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Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Belgium

Belgium: Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees was 10.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
10.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
157th
of 190 countries
All-time high
10.0%
in 2012
All-time low
9.7%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Belgium, 2011–2019

02468102011201520192011: 9.7 % of claim2012: 10 % of claim2013: 10 % of claim2014: 10 % of claim2015: 10 % of claim2016: 10 % of claim2017: 10 % of claim2018: 10 % of claim2019: 10 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Belgium stood at 10.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Belgium peaked at 10.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2011.

Belgium ranks 157th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Belgium, year by year

Year % of claim Change
2011 9.7% —
2012 10.0% +3.1%
2013 10.0% +0.0%
2014 10.0% +0.0%
2015 10.0% +0.0%
2016 10.0% +0.0%
2017 10.0% +0.0%
2018 10.0% +0.0%
2019 10.0% +0.0%

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  4. 157 Bahrain 10.0% compare
  5. 157 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.0% compare
  6. 157 Bulgaria 10.0% compare
  7. 157 Cape Verde 10.0% compare
  8. 157 Equatorial Guinea 10.0% compare
  9. 157 Ethiopia 10.0% compare
  10. 157 Ghana 10.0% compare
  11. 157 Greece 10.0% compare
  12. 157 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.0% compare
  13. 157 Oman 10.0% compare
  14. 157 Seychelles 10.0% compare
  15. 157 Somalia 10.0% compare
  16. 157 Tanzania, United Republic of 10.0% compare
  17. 157 Thailand 10.0% compare
  18. 157 United Arab Emirates 10.0% compare

See the full ranking of 190 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Belgium?
Enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Belgium was 10.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 2012.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2011.
How does Belgium rank for enforcing contracts: attorney fees?
Belgium ranks 157th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: attorney fees rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees (% of claim)
Unit
% of claim
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 1,702 data points, 2011–2019
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The attorney fees are the fees that plaintiff must advance to a local attorney in the standardized case, regardless of final reimbursement.