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Time required to enforce a contract (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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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.

Time required to enforce a contract (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009) Rank Country Value 1 Suriname 1,715 2 Afghanistan 1,642 3 Guatemala 1,459 4 Bangladesh 1,442 5 Timor-Leste 1,435 6 India 1,420 7 Colombia 1,346 8 Trinidad and Tobago 1,340 9 Sri Lanka 1,318 10 Slovenia 1,290 11 Liberia 1,280 12 Djibouti 1,225 13 Italy 1,210 14 Sao Tome and Principe 1,185 15 Guinea-Bissau 1,140 16 Gabon 1,070 17 South Asia 1,053 18 Angola 1,011 19 Egypt 1,010 20 Pakistan 976 21 Swaziland 972 22 Micronesia 965 23 Honduras 900 24 Belize 892 25 Israel 890 26 Palau 885 27 Syria 872 28 Madagascar 871 29 Costa Rica 852 30 Philippines 842 31 Burundi 832 32 Poland 830 33 Benin 825 34 Greece 819 35 Sudan 810 36 Cameroon 800 37 El Salvador 786 38 Senegal 780 39 Ivory Coast 770 40 Chad 743 41 Nepal 735 42 Cyprus 735 43 Mozambique 730 44 Lebanon 721 45 Seychelles 720 46 Uruguay 720 47 Mauritius 720 48 Latin America & Caribbean 710.18 49 Middle East & North Africa 707.25 50 Lesotho 695 51 Jordan 689 52 Grenada 688 53 Botswana 687 54 Panama 686 55 Least developed countries: UN classification 683.63 56 Dominica 681 57 Lower middle income 677.56 58 Maldives 665 59 Central African Republic 660 60 Kiribati 660 61 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 656.05 62 Jamaica 655 63 Middle income 648.68 64 Sub-Saharan Africa 645.91 65 Low & middle income 635.72 66 Saudi Arabia 635 67 Serbia 635 68 St. Lucia 635 69 Bahrain 635 70 Algeria 630 71 Mali 626 72 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625 73 Ethiopia 620 74 Puerto Rico 620 75 Brazil 616 76 Morocco 615 77 Upper middle income 611.55 78 Czech Republic 611 79 High income: nonOECD 610.65 80 Low income 604.63 81 Euro area 602.20 82 West Bank and Gaza 600 83 South Africa 600 84 Oman 598 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 595 86 Bolivia 591 87 Papua New Guinea 591 88 Paraguay 591 89 Argentina 590 90 Ecuador 588 91 Togo 588 92 Malaysia 585 93 Guyana 581 94 St. Kitts and Nevis 578 95 East Asia & Pacific 571.70 96 Canada 570 97 Indonesia 570 98 Qatar 570 99 Kuwait 566 100 Slovakia 565 101 Tunisia 565 102 Bulgaria 564 103 Croatia 561 104 Republic of the Congo 560 105 Equatorial Guinea 553 106 Portugal 547 107 Montenegro 545 108 Niger 545 109 Brunei Darussalam 540 110 Nicaragua 540 111 United Arab Emirates 537 112 High income 525.51 113 Iraq 520 114 Iran 520 115 Yemen 520 116 Ireland 515 117 Sierra Leone 515 118 Spain 515 119 Netherlands 514 120 Romania 512 121 Uganda 510 122 Venezuela 510 123 Sweden 508 124 Haiti 508 125 Comoros 506 126 Belgium 505 127 Ghana 487 128 Chile 480 129 Thailand 479 130 Marshall Islands 476 131 Zambia 471 132 Kenya 465 133 High income: OECD 462.44 134 Tanzania 462 135 Dominican Republic 460 136 Nigeria 457 137 Solomon Islands 455 138 Samoa 455 139 Burkina Faso 446 140 Laos 443 141 Gambia 434 142 Malawi 432 143 Vanuatu 430 144 Tajikistan 430 145 Peru 428 146 Bahamas 427 147 Estonia 425 148 Cape Verde 425 149 Kosovo 420 150 Turkey 420 151 Iceland 417 152 Switzerland 417 153 Mexico 415 154 Zimbabwe 410 155 China 406 156 Eritrea 405 157 Cambodia 401 158 United Kingdom 399 159 Europe & Central Asia 398.39 160 Fiji 397 161 Austria 397 162 Australia 395 163 Hungary 395 164 Germany 394 165 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 394 166 Kazakhstan 390 167 Albania 390 168 Denmark 380 169 Finland 375 170 Mauritania 370 171 Macedonia 370 172 Moldova 365 173 Japan 360 174 Antigua and Barbuda 351 175 Tonga 350 176 Ukraine 345 177 France 331 178 Luxembourg 321 179 Mongolia 314 180 Latvia 309 181 United States 300 182 Vietnam 295 183 Armenia 285 184 Georgia 285 185 Russia 281 186 Hong Kong 280 187 Norway 280 188 Guinea 276 189 Lithuania 275 190 Namibia 270 191 Kyrgyzstan 260 192 Rwanda 260 193 Azerbaijan 237 194 North Korea 230 195 South Korea 230 196 Belarus 225 197 Bhutan 225 198 New Zealand 216 199 Uzbekistan 195 200 Singapore 150

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