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.

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The total number of procedures legally required to register property. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the buyer or the seller, their agents (if an agent is legally or in practice required) or the property with external parties.

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Procedures (number)

The total number of days required to register property. The measure captures the median duration that property lawyers, notaries or registry officials indicate is necessary to complete a procedure.

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Time (days)

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the property value, assumed to be equivalent to 50 times income per capita. Only official costs required by law are recorded.

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Cost (% of property value)
East Asia & Pacific5814.1
Eastern Europe & Central Asia6332.8
Latin America & Caribbean7665.9
Middle East & North Africa6345.8
OECD high income5314.4
South Asia61037.3
Sub-Saharan Africa6659.4
Afghanistan92505.0
Albania63311.9
Algeria10487.1
Angola71843.2
Antigua and Barbuda72610.9
Argentina7537.0
Armenia370.3
Australia555.0
Austria3214.6
Azerbaijan4110.2
Bahamas, The712214.1
Bahrain2312.7
Bangladesh82456.6
Belarus2100.0
Belgium86412.7
Belize8604.7
Benin412011.8
Bhutan3925.0
Bolivia7924.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina7335.3
Botswana5165.0
Brazil13392.3
Brunei Darussalam72980.6
Bulgaria8153.0
Burkina Faso45912.8
Burundi5945.6
Cambodia7564.3
Cameroon59319.2
Canada6171.8
Cape Verde6313.9
Central African Republic57511.0
Chad64418.1
Chile6311.3
China
Subnational Data
4293.6
Colombia
Subnational Data
7152.0
Comoros43010.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.6546.8
Congo, Rep.65520.6
Costa Rica5203.4
Côte d'Ivoire66213.9
Croatia51045.0
Cyprus64210.3
Czech Republic4253.0
Denmark3160.6
Djibouti74013.0
Dominica54213.2
Dominican Republic7603.7
Ecuador9162.1
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Subnational Data
7720.8
El Salvador5313.7
Equatorial Guinea6236.2
Eritrea11789.1
Estonia3180.4
Ethiopia10412.1
Fiji3682.0
Finland3144.0
France8596.1
Gabon73910.5
Gambia, The5667.7
Georgia120.1
Germany5405.2
Ghana5340.7
Greece111812.0
Grenada8477.4
Guatemala4230.9
Guinea65914.4
Guinea-Bissau821010.6
Guyana6754.6
Haiti53016.6
Honduras7235.7
Hong Kong SAR, China5364.1
Hungary4175.0
Iceland342.4
India
Subnational Data
5447.3
Indonesia
Subnational Data
62210.8
Iran, Islamic Rep.93610.5
Iraq5516.9
Ireland5386.5
Israel71445.0
Italy7274.5
Jamaica6377.5
Japan6145.7
Jordan7217.5
Kazakhstan4400.1
Kenya
Subnational Data
8644.3
Kiribati55130.0
Korea, Rep.7115.1
Kosovo8330.6
Kuwait8470.5
Kyrgyz Republic452.2
Lao PDR5981.1
Latvia5182.0
Lebanon8255.8
Lesotho61018.0
Liberia105013.1
Lithuania330.8
Luxembourg82910.1
Macedonia, FYR4403.1
Madagascar67410.6
Malawi6693.2
Malaysia5483.3
Maldives65716.7
Mali52912.1
Marshall Islandsno practiceno practiceno practice
Mauritania4494.7
Mauritius42210.6
Mexico
Subnational Data
7745.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.no practiceno practiceno practice
Moldova550.9
Mongolia5112.1
Montenegro7713.1
Morocco
Subnational Data
8754.9
Mozambique8428.7
Namibia73913.7
Nepal355.0
Netherlands576.1
New Zealand220.1
Nicaragua8494.1
Niger43511.0
Nigeria
Subnational Data
138220.8
Norway132.5
Oman2163.0
Pakistan
Subnational Data
6507.7
Palau5140.4
Panama8325.3
Papua New Guinea4725.1
Paraguay6461.9
Peru473.3
Philippines
Subnational Data
8394.8
Poland61520.4
Portugal117.3
Puerto Rico (U.S.) 81940.9
Qatar7130.3
Romania8261.2
Russian Federation5430.2
Rwanda5256.3
Samoa5151.6
São Tomé and Príncipe 7628.9
Saudi Arabia220.0
Senegal612220.3
Serbia6112.8
Seychelles4337.0
Sierra Leone78611.8
Singapore352.8
Slovak Republic3170.0
Slovenia51102.0
Solomon Islands10874.9
South Africa6235.6
Spain5137.1
Sri Lanka8835.1
St. Kitts and Nevis68113.3
St. Lucia8177.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines73811.9
Sudan693.0
Suriname619713.8
Swaziland9217.1
Sweden174.3
Switzerland4160.4
Syrian Arab Republic41927.9
Taiwan, China356.2
Tajikistan6375.3
Tanzania9734.4
Thailand226.3
Timor-Lesteno practiceno practiceno practice
Togo529513.0
Tonga410815.2
Trinidad and Tobago81627.0
Tunisia4396.1
Turkey663.3
Uganda13482.9
Ukraine101173.9
United Arab Emirates122.0
United Kingdom6294.7
United States4120.8
Uruguay8667.1
Uzbekistan12780.9
Vanuatu41187.0
Venezuela, RB8382.5
Vietnam4570.6
West Bank and Gaza7470.8
Yemen, Rep.6193.8
Zambia5408.3
Zimbabwe5318.0

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