| Region or Economy | Time (years) | Cost (% of estate) | Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2.7 | 23.2 | 28.1 |
| Eastern Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 | 13.7 | 28.9 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 3.2 | 16.4 | 25.9 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 3.7 | 13.9 | 25.8 |
| OECD | 1.3 | 7.5 | 74.1 |
| South Asia | 5.0 | 6.5 | 20.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.4 | 20.0 | 17.1 |
| Afghanistan | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Albania | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Algeria | 2.5 | 7 | 41.7 |
| Angola | 6.2 | 22 | 10.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3.0 | 7 | 35.7 |
| Argentina | 2.8 | 12 | 34.4 |
| Armenia | 1.9 | 4 | 42.0 |
| Australia | 1.0 | 8 | 79.2 |
| Austria | 1.1 | 18 | 72.4 |
| Azerbaijan | 2.7 | 8 | 31.5 |
| Bangladesh | 4.0 | 8 | 23.2 |
| Belarus | 5.8 | 22 | 33.2 |
| Belgium | 0.9 | 4 | 85.5 |
| Belize | 1.0 | 23 | 63.5 |
| Benin | 4.0 | 15 | 22.6 |
| Bhutan | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Bolivia | 1.8 | 15 | 38.7 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.3 | 9 | 35.0 |
| Botswana | 1.7 | 15 | 59.8 |
| Brazil | 4.0 | 12 | 14.6 |
| Brunei | 2.5 | 4 | 45.3 |
| Bulgaria | 3.3 | 9 | 32.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 4.0 | 9 | 25.6 |
| Burundi | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Cambodia | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Cameroon | 3.2 | 15 | 25.5 |
| Canada | 0.8 | 4 | 88.8 |
| Cape Verde | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Central African Republic | 4.8 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Chad | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Chile | 4.5 | 15 | 23.8 |
| China | 1.7 | 22 | 35.9 |
| Colombia | 3.0 | 1 | 58.3 |
| Comoros | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 5.2 | 29 | 2.9 |
| Congo, Rep. | 3.0 | 24 | 20.4 |
| Costa Rica | 3.5 | 15 | 23.1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2.2 | 18 | 33.0 |
| Croatia | 3.1 | 15 | 30.2 |
| Czech Republic | 6.5 | 15 | 21.3 |
| Denmark | 1.1 | 4 | 87.0 |
| Djibouti | 5.0 | 18 | 15.9 |
| Dominica | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.5 | 38 | 8.4 |
| Ecuador | 5.3 | 18 | 16.9 |
| Egypt | 4.2 | 22 | 16.6 |
| El Salvador | 4.0 | 9 | 28.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Eritrea | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Estonia | 3.0 | 9 | 39.1 |
| Ethiopia | 3.0 | 15 | 33.1 |
| Fiji | 1.8 | 38 | 20.2 |
| Finland | 0.9 | 4 | 88.2 |
| France | 1.9 | 9 | 47.4 |
| Gabon | 5.0 | 15 | 15.2 |
| Gambia | 3.0 | 15 | 19.3 |
| Georgia | 3.3 | 4 | 22.8 |
| Germany | 1.2 | 8 | 53.4 |
| Ghana | 1.9 | 22 | 24.0 |
| Greece | 2.0 | 9 | 44.8 |
| Grenada | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Guatemala | 3.0 | 15 | 28.1 |
| Guinea | 3.8 | 8 | 20.4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Guyana | 3.0 | 29 | 17.4 |
| Haiti | 5.7 | 30 | 3.1 |
| Honduras | 3.8 | 15 | 20.3 |
| Hong Kong, China | 1.1 | 9 | 79.0 |
| Hungary | 2.0 | 15 | 38.4 |
| Iceland | 1.0 | 4 | 80.3 |
| India | 10.0 | 9 | 11.6 |
| Indonesia | 5.5 | 18 | 12.6 |
| Iran | 4.5 | 9 | 19.0 |
| Iraq | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Ireland | 0.4 | 9 | 87.1 |
| Israel | 4.0 | 23 | 43.6 |
| Italy | 1.8 | 22 | 61.8 |
| Jamaica | 1.1 | 18 | 64.3 |
| Japan | 0.6 | 4 | 92.6 |
| Jordan | 4.3 | 9 | 27.8 |
| Kazakhstan | 3.3 | 18 | 23.4 |
