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
Middle East & North Africa6.136.15.7
Eastern Europe & Central Asia5.759.72.2
Latin America & Caribbean6.870.45.9
Sub-Saharan Africa6.780.79.9
East Asia & Pacific5.097.53.9
South Asia6.3105.95.6
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
New Zealand220.1
Saudi Arabia220.0
Thailand221.1
United Arab Emirates122.0
Georgia230.0
Lithuania230.5
Norway132.5
Armenia340.3
Iceland342.4
Australia554.9
Kyrgyz Republic452.8
Moldova550.9
Nepal354.8
Netherlands256.2
Singapore352.8
Taiwan, China356.2
Turkey663.0
Iraq587.7
United Kingdom284.1
Sudan693.0
Azerbaijan4110.2
Korea, Rep.7115.1
Mongolia5112.1
Portugal5127.4
United States4120.5
Finland3144.1
Japan6145.0
Palau5140.3
Peru4143.3
Bulgaria8152.3
Sweden2153.0
Botswana5165.0
Ecuador9162.1
Oman2163.0
Qatar10160.3
St. Lucia6167.4
Switzerland4160.4
Canada6171.8
Hungary41711.0
Slovak Republic3170.1
Belarus3180.0
Estonia3180.5
Spain4187.2
Syrian Arab Republic41928.0
Yemen, Rep.6193.8
Colombia7202.0
Costa Rica6213.4
Jordan7217.5
Greece11224.0
Indonesia62210.7
Equatorial Guinea6236.2
Honduras7235.5
Namibia9239.6
Comoros52420.8
South Africa6248.7
Lebanon8255.8
Antigua and Barbuda62610.8
Mauritius42610.7
Guatemala4271.0
Italy8274.6
China4293.1
Luxembourg82910.3
Mali52920.0
Bahrain2310.9
Chile6311.3
El Salvador5313.8
Zimbabwe53110.1
Austria3324.5
Panama7322.4
Kosovo8331.0
Philippines8334.3
Seychelles4337.0
Cyprus33410.0
Ghana5341.1
Guyana6344.5
Niger43511.0
Iran, Islamic Rep.93610.5
Tajikistan6374.6
Ireland5386.7
St. Vincent and the Grenadines73811.9
Gabon73910.5
Tunisia4396.1
Zambia6396.6
Djibouti74013.2
Germany4405.2
Kazakhstan5400.1
Ethiopia10412.2
Albania6423.4
Brazil14422.7
Denmark6420.6
Dominica54213.7
Mozambique84211.3
Russian Federation6430.1
Chad64422.7
India5447.4
Hong Kong, China5455.0
Latvia6452.0
Paraguay6463.5
Swaziland11467.1
Algeria11477.1
Morocco8474.9
Venezuela, R.B.8472.2
West Bank and Gaza7470.7
Bahamas, the74812.5
Romania8481.3
Mauritania4495.2
Liberia105013.2
Pakistan6507.2
Argentina6527.0
Jamaica6559.5
Kuwait8550.5
Cambodia7564.4
Congo, Dem. Rep.8579.8
Vietnam4571.1
Macedonia, FYR5583.2
Burkina Faso45913.2
Belize8604.7
Dominican Republic7603.7
Rwanda4600.5
Côte d'Ivoire66213.9
São Tomé and Principe76210.9
Bhutan5640.0
Kenya8644.2
Uruguay9667.1
Fiji3682.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.7720.9
Papua New Guinea4725.1
Cape Verde6737.6
Tanzania9734.4
Madagascar7749.7
Mexico5745.2
Central African Republic57518.6
Grenada8777.4
Uganda13773.5
Czech Republic4783.0
Uzbekistan12781.5
Belgium77912.7
St. Kitts and Nevis68113.3
Nigeria138220.9
Sri Lanka8835.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina7845.2
Montenegro8863.3
Malawi6883.2
Bolivia7924.8
Cameroon59317.8
Ukraine10932.6
Burundi5946.3
France8986.1
Eritrea121015.2
Lesotho61018.0
Croatia51045.0
Guinea610413.9
Tonga410810.2
Serbia61112.8
Congo, Rep.711610.3
Benin412011.8
Nicaragua81243.8
Senegal612420.6
Lao PDR91354.1
Israel71445.0
Malaysia51442.6
Samoa51471.6
Trinidad and Tobago81627.0
Angola718411.4
Vanuatu21887.0
Puerto Rico81941.4
Poland61970.5
Suriname619713.8
Guinea-Bissau92117.6
Sierra Leone723612.4
Bangladesh824510.2
Afghanistan92504.0
Togo529513.1
Solomon Islands102974.8
Gambia, the53714.6
Slovenia63912.0
Haiti54056.4
Kiribati55130.0