Time required to enforce a contract rose 0% to 755 days in Portugal in 2018, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time required to enforce a contract in Portugal reached an all time high of 900 days in 2008 and an all time low of 755 days in 2015. When compared to Portugal's main peers, time required to enforce a contract in France amounted to 447 days, 650 days in Ireland, 510 days in Morocco and 510 days in Spain in 2018.
Portugal has been ranked 44th 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 |
Algeria | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | ||||||||||||
Canada | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 570 | 680 | 830 | 910 | 910 | ||||||||||||
France | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 447 | 447 | 447 | 447 | 447 | ||||||||||||
Germany | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 394 | 459 | 479 | 499 | 499 | ||||||||||||
Iceland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 417 | 417 | 417 | 417 | 417 | |||||||||||
Ireland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 650 | 650 | 650 | 650 | 650 | ||||||||||||
Italy | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,185 | 1,185 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,120 | ||||||||||||
Mauritania | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 370 | 370 | 370 | 370 | 370 | ||||||||||||
Morocco | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | ||||||||||||
Portugal | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 870 | 870 | 755 | 755 | 755 | ||||||||||||
Spain | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | ||||||||||||
Tunisia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 565 | 565 | 565 | 565 | 565 | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | 437 | 437 | 437 | 437 | 437 |