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)
Eastern Europe & Central Asia5.759.72.2
East Asia & Pacific5.097.53.9
OECD4.725.04.6
South Asia6.3105.95.6
Middle East & North Africa6.136.15.7
Latin America & Caribbean6.870.45.9
Sub-Saharan Africa6.780.79.9
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
Saudi Arabia220.0
Bhutan5640.0
Belarus3180.0
Georgia230.0
Kiribati55130.0
Slovak Republic3170.1
Kazakhstan5400.1
New Zealand220.1
Russian Federation6430.1
Azerbaijan4110.2
Qatar10160.3
Armenia340.3
Palau5140.3
Switzerland4160.4
Estonia3180.5
Rwanda4600.5
United States4120.5
Poland61970.5
Kuwait8550.5
Lithuania230.5
Denmark6420.6
West Bank and Gaza7470.7
Egypt, Arab Rep.7720.9
Moldova550.9
Bahrain2310.9
Guatemala4271.0
Kosovo8331.0
Ghana5341.1
Vietnam4571.1
Thailand221.1
Chile6311.3
Romania8481.3
Puerto Rico81941.4
Uzbekistan12781.5
Samoa51471.6
Canada6171.8
Colombia7202.0
United Arab Emirates122.0
Fiji3682.0
Latvia6452.0
Slovenia63912.0
Mongolia5112.1
Ecuador9162.1
Venezuela, R.B.8472.2
Ethiopia10412.2
Bulgaria8152.3
Panama7322.4
Iceland342.4
Norway132.5
Malaysia51442.6
Ukraine10932.6
Brazil14422.7
Singapore352.8
Kyrgyz Republic452.8
Serbia61112.8
Oman2163.0
Czech Republic4783.0
Sweden2153.0
Sudan693.0
Turkey663.0
China4293.1
Macedonia, FYR5583.2
Malawi6883.2
Montenegro8863.3
Peru4143.3
Costa Rica6213.4
Albania6423.4
Paraguay6463.5
Uganda13773.5
Dominican Republic7603.7
El Salvador5313.8
Nicaragua81243.8
Yemen, Rep.6193.8
Afghanistan92504.0
Greece11224.0
Finland3144.1
United Kingdom284.1
Lao PDR91354.1
Kenya8644.2
Philippines8334.3
Cambodia7564.4
Tanzania9734.4
Austria3324.5
Guyana6344.5
Gambia, the53714.6
Italy8274.6
Tajikistan6374.6
Belize8604.7
Solomon Islands102974.8
Nepal354.8
Bolivia7924.8
Morocco8474.9
Australia554.9
Hong Kong, China5455.0
Israel71445.0
Croatia51045.0
Botswana5165.0
Japan6145.0
Sri Lanka8835.1
Korea, Rep.7115.1
Papua New Guinea4725.1
Eritrea121015.2
Germany4405.2
Mexico5745.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina7845.2
Mauritania4495.2
Honduras7235.5
Lebanon8255.8
Tunisia4396.1
France8986.1
Equatorial Guinea6236.2
Netherlands256.2
Taiwan, China356.2
Burundi5946.3
Haiti54056.4
Zambia6396.6
Ireland5386.7
Argentina6527.0
Vanuatu21887.0
Seychelles4337.0
Trinidad and Tobago81627.0
Swaziland11467.1
Uruguay9667.1
Algeria11477.1
Spain4187.2
Pakistan6507.2
Grenada8777.4
Portugal5127.4
India5447.4
St. Lucia6167.4
Jordan7217.5
Cape Verde6737.6
Guinea-Bissau92117.6
Iraq587.7
Lesotho61018.0
South Africa6248.7
Jamaica6559.5
Namibia9239.6
Madagascar7749.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.8579.8
Cyprus33410.0
Zimbabwe53110.1
Tonga410810.2
Bangladesh824510.2
Luxembourg82910.3
Congo, Rep.711610.3
Gabon73910.5
Iran, Islamic Rep.93610.5
Mauritius42610.7
Indonesia62210.7
Antigua and Barbuda62610.8
São Tomé and Principe76210.9
Hungary41711.0
Niger43511.0
Mozambique84211.3
Angola718411.4
Benin412011.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines73811.9
Sierra Leone723612.4
Bahamas, the74812.5
Belgium77912.7
Togo529513.1
Burkina Faso45913.2
Djibouti74013.2
Liberia105013.2
St. Kitts and Nevis68113.3
Dominica54213.7
Suriname619713.8
Côte d'Ivoire66213.9
Guinea610413.9
Cameroon59317.8
Central African Republic57518.6
Mali52920.0
Senegal612420.6
Comoros52420.8
Nigeria138220.9
Chad64422.7
Syrian Arab Republic41928.0