World Bank · Private Sector
Time required to enforce a contract
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.
- Coverage
- 189 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2016
- Series
- 189
- Unit
- days
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- time-required-to-enforce-a-contract
- Interva ID
- worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract
Recency
stale
data to 2016; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2016; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 9 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%0 of 189 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 189 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 14 observations; the earliest begins in 2003.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Time required to enforce a contract for each of the 189 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2004–2016
- Albania 2003–2016
- Algeria 2003–2016
- Angola 2003–2016
- Antigua and Barbuda 2005–2016
- Argentina 2003–2016
- Armenia 2003–2016
- Australia 2003–2016
- Austria 2003–2016
- Azerbaijan 2003–2016
- Bahamas 2007–2016
- Bahrain 2007–2016
- Bangladesh 2013–2016
- Barbados 2011–2016
- Belarus 2003–2016
- Belgium 2003–2016
- Belize 2005–2016
- Benin 2003–2016
- Bhutan 2003–2016
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2003–2016
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003–2016
- Botswana 2003–2016
- Brazil 2013–2016
- Brunei Darussalam 2006–2016
- Bulgaria 2003–2016
- Burkina Faso 2003–2016
- Burundi 2003–2016
- Cabo Verde 2005–2016
- Cambodia 2003–2016
- Cameroon 2003–2016
- Canada 2003–2016
- Central African Republic 2003–2016
- Chad 2003–2016
- Chile 2003–2016
- China 2013–2016
- Colombia 2003–2016
- Comoros 2005–2016
- Congo 2003–2016
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2003–2016
- Costa Rica 2003–2016
- Côte d'Ivoire 2003–2016
- Croatia 2003–2016
- Cyprus 2008–2016
- Czechia 2003–2016
- Denmark 2003–2016
- Djibouti 2005–2016
- Dominica 2005–2016
- Dominican Republic 2003–2016
- Ecuador 2003–2016
- Egypt 2003–2016
- El Salvador 2003–2016
- Equatorial Guinea 2005–2016
- Eritrea 2004–2016
- Estonia 2003–2016
- Eswatini 2005–2016
- Ethiopia 2003–2016
- Fiji 2003–2016
- Finland 2003–2016
- France 2003–2016
- Gabon 2005–2016
- Gambia 2005–2016
- Georgia 2003–2016
- Germany 2003–2016
- Ghana 2003–2016
- Greece 2003–2016
- Grenada 2005–2016
- Guatemala 2003–2016
- Guinea 2003–2016
- Guinea-Bissau 2005–2016
- Guyana 2004–2016
- Haiti 2003–2016
- Honduras 2003–2016
- Hong Kong 2003–2016
- Hungary 2003–2016
- Iceland 2004–2016
- India 2013–2016
- Indonesia 2013–2016
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2003–2016
- Iraq 2004–2016
- Ireland 2003–2016
- Israel 2003–2016
- Italy 2003–2016
- Jamaica 2003–2016
- Japan 2013–2016
- Jordan 2003–2016
- Kazakhstan 2003–2016
- Kenya 2003–2016
- Kiribati 2003–2016
- Korea, Republic of 2003–2016
- Kosovo 2009–2016
- Kuwait 2003–2016
- Kyrgyzstan 2003–2016
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2003–2016
- Latvia 2003–2016
- Lebanon 2003–2016
- Lesotho 2003–2016
- Liberia 2006–2016
- Libya 2012–2016
- Lithuania 2003–2016
- Luxembourg 2006–2016
- Madagascar 2003–2016
- Malawi 2003–2016
- Malaysia 2003–2016
- Maldives 2003–2016
- Mali 2003–2016
- Malta 2011–2016
- Marshall Islands 2003–2016
- Mauritania 2003–2016
- Mauritius 2004–2016
- Mexico 2013–2016
- Micronesia, Federated States of 2003–2016
- Moldova, Republic of 2003–2016
- Mongolia 2003–2016
- Montenegro 2006–2016
- Morocco 2003–2016
- Mozambique 2003–2016
- Myanmar 2012–2016
- Namibia 2003–2016
- Nepal 2003–2016
- Netherlands 2003–2016
- New Zealand 2003–2016
- Nicaragua 2003–2016
- Niger 2003–2016
- Nigeria 2013–2016
- North Macedonia 2003–2016
- Norway 2003–2016
- Oman 2003–2016
- Pakistan 2013–2016
- Palau 2003–2016
- Palestine, State of 2004–2016
- Panama 2003–2016
- Papua New Guinea 2003–2016
- Paraguay 2003–2016
- Peru 2003–2016
- Philippines 2003–2016
- Poland 2003–2016
- Portugal 2003–2016
- Puerto Rico 2003–2016
- Qatar 2007–2016
- Romania 2003–2016
- Russian Federation 2013–2016
- Rwanda 2003–2016
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2005–2016
- Saint Lucia 2005–2016
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2005–2016
- Samoa 2003–2016
- San Marino 2012–2016
- Sao Tome and Principe 2004–2016
- Saudi Arabia 2003–2016
- Senegal 2003–2016
- Serbia 2003–2016
- Seychelles 2005–2016
- Sierra Leone 2003–2016
- Singapore 2003–2016
- Slovakia 2003–2016
- Slovenia 2003–2016
- Solomon Islands 2003–2016
- Somalia 2015–2016
- South Africa 2003–2016
- South Sudan 2012–2016
- Spain 2003–2016
- Sri Lanka 2003–2016
- Sudan 2004–2016
- Suriname 2005–2016
- Sweden 2003–2016
- Switzerland 2003–2016
- Syrian Arab Republic 2003–2016
- Tajikistan 2005–2016
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2003–2016
- Thailand 2003–2016
- Timor-Leste 2004–2016
- Togo 2003–2016
- Tonga 2003–2016
- Trinidad and Tobago 2005–2016
- Tunisia 2003–2016
- Türkiye 2003–2016
- Uganda 2003–2016
- Ukraine 2003–2016
- United Arab Emirates 2003–2016
- United Kingdom 2003–2016
- United States 2013–2016
- Uruguay 2003–2016
- Uzbekistan 2003–2016
- Vanuatu 2003–2016
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2003–2016
- Viet Nam 2003–2016
- Yemen 2003–2016
- Zambia 2003–2016
- Zimbabwe 2003–2016
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 1642 | days |
| Albania | 2016 | 525 | days |
| Algeria | 2016 | 630 | days |
| Angola | 2016 | 1296 | days |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2016 | 476 | days |
| Argentina | 2016 | 995 | days |
| Armenia | 2016 | 570 | days |
| Australia | 2016 | 402 | days |
| Austria | 2016 | 397 | days |
| Azerbaijan | 2016 | 277 | days |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
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Jobs
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Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Time required to enforce a contract. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract,
title = {Time required to enforce a contract},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-time-required-to-enforce-a-contract; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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