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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 39,028.62 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | San Marino | 18,401.77 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,786.8 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Seychelles | 10,423.2 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Dominica | 9,500.03 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 9,057.18 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Federated States of Micronesia | 8,559.41 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Kiribati | 6,548.53 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Grenada | 6,522.38 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,140.42 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Barbados | 4,731.29 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,940.77 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,602.35 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 3,510.81 | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Tonga | 3,335.21 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Suriname | 3,208.36 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 2,769.8 | 2012 | |||
| 17 | Belize | 2,752.58 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Samoa | 2,408.82 | 2012 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 2,282.37 | 2012 | |||
| 19 | Maldives | 1,964.89 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Vanuatu | 1,739.05 | 2012 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1,657.62 | 2012 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1,572.55 | 2012 | |||
| 21 | Djibouti | 1,425 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Brunei | 1,309.92 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Iceland | 1,302.57 | 2012 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 1,274.39 | 2012 | |||
| 24 | Malta | 1,207.08 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | The Bahamas | 1,147.97 | 2012 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 1,071.06 | 2012 | |||
| 26 | East Timor | 1,061.78 | 2012 | ||
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,030.92 | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,001.91 | 2012 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 892.43 | 2012 | |||
| 29 | Montenegro | 877.5 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Cape Verde | 859.63 | 2012 | ||
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 827.88 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Swaziland | 776.61 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Guyana | 730.48 | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Comoros | 705.22 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Gabon | 655.41 | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Cyprus | 651.02 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 645.12 | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Slovenia | 626.78 | 2012 | ||
| 39 | Luxembourg | 604.02 | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 584.12 | 2012 | |||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 568.56 | 2012 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 542.09 | 2012 | |||
| 40 | Mauritius | 499.44 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Bahrain | 481.85 | 2012 | ||
| 42 | Fiji | 453.85 | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 390.06 | 2012 | |||
| 43 | Estonia | 317.31 | 2012 | ||
| 44 | Republic of Macedonia | 316.78 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Botswana | 311.89 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Liberia | 305.46 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | Bhutan | 303.31 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Lesotho | 299.77 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | Qatar | 277.98 | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Jamaica | 241.51 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 237.03 | 2012 | |||
| 51 | Kosovo | 232.51 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Latvia | 231.55 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | The Gambia | 227.22 | 2012 | ||
| 54 | Namibia | 221.3 | 2012 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 213.83 | 2012 | |||
| 55 | Uruguay | 213.53 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Armenia | 191.98 | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 188.14 | 2012 | |||
| 57 | Oman | 180.45 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Panama | 180.42 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Costa Rica | 177.3 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Kuwait | 174.13 | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 172.54 | 2012 | |||
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 169.07 | 2012 | ||
| 62 | Lebanon | 162.94 | 2012 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 155.74 | 2012 | |||
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 155.19 | 2012 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 149.28 | 2012 | |||
| 64 | Central African Republic | 145.85 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Albania | 142.31 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Ireland | 141.65 | 2012 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 140.3 | 2012 | |||
| 67 | Croatia | 134.05 | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 132.93 | 2012 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 129.17 | 2012 | |||
| 68 | Republic of the Congo | 129.12 | 2012 | ||
| 69 | El Salvador | 124.81 | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Honduras | 115.93 | 2012 | ||
| 71 | Israel | 112.55 | 2012 | ||
| 72 | Mongolia | 112.28 | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Libya | 112.11 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Jordan | 109.05 | 2012 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 104.22 | 2012 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 103.4 | 2012 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 102.64 | 2012 | |||
| 75 | Greece | 101.06 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Slovakia | 100.73 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Lithuania | 100.49 | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Mauritania | 97.47 | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Guatemala | 96.73 | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Moldova | 91.87 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Togo | 88.52 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Paraguay | 88.38 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Serbia | 87.9 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 86.14 | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 84.99 | 2012 | |||
| 85 | Burundi | 84.47 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 82.46 | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Eritrea | 79.92 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Benin | 79.1 | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Bulgaria | 77.21 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 74.86 | 2012 | |||
| 90 | Denmark | 73.34 | 2012 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 69.65 | 2012 | |||
| 91 | Finland | 69.26 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Nicaragua | 68.26 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Laos | 66.66 | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 64.9 | 2012 | |||
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 64.84 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Georgia | 63.17 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Angola | 62.25 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Chad | 59.69 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Czech Republic | 58.11 | 2012 | ||
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 56.92 | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Senegal | 56.83 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Bolivia | 56.31 | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Norway | 55.79 | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Afghanistan | 55.06 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Tajikistan | 53.69 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Tunisia | 52.42 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Haiti | 52.09 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Portugal | 51.96 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Hong Kong | 50.32 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Switzerland | 48.77 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | New Zealand | 48.72 | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Austria | 46.91 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.58 | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Belgium | 45.32 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 44.76 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Zambia | 43.41 | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Mali | 41.74 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Hungary | 39.72 | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 39.38 | 2012 | |||
| 118 | Madagascar | 39.07 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Syria | 38.93 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38.81 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Ecuador | 37.95 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Mozambique | 37.69 | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Cameroon | 36.87 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Nepal | 33.12 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Sweden | 32.99 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Cambodia | 32.49 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Niger | 31.77 | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Netherlands | 30.65 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 29.87 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Belarus | 29.06 | 2012 | ||
| 131 | Singapore | 28.24 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Colombia | 28.22 | 2012 | ||
| 133 | Chile | 27.48 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Malawi | 27.16 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 27.1 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Yemen | 27.04 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 25.49 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Guinea | 24.1 | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Romania | 24.01 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 22.88 | 2012 | |||
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 22.45 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Kazakhstan | 22.03 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Burma | 21.97 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Sudan | 21.78 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | South Sudan | 21.04 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Rwanda | 20.07 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Italy | 19.45 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | Ghana | 19.2 | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Venezuela | 18.69 | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Poland | 17.77 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Australia | 17.41 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Algeria | 16.37 | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Canada | 16.34 | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Iraq | 15.96 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Morocco | 15.68 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Malaysia | 14.53 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Argentina | 14.36 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Peru | 14.27 | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Uganda | 13.48 | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Egypt | 12.51 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | South Africa | 11.72 | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Spain | 11.03 | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Tanzania | 10.78 | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Kenya | 10.77 | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Bangladesh | 9.32 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.28 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | Philippines | 8.71 | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Ukraine | 8.29 | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 8.21 | 2012 | |||
| 168 | United Kingdom | 6.91 | 2012 | ||
| 169 | Iran | 6.61 | 2012 | ||
| 170 | Thailand | 6.59 | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 6.55 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | France | 5.94 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Ethiopia | 5.78 | 2012 | ||
| 174 | Turkey | 5.68 | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Pakistan | 5.45 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Germany | 4.81 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | South Korea | 4.6 | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Vietnam | 4.51 | 2012 | ||
| 179 | Brazil | 3.68 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Mexico | 3.43 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Japan | 2.82 | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Nigeria | 2.71 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Indonesia | 2.02 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Russia | 1.88 | 2012 | ||
| 185 | United States | 1.18 | 2012 | ||
| 186 | India | 1.15 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | European Union | 1.1 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | China | 0.301 | 2012 |
