Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Denmark

Denmark: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 15.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
15.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 191 countries
All-time high
15.0%
in 2011
All-time low
15.0%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Denmark, 2011–2019

0510152011201520192011: 15 % of claim2012: 15 % of claim2013: 15 % of claim2014: 15 % of claim2015: 15 % of claim2016: 15 % of claim2017: 15 % of claim2018: 15 % of claim2019: 15 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

Denmark recorded 15.0% for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Denmark peaked at 15.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2011.

Denmark ranks 13th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Denmark, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) in Denmark, 2011 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2011 15.0% —
2012 15.0% +0.0%
2013 15.0% +0.0%
2014 15.0% +0.0%
2015 15.0% +0.0%
2016 15.0% +0.0%
2017 15.0% +0.0%
2018 15.0% +0.0%
2019 15.0% +0.0%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's 15.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.0%, 7.5× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's 15.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.4%, 6.2× the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 10 Papua New Guinea 16.5% compare
  2. 11 Sao Tome and Principe 15.7% compare
  3. 12 Madagascar 15.6% compare
  4. 13 Czechia 15.0% compare
  5. 13 Jordan 15.0% compare
  6. 13 Venezuela 15.0% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Denmark?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Denmark was 15.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 15.0% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2011.
How does Denmark rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
Denmark ranks 13th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Denmark 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.