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