| Kenya | 4.5 | 22 | 31.0 |
| Kiribati | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Korea | 1.5 | 4 | 81.2 |
| Kuwait | 4.2 | 1 | 33.6 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 4.0 | 15 | 15.6 |
| Lao PDR | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Latvia | 3.0 | 13 | 34.6 |
| Lebanon | 4.0 | 22 | 19.1 |
| Lesotho | 2.6 | 8 | 34.9 |
| Liberia | 3.0 | 43 | 7.8 |
| Lithuania | 1.7 | 7 | 49.2 |
| Luxembourg | 2.0 | 15 | 41.6 |
| Macedonia, FYR | 3.7 | 28 | 15.8 |
| Madagascar | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Malawi | 2.6 | 30 | 13.2 |
| Malaysia | 2.3 | 15 | 38.3 |
| Maldives | 6.7 | 4 | 18.2 |
| Mali | 3.6 | 18 | 21.3 |
| Marshall Islands | 2.0 | 38 | 17.9 |
| Mauritania | 8.0 | 9 | 7.8 |
| Mauritius | 1.7 | 15 | 34.3 |
| Mexico | 1.8 | 18 | 63.9 |
| Micronesia | 5.3 | 38 | 3.1 |
| Moldova | 2.8 | 9 | 28.8 |
| Mongolia | 4.0 | 8 | 20.1 |
| Montenegro | 2.0 | 8 | 42.8 |
| Morocco | 1.8 | 18 | 35.3 |
| Mozambique | 5.0 | 9 | 13.9 |
| Namibia | 1.5 | 15 | 41.3 |
| Nepal | 5.0 | 9 | 24.5 |
| Netherlands | 1.1 | 4 | 86.7 |
| New Zealand | 1.3 | 4 | 77.1 |
| Nicaragua | 2.2 | 15 | 34.6 |
| Niger | 5.0 | 18 | 14.2 |
| Nigeria | 2.0 | 22 | 27.5 |
| Norway | 0.9 | 1 | 90.7 |
| Oman | 4.0 | 4 | 35.5 |
| Pakistan | 2.8 | 4 | 39.1 |
| Palau | 1.0 | 23 | 38.2 |
| Panama | 2.5 | 18 | 32.3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.0 | 23 | 23.9 |
| Paraguay | 3.9 | 9 | 14.6 |
| Peru | 3.1 | 7 | 24.7 |
| Philippines | 5.7 | 38 | 4.2 |
| Poland | 3.0 | 22 | 27.8 |
| Portugal | 2.0 | 9 | 74.0 |
| Puerto Rico | 3.8 | 8 | 54.1 |
| Romania | 3.3 | 9 | 28.9 |
| Russia | 3.8 | 9 | 29.0 |
| Rwanda | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Samoa | 2.5 | 38 | 15.2 |
| São Tomé and Principe | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.8 | 22 | 29.3 |
| Senegal | 3.0 | 7 | 32.4 |
| Serbia | 2.7 | 23 | 23.1 |
| Seychelles | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Sierra Leone | 2.6 | 42 | 8.5 |
| Singapore | 0.8 | 1 | 91.3 |
| Slovakia | 4.0 | 18 | 45.2 |
| Slovenia | 2.0 | 8 | 46.6 |
| Solomon Islands | 1.0 | 38 | 23.3 |
| South Africa | 2.0 | 18 | 33.2 |
| Spain | 1.0 | 15 | 76.9 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.7 | 5 | 44.6 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| St. Lucia | 2.0 | 9 | 41.8 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Sudan | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Suriname | 5.0 | 30 | 7.4 |
| Swaziland | 2.0 | 15 | 36.0 |
| Sweden | 2.0 | 9 | 74.7 |
| Switzerland | 3.0 | 4 | 47.1 |
| Syria | 4.1 | 9 | 30.8 |
| Taiwan, China | 1.9 | 4 | 80.2 |
| Tajikistan | 3.0 | 9 | 23.6 |
| Tanzania | 3.0 | 22 | 20.5 |
| Thailand | 2.7 | 36 | 41.8 |
| Timor-Leste | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Togo | 3.0 | 15 | 26.3 |
| Tonga | 2.7 | 22 | 25.3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Tunisia | 1.3 | 7 | 51.5 |
| Turkey | 3.3 | 15 | 20.3 |
| Uganda | 2.2 | 30 | 41.0 |
| Ukraine | 2.9 | 42 | 9.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5.1 | 30 | 10.1 |
| United Kingdom | 1.0 | 6 | 84.6 |
| United States | 1.5 | 7 | 75.9 |
| Uruguay | 2.1 | 7 | 44.8 |
| Uzbekistan | 4.0 | 10 | 18.7 |
| Vanuatu | 2.6 | 38 | 39.3 |
| Venezuela | 4.0 | 38 | 6.6 |
| Vietnam | 5.0 | 15 | 18.0 |
| West Bank and Gaza | no practice | no practice | 0.0 |
| Yemen | 3.0 | 8 | 28.6 |
| Zambia | 2.7 | 9 | 28.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 3.3 | 22 | 0.1 |
