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
189
Highest
38.3%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Tanzania
Median
3.6%
Years covered
9
2011–2019
Data points
1,702
What the numbers show
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 38.3% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Tanzania.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.6%, and the mean is 5.5%.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 17 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 |
| 1 | Djibouti | 7.0% | 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 | Mali | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 7.0% | 2019 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 57 | Egypt | 6.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 6.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Cambodia | 6.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Peru | 6.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Malaysia | 6.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Burundi | 6.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Congo | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Saint Lucia | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Yemen | 6.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Ireland | 5.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Mexico | 5.8% | 2019 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 5.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Nigeria | 5.5% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 5.4% | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 70 | El Salvador | 5.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Netherlands | 5.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Cyprus | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Bolivia | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Guatemala | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Iran | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Jamaica | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Libya | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Philippines | 5.0% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 75 | Somalia | 5.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 75 | South Sudan | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | United States | 4.9% | 2019 | up 390.0% | rising |
| 85 | Italy | 4.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Paraguay | 4.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Samoa | 4.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Barbados | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Eritrea | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | France | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Israel | 3.6% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 93 | Qatar | 3.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | East Timor | 3.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Iraq | 3.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | New Zealand | 3.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Uruguay | 3.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Belgium | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.0% | 2019 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Brunei | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Lebanon | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Liberia | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Mauritania | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Nepal | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 100 | Eswatini | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2019 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 100 | Tunisia | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Vietnam | 3.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 100 | South Africa | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.8% | 2019 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 115 | Kenya | 2.7% | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 115 | Lesotho | 2.7% | 2019 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Croatia | 2.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | China | 2.5% | 2019 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 119 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Germany | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Latvia | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Seychelles | 2.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Laos | 2.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Singapore | 2.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Canada | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Georgia | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Gambia | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Hungary | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Poland | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Palestine | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 2.0% | 2019 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Pakistan | 1.8% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 1.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Slovenia | 1.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 1.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Bahrain | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Malta | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Tonga | 1.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 1.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Brazil | 1.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Iceland | 1.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Kuwait | 1.0% | 2019 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 0.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Mongolia | 0.8% | 2019 | down 90.6% | falling |
| 156 | Namibia | 0.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | South Korea | 0.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Palau | 0.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Norway | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Oman | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Austria | 0.5% | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 163 | India | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Portugal | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | San Marino | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Japan | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2019 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 167 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Australia | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Finland | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Panama | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Taiwan | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Angola | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Spain | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Russia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 1.4%
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.