Based on a comparison of 26 countries in 2015, Poland ranked the highest in Legal Cases Processed in First Instance Courts by Legal Status - Civil and/or commercial - Brought to court (per 100,000 inhabitants) with 27,572 Per hundred thousand inhabitants followed by Slovenia and Czech Republic. On the other end of the scale was Denmark with 824 Per hundred thousand inhabitants, Sweden with 839 Per hundred thousand inhabitants and Liechtenstein with 1,277 Per hundred thousand inhabitants.
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Country | Unit | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Austria | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | 7,857 | 7,656 | 7,159 | 6,746 | 6,554 | ||
Belgium | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | 7,593 | 7,526 | 7,257 | 7,206 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 2,879 | 2,687 | 2,330 | 2,776 | ... | ... | ... | |
Bulgaria | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | ... | 5,130 | 4,819 | 4,347 | ||
Croatia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 3,165 | 14,517 | 14,908 | 14,509 | 14,070 | |||
Czech Republic | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | ... | 27,934 | 22,015 | 21,065 | ||
Denmark | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 1,248 | 1,234 | 1,067 | 917 | 875 | |||
Estonia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | 2,210 | 2,454 | 2,224 | 1,983 | 2,113 | ||
Finland | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 6,655 | 6,375 | 7,025 | 8,711 | 8,242 | |||
France | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | ... | 3,489 | 3,692 | 3,806 | ||
Germany | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 1,973 | 2,329 | 2,329 | 2,248 | 2,221 | ... | ||
Hungary | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 1,971 | 2,040 | 1,943 | 1,742 | 1,825 | |||
Italy | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 8,202 | 7,190 | 7,152 | 6,914 | 7,515 | ... | ... | |
Kosovo | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 48.8 | 56.8 | 68.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Latvia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 6,245 | 5,890 | 4,262 | 2,178 | 2,135 | |||
Liechtenstein | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | 1,146 | 1,022 | 1,184 | 1,313 | 1,501 | ||
Lithuania | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 7,430 | 6,416 | 6,045 | 6,023 | 6,230 | |||
Montenegro | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 3,034 | 3,258 | 3,180 | 2,891 | 3,214 | |||
Netherlands | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | 6,988 | 6,749 | 6,477 | 6,360 | ||
Poland | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 19,656 | 22,246 | 24,203 | 25,052 | 27,339 | |||
Portugal | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 5,835 | 5,569 | 6,064 | 6,812 | 5,502 | |||
Romania | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 4,013 | 3,942 | 3,551 | 3,649 | 3,025 | |||
Serbia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,320 | ||
Slovakia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 4,694 | 4,709 | 4,621 | 5,563 | 5,294 | |||
Slovenia | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 1,788 | 1,839 | 1,725 | 1,701 | 1,695 | |||
Spain | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 3,898 | 3,799 | 3,296 | 3,379 | 3,005 | |||
Sweden | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | 891 | 918 | 879 | 930 | 928 | |||
Switzerland | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | 2,565 | ... | 3,945 | ... | ... | ... | |
Turkey | Per hundred thousand inhabitants | ... | 2,509 | 2,587 | 2,524 | 2,265 | 2,563 | ... |