Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Kuwait

Kuwait: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 1.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
1.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 191 countries
All-time high
5.5%
in 2011
All-time low
1.0%
in 2012
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Kuwait, 2011–2019

1234562011201520192011: 5.5 % of claim2012: 1 % of claim2013: 1 % of claim2014: 1 % of claim2015: 1 % of claim2016: 1 % of claim2017: 1 % of claim2018: 1 % of claim2019: 1 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Kuwait is 1.0%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of down 81.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Kuwait peaked at 5.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2012.

Kuwait ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) in Kuwait, 2011 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2011 5.5% —
2012 1.0% -81.8%
2013 1.0% +0.0%
2014 1.0% +0.0%
2015 1.0% +0.0%
2016 1.0% +0.0%
2017 1.0% +0.0%
2018 1.0% +0.0%
2019 1.0% +0.0%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 1.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.0%, 50% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 1.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.3%, 30% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 146 United Kingdom 1.2% compare
  2. 147 Brazil 1.1% compare
  3. 148 Argentina 1.0% compare
  4. 148 Azerbaijan 1.0% compare
  5. 148 Estonia 1.0% compare
  6. 148 Guinea-Bissau 1.0% compare
  7. 148 Guyana 1.0% compare
  8. 148 Hong Kong 1.0% compare
  9. 148 Iceland 1.0% compare
  10. 148 Mauritius 1.0% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Kuwait?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Kuwait was 1.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2012.
How does Kuwait rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
Kuwait ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Kuwait 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.