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Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees was 1.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
145th
of 190 countries
All-time high
1.2%
in 2011
All-time low
1.2%
in 2011
Years of data
9
2011–2019

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in United Kingdom, 2011–2019

00.250.50.7511.22011201520192011: 1.2 % of claim2012: 1.2 % of claim2013: 1.2 % of claim2014: 1.2 % of claim2015: 1.2 % of claim2016: 1.2 % of claim2017: 1.2 % of claim2018: 1.2 % of claim2019: 1.2 % of claim

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of claim.

Analysis

The most recent figure for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in United Kingdom is 1.2%, 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 United Kingdom peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2011.

United Kingdom ranks 145th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees in United Kingdom, year by year

Year % of claim Change
2011 1.2% —
2012 1.2% +0.0%
2013 1.2% +0.0%
2014 1.2% +0.0%
2015 1.2% +0.0%
2016 1.2% +0.0%
2017 1.2% +0.0%
2018 1.2% +0.0%
2019 1.2% +0.0%

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  9. 147 Guyana 1.0% compare
  10. 147 Hong Kong, China 1.0% compare
  11. 147 Iceland 1.0% compare
  12. 147 Kuwait 1.0% compare
  13. 147 Mauritius 1.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in United Kingdom?
Enforcing contracts: enforcement fees in United Kingdom was 1.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
What is the lowest enforcing contracts: enforcement fees recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
How does United Kingdom rank for enforcing contracts: enforcement fees?
United Kingdom ranks 145th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is enforcing contracts: enforcement fees rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Kingdom 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
190 places, 1,702 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.