | Guatemala | 1,402 | 2013 | ||
=3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340 | 2013 | ||
=3 | Barbados | 1,340 | 2013 | ||
5 | Colombia | 1,288 | 2013 | ||
6 | Honduras | 920 | 2013 | ||
7 | Belize | 892 | 2013 | ||
8 | Costa Rica | 852 | 2013 | ||
9 | El Salvador | 786 | 2013 | ||
10 | Brazil | 731 | 2013 | ||
11 | Uruguay | 725 | 2013 | ||
12 | Grenada | 688 | 2013 | ||
13 | Panama | 686 | 2013 | ||
14 | Dominica | 681 | 2013 | ||
15 | Jamaica | 655 | 2013 | ||
16 | Saint Lucia | 635 | 2013 | ||
17 | Venezuela | 610 | 2013 | ||
=18 | Bolivia | 591 | 2013 | ||
=18 | Paraguay | 591 | 2013 | ||
20 | Argentina | 590 | 2013 | ||
21 | Ecuador | 588 | 2013 | ||
22 | Guyana | 581 | 2013 | ||
23 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 578 | 2013 | ||
24 | Haiti | 530 | 2013 | ||
25 | Chile | 480 | 2013 | ||
26 | Dominican Republic | 460 | 2013 | ||
27 | The Bahamas | 427 | 2013 | ||
28 | Peru | 426 | 2013 | ||
29 | Nicaragua | 409 | 2013 | ||
30 | Mexico | 400 | 2013 | ||
31 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 394 | 2013 | ||
32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 351 | 2013 |