Enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana
Ghana: Enforcing contracts, cost was 23.0% in 2012. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana, 2003–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
In 2012, enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana stood at 23.0%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana peaked at 23.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2003.
Ghana ranks 41st of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23.0% | — |
| 2004 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana?
- Enforcing contracts, cost in Ghana was 23.0% in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2003.
- How does Ghana rank for enforcing contracts, cost?
- Ghana ranks 41st out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is enforcing contracts, cost rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Enforcing contracts, cost (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cost is recorded as a percentage of the claim, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita. Only official costs required by law are recorded, including court and enforcement costs and average attorney fees where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.