Time required to enforce a contract rose 0% to 460 days in Namibia in 2018, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time required to enforce a contract in Namibia reached an all time high of 500 days in 2012 and an all time low of 460 days in 2013. When compared to Namibia's main peers, time required to enforce a contract in Angola amounted to 1,296 days, 660 days in Botswana, 600 days in South Africa and 410 days in Zimbabwe in 2018.
Namibia has been ranked 130th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of time required to enforce a contract, 19 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Time Required to Enforce a Contract | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Angola | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,296 | 1,296 | 1,296 | 1,296 | 1,296 | ||||||||||||
Botswana | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 660 | 660 | 660 | 660 | 660 | ||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 610 | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 615 | 615 | 615 | 615 | 615 | ||||||||||||
Mozambique | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 950 | 950 | 950 | 950 | 950 | ||||||||||||
Namibia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 460 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||||||||||
Swaziland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 956 | 956 | 956 | 956 | 956 | ||||||||||
Zambia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | 611 | ||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 |