World best judicial system evaluated by World Bank’s Doing Business 2018
¡á The World Bank Group ranked Korea at the top for the civil judicial system
- In Doing Business 2018 published on October 31, 2017, the World Bank gave the finest evaluation for the expeditious proceedings and inexpensive cost of the Korean Judicial System - Following the previous year, Korea received highest points in Court Automation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
¡á World ranking and comparison of points in Enforcing Contracts - The fastest, cheapest and highest-quality judicial proceedings
World ranking and comparison of points in Enforcing Contracts
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Enforcing Contracts World Rank |
Time(days) |
Value-to-Cost |
Quality of Judicial Proceedings |
DTF points |
Korea |
1 |
290 |
12.7% |
14.5 |
84.15 |
China |
5 |
496 |
16.2% |
15.1 |
78.23 |
Germany |
22 |
499 |
14.4% |
11 |
71.32 |
France |
15 |
395 |
17.4% |
11 |
73.04 |
USA |
16 |
420 |
30.5% |
13.8 |
72.61 |
UK |
31 |
437 |
45.7% |
15 |
68.69 |
Japan |
51 |
360 |
23.4% |
7.5 |
65.26 |
¡á Korea ranked fourth in the overall ranking – higher than last year’s rank on the fifth
- Amongst 190 countries that the World Bank evaluated, Korea ranked fourth in the overall and first in Enforcing Contracts (judicial system for civil proceedings) - The effective and high-quality judicial system will contribute to enhance confidence in the legal system and economic growth
¡á Overall Ranking
- Throughout the continuous improvement and reform efforts for better judicial system, Korea has been receiving higher points every year on each evaluation indicator and entered within the top 5 judicial system in the world in 2010
- While maintaining one of the best judicial systems since 2012, Korea finally ranked the first in 2017 and maintained the place again in 2018
- Korea received high points in the Quality of Judicial Processes Index newly introduced in 2016, globally recognized for the excellence of judicial proceedings
- The judiciary will continue its endeavor to improve the judicial and trial proceedings
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