Registering Property

This topic examines the steps, time, and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building that is already registered and free of title dispute.

The table below shows the main indicators, which include:
  • number of procedures legally required to register property,
  • time spent in completing the procedures, and
  • the costs, such as fees, transfer taxes, stamp duties, and any other payment to the property registry, notaries, public agencies or lawyers. The cost is expressed as a percentage of the property value, assuming a property value of 50 times income per capita.

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Region or EconomyProcedures (number)Time (days)Cost (% of property value)
OECD4.725.04.6
East Asia & Pacific5.097.53.9
Eastern Europe & Central Asia5.759.72.2
Middle East & North Africa6.136.15.7
South Asia6.3105.95.6
Sub-Saharan Africa6.780.79.9
Latin America & Caribbean6.870.45.9
Brunei Darussalamno practiceno practiceno practice
Maldivesno practiceno practiceno practice
Marshall Islandsno practiceno practiceno practice
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.no practiceno practiceno practice
Timor-Lesteno practiceno practiceno practice
Norway132.5
United Arab Emirates122.0
Bahrain2310.9
Georgia230.0
Lithuania230.5
Netherlands256.2
New Zealand220.1
Oman2163.0
Saudi Arabia220.0
Sweden2153.0
Thailand221.1
United Kingdom284.1
Vanuatu21887.0
Armenia340.3
Austria3324.5
Belarus3180.0
Cyprus33410.0
Estonia3180.5
Fiji3682.0
Finland3144.1
Iceland342.4
Nepal354.8
Singapore352.8
Slovak Republic3170.1
Taiwan, China356.2
Azerbaijan4110.2
Benin412011.8
Burkina Faso45913.2
China4293.1
Czech Republic4783.0
Germany4405.2
Guatemala4271.0
Hungary41711.0
Kyrgyz Republic452.8
Mauritania4495.2
Mauritius42610.7
Niger43511.0
Papua New Guinea4725.1
Peru4143.3
Rwanda4600.5
Seychelles4337.0
Spain4187.2
Switzerland4160.4
Syrian Arab Republic41928.0
Tonga410810.2
Tunisia4396.1
United States4120.5
Vietnam4571.1
Australia554.9
Bhutan5640.0
Botswana5165.0
Burundi5946.3
Cameroon59317.8
Central African Republic57518.6
Comoros52420.8
Croatia51045.0
Dominica54213.7
El Salvador5313.8
Gambia, the53714.6
Ghana5341.1
Haiti54056.4
Hong Kong, China5455.0
India5447.4
Iraq587.7
Ireland5386.7
Kazakhstan5400.1
Kiribati55130.0
Macedonia, FYR5583.2
Malaysia51442.6
Mali52920.0
Mexico5745.2
Moldova550.9
Mongolia5112.1
Palau5140.3
Portugal5127.4
Samoa51471.6
Togo529513.1
Zimbabwe53110.1
Albania6423.4
Antigua and Barbuda62610.8
Argentina6527.0
Canada6171.8
Cape Verde6737.6
Chad64422.7
Chile6311.3
Costa Rica6213.4
Côte d'Ivoire66213.9
Denmark6420.6
Equatorial Guinea6236.2
Guinea610413.9
Guyana6344.5
Indonesia62210.7
Jamaica6559.5
Japan6145.0
Latvia6452.0
Lesotho61018.0
Malawi6883.2
Pakistan6507.2
Paraguay6463.5
Poland61970.5
Russian Federation6430.1
Senegal612420.6
Serbia61112.8
Slovenia63912.0
South Africa6248.7
St. Kitts and Nevis68113.3
St. Lucia6167.4
Sudan693.0
Suriname619713.8
Tajikistan6374.6
Turkey663.0
Yemen, Rep.6193.8
Zambia6396.6
Angola718411.4
Bahamas, the74812.5
Belgium77912.7
Bolivia7924.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina7845.2
Cambodia7564.4
Colombia7202.0
Congo, Rep.711610.3
Djibouti74013.2
Dominican Republic7603.7
Egypt, Arab Rep.7720.9
Gabon73910.5
Honduras7235.5
Israel71445.0
Jordan7217.5
Korea, Rep.7115.1
Madagascar7749.7
Panama7322.4
São Tomé and Principe76210.9
Sierra Leone723612.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines73811.9
West Bank and Gaza7470.7
Bangladesh824510.2
Belize8604.7
Bulgaria8152.3
Congo, Dem. Rep.8579.8
France8986.1
Grenada8777.4
Italy8274.6
Kenya8644.2
Kosovo8331.0
Kuwait8550.5
Lebanon8255.8
Luxembourg82910.3
Montenegro8863.3
Morocco8474.9
Mozambique84211.3
Nicaragua81243.8
Philippines8334.3
Puerto Rico81941.4
Romania8481.3
Sri Lanka8835.1
Trinidad and Tobago81627.0
Venezuela, R.B.8472.2
Afghanistan92504.0
Ecuador9162.1
Guinea-Bissau92117.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.93610.5
Lao PDR91354.1
Namibia9239.6
Tanzania9734.4
Uruguay9667.1
Ethiopia10412.2
Liberia105013.2
Qatar10160.3
Solomon Islands102974.8
Ukraine10932.6
Algeria11477.1
Greece11224.0
Swaziland11467.1
Eritrea121015.2
Uzbekistan12781.5
Nigeria138220.9
Uganda13773.5
Brazil14422.7