Cost of registering property in Gabon
Gabon: Cost of registering property was 10.5% in 2012. ▬ Flat
Cost of registering property in Gabon, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in % of property value.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cost of registering property in Gabon is 10.5%, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Gabon ranks 20th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cost of registering property in Gabon, year by year
| Year | % of property value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10.5% | — |
| 2006 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 17 Central African Republic 11.0% compare
- 17 Niger 11.0% compare
- 19 Mauritius 10.6% compare
- 20 Comoros 10.5% compare
- 20 Guinea-Bissau 10.5% compare
- 20 Madagascar 10.5% compare
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,473 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5414 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost of registering property in Gabon?
- Cost of registering property in Gabon was 10.5% in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest cost of registering property recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest cost of registering property recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2005.
- How does Gabon rank for cost of registering property?
- Gabon ranks 20th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is cost of registering property rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Cost of registering property (% of property value). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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, including fees, transfer taxes, stamp duties and any other payment to the property registry, notaries, public agencies or lawyers. Other taxes, such as capital gains tax or value added tax, are excluded from the cost measure. Both costs borne by the buyer and those borne by the seller are included. If cost estimates differ among