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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:
| Region or Economy | Procedures (number) | Time (days) | Cost (% of property value) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Europe & Central Asia | 5.7 | 59.7 | 2.2 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 5.0 | 97.5 | 3.9 |
| OECD | 4.7 | 25.0 | 4.6 |
| South Asia | 6.3 | 105.9 | 5.6 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 6.1 | 36.1 | 5.7 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 6.8 | 70.4 | 5.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.7 | 80.7 | 9.9 |
| Brunei Darussalam | no practice | no practice | no practice |
| Maldives | no practice | no practice | no practice |
| Marshall Islands | no practice | no practice | no practice |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | no practice | no practice | no practice |
| Timor-Leste | no practice | no practice | no practice |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 64 | 0.0 |
| Belarus | 3 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kiribati | 5 | 513 | 0.0 |
| Slovak Republic | 3 | 17 | 0.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 40 | 0.1 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Russian Federation | 6 | 43 | 0.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 11 | 0.2 |
| Qatar | 10 | 16 | 0.3 |
| Armenia | 3 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Palau | 5 | 14 | 0.3 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 16 | 0.4 |
| Estonia | 3 | 18 | 0.5 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 60 | 0.5 |
| United States | 4 | 12 | 0.5 |
| Poland | 6 | 197 | 0.5 |
| Kuwait | 8 | 55 | 0.5 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Denmark | 6 | 42 | 0.6 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 7 | 47 | 0.7 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 7 | 72 | 0.9 |
| Moldova | 5 | 5 | 0.9 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 31 | 0.9 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 27 | 1.0 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 33 | 1.0 |
| Ghana | 5 | 34 | 1.1 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 57 | 1.1 |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 1.1 |
| Chile | 6 | 31 | 1.3 |
| Romania | 8 | 48 | 1.3 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 194 | 1.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 12 | 78 | 1.5 |
| Samoa | 5 | 147 | 1.6 |
| Canada | 6 | 17 | 1.8 |
| Colombia | 7 | 20 | 2.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Fiji | 3 | 68 | 2.0 |
| Latvia | 6 | 45 | 2.0 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 391 | 2.0 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 11 | 2.1 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 16 | 2.1 |
| Venezuela, R.B. | 8 | 47 | 2.2 |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 41 | 2.2 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 15 | 2.3 |
| Panama | 7 | 32 | 2.4 |
| Iceland | 3 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Norway | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 144 | 2.6 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 93 | 2.6 |
| Brazil | 14 | 42 | 2.7 |
| Singapore | 3 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 4 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Serbia | 6 | 111 | 2.8 |
| Oman | 2 | 16 | 3.0 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 78 | 3.0 |
| Sweden | 2 | 15 | 3.0 |
| Sudan | 6 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Turkey | 6 | 6 | 3.0 |
| China | 4 | 29 | 3.1 |
| Macedonia, FYR | 5 | 58 | 3.2 |
| Malawi | 6 | 88 | 3.2 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 86 | 3.3 |
| Peru | 4 | 14 | 3.3 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 21 | 3.4 |
| Albania | 6 | 42 | 3.4 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 46 | 3.5 |
| Uganda | 13 | 77 | 3.5 |
| Dominican Republic | 7 | 60 | 3.7 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 31 | 3.8 |
| Nicaragua | 8 | 124 | 3.8 |
| Yemen, Rep. | 6 | 19 | 3.8 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 250 | 4.0 |
| Greece | 11 | 22 | 4.0 |
| Finland | 3 | 14 | 4.1 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8 | 4.1 |
| Lao PDR | 9 | 135 | 4.1 |
| Kenya | 8 | 64 | 4.2 |
| Philippines | 8 | 33 | 4.3 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 56 | 4.4 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 73 | 4.4 |
| Austria | 3 | 32 | 4.5 |
| Guyana | 6 | 34 | 4.5 |
| Gambia, the | 5 | 371 | 4.6 |
| Italy | 8 | 27 | 4.6 |
| Tajikistan | 6 | 37 | 4.6 |
| Belize | 8 | 60 | 4.7 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 297 | 4.8 |
| Nepal | 3 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Bolivia | 7 | 92 | 4.8 |
| Morocco | 8 | 47 | 4.9 |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Hong Kong, China | 5 | 45 | 5.0 |
| Israel | 7 | 144 | 5.0 |
| Croatia | 5 | 104 | 5.0 |
| Botswana | 5 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Japan | 6 | 14 | 5.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 83 | 5.1 |
| Korea, Rep. | 7 | 11 | 5.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 72 | 5.1 |
| Eritrea | 12 | 101 | 5.2 |
| Germany | 4 | 40 | 5.2 |
| Mexico | 5 | 74 | 5.2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 84 | 5.2 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 49 | 5.2 |
| Honduras | 7 | 23 | 5.5 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 25 | 5.8 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 39 | 6.1 |
| France | 8 | 98 | 6.1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 23 | 6.2 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Taiwan, China | 3 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Burundi | 5 | 94 | 6.3 |
| Haiti | 5 | 405 | 6.4 |
| Zambia | 6 | 39 | 6.6 |
| Ireland | 5 | 38 | 6.7 |
| Argentina | 6 | 52 | 7.0 |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 188 | 7.0 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 33 | 7.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 162 | 7.0 |
| Swaziland | 11 | 46 | 7.1 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 66 | 7.1 |
| Algeria | 11 | 47 | 7.1 |
| Spain | 4 | 18 | 7.2 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 50 | 7.2 |
| Grenada | 8 | 77 | 7.4 |
| Portugal | 5 | 12 | 7.4 |
| India | 5 | 44 | 7.4 |
| St. Lucia | 6 | 16 | 7.4 |
| Jordan | 7 | 21 | 7.5 |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 73 | 7.6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 211 | 7.6 |
| Iraq | 5 | 8 | 7.7 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 101 | 8.0 |
| South Africa | 6 | 24 | 8.7 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 55 | 9.5 |
| Namibia | 9 | 23 | 9.6 |
| Madagascar | 7 | 74 | 9.7 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 8 | 57 | 9.8 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 34 | 10.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 31 | 10.1 |
| Tonga | 4 | 108 | 10.2 |
| Bangladesh | 8 | 245 | 10.2 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Congo, Rep. | 7 | 116 | 10.3 |
| Gabon | 7 | 39 | 10.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 9 | 36 | 10.5 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 26 | 10.7 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 22 | 10.7 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 26 | 10.8 |
| São Tomé and Principe | 7 | 62 | 10.9 |
| Hungary | 4 | 17 | 11.0 |
| Niger | 4 | 35 | 11.0 |
| Mozambique | 8 | 42 | 11.3 |
| Angola | 7 | 184 | 11.4 |
| Benin | 4 | 120 | 11.8 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 38 | 11.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 236 | 12.4 |
| Bahamas, the | 7 | 48 | 12.5 |
| Belgium | 7 | 79 | 12.7 |
| Togo | 5 | 295 | 13.1 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 59 | 13.2 |
| Djibouti | 7 | 40 | 13.2 |
| Liberia | 10 | 50 | 13.2 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 81 | 13.3 |
| Dominica | 5 | 42 | 13.7 |
| Suriname | 6 | 197 | 13.8 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 6 | 62 | 13.9 |
| Guinea | 6 | 104 | 13.9 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 93 | 17.8 |
| Central African Republic | 5 | 75 | 18.6 |
| Mali | 5 | 29 | 20.0 |
| Senegal | 6 | 124 | 20.6 |
| Comoros | 5 | 24 | 20.8 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 82 | 20.9 |
| Chad | 6 | 44 | 22.7 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | 19 | 28.0 |