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 most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2012. Read the methodology.

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Economy ▲	Registering Property rank	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. More informationProcedures (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. More informationTime (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. More informationCost (% of property value)
East Asia & Pacific	..	5	80	4.1
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	..	6	30	2.7
Latin America & Caribbean	..	7	67	6.0
Middle East & North Africa	..	6	33	5.9
OECD high income	..	5	26	4.5
South Asia	..	6	100	7.3
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	6	65	9.4
Afghanistan	174	9	250	5.0
Albania	121	6	33	11.4
Algeria	172	10	63	7.1
Angola	131	7	184	3.1
Antigua and Barbuda	125	7	26	10.9
Argentina	135	7	55	7.0
Armenia	4	3	7	0.2
Australia	37	5	5	5.1
Austria	34	3	21	4.6
Azerbaijan	9	4	11	0.5
Bahamas, The	179	7	122	13.5
Bahrain	29	2	31	2.7
Bangladesh	175	8	245	6.8
Barbados	154	6	153	7.3
Belarus	3	2	10	0.0
Belgium	176	8	64	12.7
Belize	136	8	60	4.8
Benin	133	4	120	11.8
Bhutan	85	3	92	5.0
Bolivia	139	7	92	4.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	7	25	5.3
Botswana	51	5	16	5.1
Brazil	109	14	34	2.6
Brunei Darussalam	115	7	298	0.6
Bulgaria	68	8	15	2.9
Burkina Faso	113	4	59	12.6
Burundi	127	8	64	3.3
Cambodia	115	7	56	4.3
Cameroon	158	5	93	19.1
Canada	54	6	17	3.4
Cape Verde	69	6	31	3.7
Central African Republic	132	5	75	11.0
Chad	140	6	44	17.9
Chile	55	6	31	1.3
China	44	4	29	3.6
Colombia	52	7	15	2.0
Comoros	77	4	30	10.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.	106	6	47	6.7
Congo, Rep.	156	6	55	21.3
Costa Rica	46	5	20	3.4
Côte d'Ivoire	159	6	62	13.9
Croatia	104	5	104	5.0
Cyprus	99	6	28	9.7
Czech Republic	27	3	24	3.0
Denmark	6	3	10	0.6
Djibouti	148	7	40	12.9
Dominica	119	5	42	13.2
Dominican Republic	110	7	60	3.7
Ecuador	101	9	39	2.1
Egypt, Arab Rep.	95	7	72	0.7
El Salvador	56	5	31	3.8
Equatorial Guinea	103	6	23	12.5
Eritrea	181	11	78	9.1
Estonia	14	3	18	0.4
Ethiopia	112	10	41	2.1
Fiji	58	4	69	2.0
Finland	24	3	14	4.0
France	146	8	59	6.1
Gabon	170	7	104	10.5
Gambia, The	120	5	66	7.6
Georgia	1	1	2	0.1
Germany	81	5	40	5.7
Ghana	45	5	34	1.2
Greece	150	11	18	11.8
Grenada	151	8	47	7.4
Guatemala	20	4	23	0.8
Guinea	151	6	59	14.2
Guinea-Bissau	180	8	210	10.5
Guyana	114	6	75	4.6
Haiti	130	5	301	6.6
Honduras	92	7	23	5.7
Hong Kong SAR, China	60	5	36	4.0
Hungary	43	4	17	5.0
Iceland	9	3	4	2.4
India	94	5	44	7.3
Indonesia	98	6	22	10.8
Iran, Islamic Rep.	165	9	36	10.5
Iraq	100	5	51	7.5
Ireland	53	5	38	2.5
