Economy > Procedures to enforce a contract > Number: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Number of procedures to enforce a contract are the number of independent actions, mandated by law or courts, that demand interaction between the parties of a contract or between them and the judge or court officer.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Brunei | 58 | 2009 | ||
2 | Syria | 55 | 2009 | ||
3 | Sudan | 53 | 2009 | ||
=4 | Iraq | 51 | 2009 | ||
=4 | Oman | 51 | 2009 | ||
=4 | Belize | 51 | 2009 | ||
=4 | East Timor | 51 | 2009 | ||
=8 | Kuwait | 50 | 2009 | ||
=8 | Guinea | 50 | 2009 | ||
=10 | Armenia | 49 | 2009 | ||
=10 | United Arab Emirates | 49 | 2009 | ||
=10 | The Bahamas | 49 | 2009 | ||
13 | Bahrain | 48 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Grenada | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Saint Lucia | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Pakistan | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Afghanistan | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Dominica | 47 | 2009 | ||
=14 | Bhutan | 47 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Algeria | 46 | 2009 | ||
=21 | India | 46 | 2009 | ||
=21 | Mauritania | 46 | 2009 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 45.6 | 2009 | |||
=24 | Honduras | 45 | 2009 | ||
=24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 45 | 2009 | ||
=24 | Brazil | 45 | 2009 | ||
=24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Burundi | 44 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Samoa | 44 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Cambodia | 44 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Senegal | 44 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Suriname | 44 | 2009 | ||
=28 | Congo, Republic of the | 44 | 2009 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 43.23 | 2009 | |||
=34 | Comoros | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Cyprus | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Saudi Arabia | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Qatar | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Central African Republic | 43 | 2009 | ||
=34 | Cameroon | 43 | 2009 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 42.52 | 2009 | |||
=42 | Benin | 42 | 2009 | ||
=42 | Laos | 42 | 2009 | ||
=42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42 | 2009 | ||
=42 | Papua New Guinea | 42 | 2009 | ||
=42 | Uzbekistan | 42 | 2009 | ||
=42 | Malawi | 42 | 2009 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 41.75 | 2009 | |||
=48 | Uruguay | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Guinea-Bissau | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Chad | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Togo | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Peru | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Lesotho | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Maldives | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Italy | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Bangladesh | 41 | 2009 | ||
=48 | Liberia | 41 | 2009 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 40.52 | 2009 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 40.33 | 2009 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 40.14 | 2009 | |||
=58 | Sri Lanka | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Djibouti | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Kenya | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Equatorial Guinea | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Bolivia | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Morocco | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Sierra Leone | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Nigeria | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Costa Rica | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Indonesia | 40 | 2009 | ||
=58 | Swaziland | 40 | 2009 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 39.77 | 2009 | |||
=69 | Tunisia | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Kyrgyzstan | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Puerto Rico | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Niger | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Bulgaria | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Eritrea | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Azerbaijan | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Albania | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Spain | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Greece | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Nepal | 39 | 2009 | ||
=69 | Ecuador | 39 | 2009 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 38.91 | 2009 | |||
=81 | Croatia | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Uganda | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Gabon | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Paraguay | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Mexico | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Jordan | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Zimbabwe | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Palau | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Madagascar | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Tanzania | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Poland | 38 | 2009 | ||
=81 | Kazakhstan | 38 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Seychelles | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Russia | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Tonga | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Solomon Islands | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Cape Verde | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Lebanon | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Philippines | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Ethiopia | 37 | 2009 | ||
=93 | Burkina Faso | 37 | 2009 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 36.97 | 2009 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 36.58 | 2009 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 36.11 | 2009 | |||
=103 | Canada | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Serbia and Montenegro | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Mauritius | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Thailand | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Georgia | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Estonia | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Argentina | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Ghana | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Mali | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Marshall Islands | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Chile | 36 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Guyana | 36 | 2009 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 35.88 | 2009 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 35.43 | 2009 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 35.12 | 2009 | |||
=115 | Turkey | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Denmark | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Israel | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Hungary | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Jamaica | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Haiti | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Nicaragua | 35 | 2009 | ||
=115 | Zambia | 35 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Tajikistan | 34 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Dominican Republic | 34 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Colombia | 34 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Fiji | 34 | 2009 | ||
=123 | China | 34 | 2009 | ||
=123 | Vietnam | 34 | 2009 | ||
=129 | Norway | 33 | 2009 | ||
=129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33 | 2009 | ||
=129 | Namibia | 33 | 2009 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 32.95 | 2009 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 32.86 | 2009 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 32.81 | 2009 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 32.57 | 2009 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 32.07 | 2009 | |||
=132 | Kiribati | 32 | 2009 | ||
=132 | United States | 32 | 2009 | ||
=132 | Mongolia | 32 | 2009 | ||
=132 | Slovenia | 32 | 2009 | ||
=132 | The Gambia | 32 | 2009 | ||
=132 | Finland | 32 | 2009 | ||
138 | European Union | 31.85 | 2009 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 31.37 | 2009 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 31.35 | 2009 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 31.08 | 2009 | |||
=139 | Switzerland | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Romania | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Guatemala | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Moldova | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Panama | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Portugal | 31 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Slovakia | 31 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Germany | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Japan | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Mozambique | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | South Africa | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Sweden | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Ukraine | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | New Zealand | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Lithuania | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | United Kingdom | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | El Salvador | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Malaysia | 30 | 2009 | ||
=146 | Vanuatu | 30 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Botswana | 29 | 2009 | ||
=158 | Venezuela | 29 | 2009 | ||
=158 | France | 29 | 2009 | ||
=161 | Belarus | 28 | 2009 | ||
=161 | Australia | 28 | 2009 | ||
=163 | Iceland | 27 | 2009 | ||
=163 | Latvia | 27 | 2009 | ||
=163 | Czech Republic | 27 | 2009 | ||
=166 | Belgium | 26 | 2009 | ||
=166 | Luxembourg | 26 | 2009 | ||
=166 | Netherlands | 26 | 2009 | ||
169 | Austria | 25 | 2009 | ||
170 | Rwanda | 24 | 2009 | ||
171 | Singapore | 21 | 2009 | ||
172 | Ireland | 20 | 2009 |