Statizoid

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in United States

United States: Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees was 20.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
20.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
75th
of 191 countries
All-time high
20.6%
in 2013
All-time low
8.0%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in United States, 2011–2019

051015202011201520192011: 8 % of claim2012: 10.4 % of claim2013: 20.6 % of claim2014: 20.6 % of claim2015: 20.6 % of claim2016: 20.6 % of claim2017: 20.6 % of claim2018: 20.6 % of claim2019: 20.6 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

United States recorded 20.6% for enforcing contracts: attorney fees in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of up 157.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: attorney fees in United States peaked at 20.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2011.

United States ranks 75th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in United States, year by year

Year % of claim Change
2011 8.0% —
2012 10.4% +30.0%
2013 20.6% +98.1%
2014 20.6% +0.0%
2015 20.6% +0.0%
2016 20.6% +0.0%
2017 20.6% +0.0%
2018 20.6% +0.0%
2019 20.6% +0.0%

Countries ranked near United States

  1. 72 Singapore 20.9% compare
  2. 73 Dominica 20.8% compare
  3. 73 Nepal 20.8% compare
  4. 76 Sri Lanka 20.2% compare
  5. 77 Burundi 20.0% compare
  6. 77 Costa Rica 20.0% compare
  7. 77 El Salvador 20.0% compare
  8. 77 Guinea 20.0% compare
  9. 77 Haiti 20.0% compare
  10. 77 Paraguay 20.0% compare
  11. 77 Philippines 20.0% compare
  12. 77 Saudi Arabia 20.0% compare
  13. 77 Yemen 20.0% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for United States

All data for United States →

Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: attorney fees in United States?
Enforcing contracts: attorney fees in United States was 20.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2013.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: attorney fees recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2011.
How does United States rank for enforcing contracts: attorney fees?
United States ranks 75th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: attorney fees rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is up 157.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States 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 United States. Statizoid. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enforcing-contracts-attorney-fees-percent-of-claim/united-states/

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/united-states/">Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees in United States</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.