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Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 1.6% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
136th
of 191 countries
All-time high
1.6%
in 2011
All-time low
1.6%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Puerto Rico, 2011–2019

00.511.52011201520192011: 1.6 % of claim2012: 1.6 % of claim2013: 1.6 % of claim2014: 1.6 % of claim2015: 1.6 % of claim2016: 1.6 % of claim2017: 1.6 % of claim2018: 1.6 % of claim2019: 1.6 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Puerto Rico is 1.6%, measured in 2019. 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 Puerto Rico peaked at 1.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2011.

Puerto Rico ranks 136th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in Puerto Rico, year by year

Year % of claim Change
2011 1.6% —
2012 1.6% +0.0%
2013 1.6% +0.0%
2014 1.6% +0.0%
2015 1.6% +0.0%
2016 1.6% +0.0%
2017 1.6% +0.0%
2018 1.6% +0.0%
2019 1.6% +0.0%

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Puerto Rico?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in Puerto Rico was 1.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2011.
How does Puerto Rico rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
Puerto Rico ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.