Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) by country
The enforcement fees are all costs that plaintiff must advance to enforce the judgment through a public sale of defendant’s movable assets, regardless of the final cost borne by plaintiff.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
38.3%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Armenia
Median
4.0%
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,711
What the numbers show
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 38.3% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 5.8%.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 390.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 38.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Rwanda | 23.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 20.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 19.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Comoros | 19.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 18.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 18.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Niger | 17.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Togo | 17.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 16.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Madagascar | 15.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Czechia | 15.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Denmark | 15.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Jordan | 15.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela | 15.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Suriname | 14.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Gabon | 14.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Malawi | 13.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Cameroon | 13.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 12.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Albania | 12.0% | 2019 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Moldova | 12.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Indonesia | 11.9% | 2019 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 11.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Serbia | 11.2% | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 10.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Fiji | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Ghana | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Guinea | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Haiti | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Zambia | 10.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Turkey | 9.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 9.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Lithuania | 9.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Mozambique | 8.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Syria | 8.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 8.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Chad | 8.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Morocco | 8.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Honduras | 8.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Bahamas | 8.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Belize | 8.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Dominica | 7.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Greece | 7.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Montenegro | 7.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Grenada | 7.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Ecuador | 7.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Djibouti | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Mali | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 7.0% | 2019 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 58 | Egypt | 6.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 6.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Cambodia | 6.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 6.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Malaysia | 6.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Burundi | 6.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Congo | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Yemen | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Ireland | 5.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Mexico | 5.8% | 2019 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 5.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Nigeria | 5.5% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 5.4% | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 5.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Netherlands | 5.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Cyprus | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Bolivia | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Guatemala | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Iran | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Jamaica | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Libya | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Philippines | 5.0% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 76 | Somalia | 5.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | South Sudan | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | United States | 4.9% | 2019 | up 390.0% | rising |
| 86 | Italy | 4.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Paraguay | 4.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Samoa | 4.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Barbados | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Eritrea | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | France | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Israel | 3.6% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 94 | Qatar | 3.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | East Timor | 3.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Iraq | 3.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | New Zealand | 3.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Uruguay | 3.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Belgium | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.0% | 2019 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Brunei | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Liberia | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Mauritania | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Nepal | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 101 | Tunisia | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Vietnam | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 101 | South Africa | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.8% | 2019 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kenya | 2.7% | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lesotho | 2.7% | 2019 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Croatia | 2.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | China | 2.5% | 2019 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 120 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Germany | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Latvia | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Seychelles | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Laos | 2.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Singapore | 2.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Canada | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Georgia | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Gambia | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Hungary | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Poland | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Palestine | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Uzbekistan | 2.0% | 2019 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Pakistan | 1.8% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 1.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Slovenia | 1.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 1.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Kosovo | 1.4% | 2019 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.4% | 2019 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Bahrain | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Malta | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Tonga | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | United Kingdom | 1.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Brazil | 1.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Hong Kong | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Iceland | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2019 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Marshall Islands | 0.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Mongolia | 0.8% | 2019 | down 90.6% | falling |
| 159 | Namibia | 0.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | South Korea | 0.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Palau | 0.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Norway | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Oman | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Austria | 0.5% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 166 | India | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Portugal | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | San Marino | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Japan | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2019 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 170 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Australia | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Finland | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Panama | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Taiwan | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The enforcement fees are all costs that plaintiff must advance to enforce the judgment through a public sale of defendant’s movable assets, regardless of the final cost borne by plaintiff.