Enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania
Mauritania: Enforcing contracts, cost was 23.2% in 2012. ▬ Flat
Enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania, 2003–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
In 2012, enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania stood at 23.2%. 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 Mauritania peaked at 23.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 23.2%, in 2003.
Mauritania ranks 40th of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23.2% | — |
| 2004 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 23.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.2% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 23.2% | 23.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania?
- Enforcing contracts, cost in Mauritania was 23.2% in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2% in 2003.
- How does Mauritania rank for enforcing contracts, cost?
- Mauritania ranks 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is enforcing contracts, cost rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania 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/.