[20210312]IN11458_美国破产法院：截至2020年12月31日的12个月内的案件数量统计.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i United States Bankruptcy Courts: Caseload Statistics for the 12-Month Period Ending December 31, 2020 Updated March 12, 2021 This Insight provides information and statistics related to filings in the United States bankruptcy courts for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020 (this is the most recent reporting period for which data are available). Note that this particular 12-month reporting period corresponds to the 2020 calendar year. This Insight provides information and data analysis related to judicial caseload statistics, but does not provide legal analysis. Number of Filings For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the overall number of bankruptcy filings fell by 29.7% compared to the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, that is, calendar year 2019declining from 774,940 in 2019 to 544,463 for 2020. Business bankruptcy filings declined by 4.9%, while nonbusiness filings declined by 30.5% (both types of filings are discussed below). Because nonbusiness filings constitute a much larger share of overall bankruptcy filings (e.g., 96% of all bankruptcy filings during the 2020 calendar y