World Bank · Private Sector
United Kingdom: Time required to enforce a contract
437days · 2016+8.2% since 2006
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. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2003 to 2016.
Every year
| Year | Value (days) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 437 | |
| 2015 | 437 | |
| 2014 | 437 | |
| 2013 | 437 | |
| 2012 | 437 | |
| 2011 | 399 | |
| 2010 | 399 | |
| 2009 | 399 | |
| 2008 | 404 | |
| 2007 | 404 | |
| 2006 | 404 | |
| 2005 | 404 | |
| 2004 | 404 | |
| 2003 | 404 |
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- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
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- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
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- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
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- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
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- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
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- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
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