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DEFINITION
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.
Government Statistics > Time required to enforce a contract > days (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Afghanistan :
1,642 days
2006 ...
#2
Guatemala :
1,459 days
2006 ...
#3
Bangladesh :
1,442 days
2006 ...
#4
India :
1,420 days
2006 ...
#5
Slovenia :
1,350 days
2006 ...
#6
Colombia :
1,346 days
2006 ...
#7
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,340 days
2006 ...
#8
Suriname :
1,290 days
2006 ...
#9
Djibouti :
1,225 days
2006 ...
#10
Italy :
1,210 days
2006 ...
#11
East Timor :
1,170 days
2006 ...
#12
Guinea-Bissau :
1,140 days
2006 ...
#13
Serbia and Montenegro :
1,028 days
2004 ...
#14
Angola :
1,011 days
2006 ...
#15
Mozambique :
1,010 days
2006 ...
#16
Egypt :
1,010 days
2006 ...
#17
Poland :
980 days
2006 ...
#18
Swaziland :
972 days
2006 ...
#19
Belize :
892 days
2006 ...
#20
Gabon :
880 days
2006 ...
#21
Pakistan :
880 days
2006 ...
#22
Syria :
872 days
2006 ...
#23
Mali :
860 days
2006 ...
#24
Sri Lanka :
837 days
2006 ...
#25
Czech Republic :
820 days
2006 ...
#26
Cameroon :
800 days
2006 ...
#27
Senegal :
780 days
2006 ...
#28
Micronesia, Federated States of :
775 days
2006 ...
#29
Sudan :
770 days
2006 ...
#30
Chad :
743 days
2006 ...
#31
Greece :
730 days
2006 ...
#32
Lebanon :
721 days
2006 ...
#33
Comoros :
721 days
2006 ...
#34
Seychelles :
720 days
2006 ...
#35
Benin :
720 days
2006 ...
#36
Lesotho :
695 days
2006 ...
#37
Ethiopia :
690 days
2006 ...
#38
Panama :
686 days
2006 ...
#39
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
685 days
2006 ...
#40
Dominica :
681 days
2006 ...
#41
Maldives :
665 days
2006 ...
#42
Guyana :
661 days
2006 ...
#43
Central African Republic :
660 days
2006 ...
#44
Kiribati :
660 days
2006 ...
#45
Uruguay :
655 days
2006 ...
#46
Saint Lucia :
635 days
2006 ...
#47
Mauritius :
630 days
2006 ...
#48
El Salvador :
626 days
2006 ...
#49
Palau :
622 days
2006 ...
#50
Puerto Rico :
620 days
2006 ...
#51
Brazil :
616 days
2006 ...
#52
Morocco :
615 days
2006 ...
#53
Costa Rica :
615 days
2006 ...
#54
United Arab Emirates :
607 days
2006 ...
#55
South Africa :
600 days
2006 ...
#56
Philippines :
600 days
2006 ...
#57
Oman :
598 days
2006 ...
#58
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
595 days
2006 ...
#59
Bolivia :
591 days
2006 ...
#60
Madagascar :
591 days
2006 ...
#61
Nepal :
590 days
2006 ...
#62
Israel :
585 days
2006 ...
#63
Grenada :
583 days
2006 ...
#64
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
578 days
2006 ...
#65
Indonesia :
570 days
2006 ...
#66
Slovakia :
565 days
2006 ...
#67
Croatia :
561 days
2006 ...
#68
Congo, Republic of the :
560 days
2006 ...
#69
Equatorial Guinea :
553 days
2006 ...
#70
Ghana :
552 days
2006 ...
#71
Togo :
535 days
2006 ...
#72
Côte d'Ivoire :
525 days
2006 ...
#73
Argentina :
520 days
2006 ...
#74
Iran :
520 days
2006 ...
#75
Iraq :
520 days
2006 ...
#76
Sierra Leone :
515 days
2006 ...
#77
Spain :
515 days
2006 ...
#78
Tonga :
510 days
2006 ...
#79
Botswana :
501 days
2006 ...
#80
Ecuador :
498 days
2006 ...
#81
Portugal :
495 days
2006 ...
#82
Nicaragua :
486 days
2006 ...
#83
Uganda :
484 days
2006 ...
#84
Tunisia :
481 days
2006 ...
#85
Honduras :
480 days
2006 ...
#86
Chile :
480 days
2006 ...
#87
Paraguay :
478 days
2006 ...
#88
Cape Verde :
465 days
2006 ...
#89
Dominican Republic :
460 days
2006 ...
#90
Nigeria :
457 days
2006 ...
#91
Solomon Islands :
455 days
2006 ...
#92
Samoa :
455 days
2006 ...
#93
Malaysia :
450 days
2006 ...
#94
Burkina Faso :
446 days
2006 ...
#95
Laos :
443 days
2006 ...
#96
Papua New Guinea :
440 days
2006 ...
#97
Bulgaria :
440 days
2006 ...
#98
Venezuela :
435 days
2006 ...
#99
Marshall Islands :
432 days
2006 ...
#100
Vanuatu :
430 days
2006 ...
#101
Thailand :
425 days
2006 ...
#102
Turkey :
420 days
2006 ...
#103
Mexico :
415 days
2006 ...
#104
Jamaica :
415 days
2006 ...
#105
Zimbabwe :
410 days
2006 ...
#106
Netherlands :
408 days
2006 ...
#107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
405 days
2006 ...
#108
Zambia :
404 days
2006 ...
#109
Burundi :
403 days
2006 ...
#110
Cambodia :
401 days
2006 ...
#111
Mauritania :
400 days
2006 ...
#112
Fiji :
397 days
2006 ...
#113
Algeria :
397 days
2006 ...
#114
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
394 days
2006 ...
#115
Germany :
394 days
2006 ...
#116
Tanzania :
393 days
2006 ...
#117
Kuwait :
390 days
2006 ...
#118
Albania :
390 days
2006 ...
#119
Macedonia, Republic of :
385 days
2006 ...
#120
Haiti :
368 days
2006 ...
#121
Niger :
360 days
2006 ...
#122
Yemen :
360 days
2006 ...
#123
Kenya :
360 days
2006 ...
#124
Saudi Arabia :
360 days
2006 ...
#125
Iceland :
352 days
2006 ...
#126
Canada :
346 days
2006 ...
#127
Austria :
342 days
2006 ...
#128
Jordan :
342 days
2006 ...
#129
Malawi :
337 days
2006 ...
#130
Romania :
335 days
2006 ...
#131
Hungary :