Enforcing contracts: Cost in Kenya
Kenya: Enforcing contracts: Cost was 41.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Kenya, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 41.8% for enforcing contracts: cost in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: cost in Kenya peaked at 41.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 2003.
Kenya ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Enforcing contracts: Cost in Kenya, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28.8% | — |
| 2004 | 28.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 41.8% | +45.1% |
| 2010 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41.8% | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 41.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.8%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 41.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 38.8%, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.7% | 28.8% | 41.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 41.8% | 41.8% | 41.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More reference data data for Kenya
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 12.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.8 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 68.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts: cost in Kenya?
- Enforcing contracts: cost in Kenya was 41.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 41.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts: cost recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2003.
- How does Kenya rank for enforcing contracts: cost?
- Kenya ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is enforcing contracts: cost rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The cost to enforce contracts is recorded as a percentage of the claim value, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita or $5,000, whichever is greater. Three types of costs are recorded: average attorney fees, court costs and enforcement costs. Bribes are not taken into account.