Enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda
Rwanda: Enforcing contracts, cost was 78.7% in 2012. βΌ Falling
Enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda, 2003β2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
The most recent figure for enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda is 78.7%, measured in 2012. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda peaked at 85.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 78.7%, in 2005.
That places Rwanda 9th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.5% | 78.7% | 85.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 78.7% | 78.7% | 78.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 6 Comoros, Union of the 89.4% compare
- 7 Central African Republic 82.0% compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 81.7% compare
- 10 Benin 64.7% compare
- 11 Niger 59.6% compare
- 12 Eswatini, Kingdom of 56.1% compare
More private sector data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 50.0% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.2% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 10.4% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 168.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1496 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -23.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda?
- Enforcing contracts, cost in Rwanda was 78.7% in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 85.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.7% in 2005.
- How does Rwanda rank for enforcing contracts, cost?
- Rwanda ranks 9th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is enforcing contracts, cost rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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/.