Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Austria

Austria: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 0.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
166th
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2014
All-time low
0.3%
in 2012
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Austria, 2011–2019

00.10.20.30.40.52011201520192011: 0.4 % of claim2012: 0.3 % of claim2013: 0.3 % of claim2014: 0.5 % of claim2015: 0.5 % of claim2016: 0.5 % of claim2017: 0.5 % of claim2018: 0.5 % of claim2019: 0.5 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Austria is 0.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Austria peaked at 0.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2012.

That places Austria 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) in Austria, 2011 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2011 0.4% —
2012 0.3% -25.0%
2013 0.3% +0.0%
2014 0.5% +66.7%
2015 0.5% +0.0%
2016 0.5% +0.0%
2017 0.5% +0.0%
2018 0.5% +0.0%
2019 0.5% +0.0%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.0%, 25% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 0.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.4%, 21% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 164 Norway 0.6% compare
  2. 164 Oman 0.6% compare
  3. 166 India 0.5% compare
  4. 166 Portugal 0.5% compare
  5. 166 San Marino 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Austria?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Austria was 0.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2012.
How does Austria rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
Austria ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enforcing contracts: Enforcement 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
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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.