Israel	144	6	81	7.3
Italy	39	3	24	4.5
Jamaica	105	6	37	7.5
Japan	64	6	14	5.8
Jordan	102	7	21	7.5
Kazakhstan	28	4	40	0.1
Kenya	161	9	73	4.3
Kiribati	71	5	513	0.0
Korea, Rep.	75	7	11	5.1
Kosovo	76	8	33	0.6
Kuwait	89	8	47	0.5
Kyrgyz Republic	11	4	5	1.8
Lao PDR	74	5	98	1.1
Latvia	31	5	18	2.0
Lebanon	108	8	25	5.8
Lesotho	157	6	101	7.9
Liberia	178	10	50	13.1
Lithuania	5	3	3	0.8
Luxembourg	134	8	29	10.1
Macedonia, FYR	50	4	40	3.2
Madagascar	147	6	74	10.5
Malawi	97	6	69	3.6
Malaysia	33	5	14	3.3
Maldives	151	6	57	16.1
Mali	91	5	29	12.0
Malta	80	7	15	5.2
Marshall Islands	185	no practice	no practice	no practice
Mauritania	65	4	49	4.7
Mauritius	60	4	15	10.6
Mexico	141	7	74	5.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	185	no practice	no practice	no practice
Moldova	16	5	5	0.9
Mongolia	22	5	11	2.1
Montenegro	117	7	71	3.1
Morocco	163	8	75	5.9
Mozambique	155	8	42	8.0
Namibia	169	8	46	13.8
Nepal	21	3	5	4.9
Netherlands	49	5	7	6.1
New Zealand	2	2	2	0.1
Nicaragua	123	8	49	4.2
Niger	87	4	35	11.0
Nigeria	182	13	86	20.8
Norway	7	1	3	2.5
Oman	18	2	16	3.0
Pakistan	126	6	50	7.8
Palau	17	5	14	0.4
Panama	107	8	28	5.3
Papua New Guinea	88	4	72	5.1
Paraguay	67	6	46	1.9
Peru	19	4	7	3.3
Philippines	122	8	39	4.8
Poland	62	6	54	0.4
Portugal	30	1	1	7.3
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	128	8	194	0.9
Qatar	40	7	13	0.3
Romania	72	8	26	1.2
Russian Federation	46	5	44	0.2
Rwanda	63	5	25	5.6
Samoa	23	5	15	1.6
São Tomé and Príncipe	161	7	62	9.0
Saudi Arabia	12	5	8	0.0
Senegal	173	6	122	20.2
Serbia	41	6	11	2.8
Seychelles	66	4	33	7.0
Sierra Leone	167	7	67	11.6
Singapore	36	5	21	2.9
Slovak Republic	8	3	17	0.0
Slovenia	83	5	110	2.0
Solomon Islands	168	10	87	4.8
South Africa	79	6	23	5.9
Spain	57	5	13	7.1
Sri Lanka	143	8	60	5.1
St. Kitts and Nevis	166	6	81	13.3
St. Lucia	117	8	17	7.6
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	145	7	38	11.9
Sudan	37	6	9	2.8
Suriname	171	6	197	13.7
Swaziland	129	9	21	7.1
Sweden	35	1	30	4.3
Switzerland	15	4	16	0.4
Syrian Arab Republic	84	4	19	27.8
Taiwan, China	32	3	5	6.2
Tajikistan	82	6	37	4.3
Tanzania	137	8	68	4.4
Thailand	26	2	2	6.3
Timor-Leste	185	no practice	no practice	no practice
Togo	160	5	295	12.5
Tonga	142	4	112	15.1
Trinidad and Tobago	176	9	78	7.0
Tunisia	70	4	39	6.1
Turkey	42	6	6	3.3
Uganda	124	12	52	1.9
Ukraine	149	10	70	3.7
United Arab Emirates	12	2	10	2.3
United Kingdom	73	6	29	4.7
United States	25	4	12	3.5
Uruguay	164	8	66	7.1
Uzbekistan	138	15	78	1.0
Vanuatu	110	4	118	7.0
Venezuela, RB	90	8	38	2.5
Vietnam	48	4	57	0.6
West Bank and Gaza	78	7	30	3.0
Yemen, Rep.	59	6	19	3.8
Zambia	96	5	40	8.2
Zimbabwe	85	5	31	7.8

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