Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Malawi

Malawi: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 13.8% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
13.8%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
19th
of 191 countries
All-time high
13.8%
in 2011
All-time low
13.8%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Malawi, 2011–2019

0510152011201520192011: 13.8 % of claim2012: 13.8 % of claim2013: 13.8 % of claim2014: 13.8 % of claim2015: 13.8 % of claim2016: 13.8 % of claim2017: 13.8 % of claim2018: 13.8 % of claim2019: 13.8 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

In 2019, enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Malawi stood at 13.8%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Malawi peaked at 13.8% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 2011.

Malawi ranks 19th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim) in Malawi, 2011 to 2019.
Year % of claim Change
2011 13.8% —
2012 13.8% +0.0%
2013 13.8% +0.0%
2014 13.8% +0.0%
2015 13.8% +0.0%
2016 13.8% +0.0%
2017 13.8% +0.0%
2018 13.8% +0.0%
2019 13.8% +0.0%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 13.8% is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.5%, 2.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 13.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.8%, 2.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 17 Suriname 14.1% compare
  2. 18 Gabon 14.0% compare
  3. 20 Cameroon 13.5% compare
  4. 21 Colombia 12.1% compare
  5. 22 Albania 12.0% compare
  6. 22 Moldova 12.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Malawi?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Malawi was 13.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 2011.
How does Malawi rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
Malawi ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Malawi 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.