Statizoid

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Switzerland

Switzerland: Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees was 14.1% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
14.1%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
133rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
14.1%
in 2011
All-time low
14.1%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Switzerland, 2011–2019

0510152011201520192011: 14.1 % of claim2012: 14.1 % of claim2013: 14.1 % of claim2014: 14.1 % of claim2015: 14.1 % of claim2016: 14.1 % of claim2017: 14.1 % of claim2018: 14.1 % of claim2019: 14.1 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 14.1% for enforcing contracts: attorney fees in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Switzerland peaked at 14.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2011.

That places Switzerland 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Switzerland, year by year

Year % of claim Change
2011 14.1% —
2012 14.1% +0.0%
2013 14.1% +0.0%
2014 14.1% +0.0%
2015 14.1% +0.0%
2016 14.1% +0.0%
2017 14.1% +0.0%
2018 14.1% +0.0%
2019 14.1% +0.0%

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 130 Serbia 14.5% compare
  2. 131 Latvia 14.3% compare
  3. 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.3% compare
  4. 134 Slovakia 14.0% compare
  5. 134 Uruguay 14.0% compare
  6. 136 Brazil 13.9% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Switzerland

All data for Switzerland →

Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Switzerland?
Enforcing contracts: attorney fees in Switzerland was 14.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2011.
How does Switzerland rank for enforcing contracts: attorney fees?
Switzerland ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: attorney fees rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Switzerland 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Switzerland. Statizoid. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enforcing-contracts-attorney-fees-percent-of-claim/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enforcing-contracts-attorney-fees-percent-of-claim/switzerland/">Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in Switzerland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees (% of claim)
Unit
% of claim
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,711 data points, 2011–2019
Last refreshed

The attorney fees are the fees that plaintiff must advance to a local attorney in the standardized case, regardless of final reimbursement.