Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score by country
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
100.0%
Saudi Arabia
Lowest
0.0%
Tonga
Median
66.8%
Years covered
16
2004–2019
Data points
2,938
What the numbers show
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Saudi Arabia; the lowest is 0.0% in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.8%, and the mean is 63.1%.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 869.3%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 100.0%).
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Slovak Republic | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 3 | Kiribati | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2019 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 99.7% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | New Zealand | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 99.4% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 9 | Rwanda | 99.4% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 99.1% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.0% | 2019 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 12 | Palau | 98.9% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 98.8% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 98.3% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 98.3% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Kosovo | 98.2% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Poland | 98.0% | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 97.0% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Kuwait | 96.5% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 96.2% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 96.0% | 2019 | up 232.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Denmark | 95.9% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | Brunei Darussalam | 95.9% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 95.1% | 2019 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 94.7% | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Moldova | 93.3% | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 27 | Chile | 92.7% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Egypt | 92.7% | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 91.6% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 30 | Somalia | 90.7% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 31 | Togo | 89.3% | 2019 | up 624.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Puerto Rico | 89.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Bahrain | 88.6% | 2019 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 34 | Ukraine | 88.4% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 35 | Malawi | 88.4% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 36 | Yemen | 87.8% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 87.8% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Latvia | 86.6% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Colombia | 86.6% | 2019 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Mongolia | 86.2% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 41 | Ecuador | 85.9% | 2019 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 42 | Cape Verde | 85.5% | 2019 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 43 | Slovenia | 85.5% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Panama | 84.3% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | United States | 84.1% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 46 | Norway | 83.3% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Sudan | 82.9% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 48 | Venezuela | 82.6% | 2019 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 82.4% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 50 | Angola | 81.9% | 2019 | up 277.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Jamaica | 81.4% | 2019 | up 143.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 81.1% | 2019 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 81.0% | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 54 | Singapore | 80.8% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 55 | Fiji | 80.0% | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 80.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 79.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 58 | Palestine, State of | 79.8% | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 79.3% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 60 | Burundi | 79.1% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 61 | Montenegro | 79.0% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 78.6% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 77.6% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 64 | Benin | 77.3% | 2019 | up 262.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 77.2% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Malaysia | 76.5% | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 67 | Brazil | 76.3% | 2019 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 68 | Iceland | 76.0% | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 75.7% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 70 | Iran | 74.9% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 71 | Samoa | 74.7% | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 74.5% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 73 | Canada | 74.4% | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 74.2% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Uganda | 74.0% | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 73.3% | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 77 | Finland | 73.3% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 78 | Pakistan | 72.0% | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 79 | Sweden | 71.6% | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 71.6% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Philippines | 71.5% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 82 | Myanmar | 71.5% | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 70.8% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 84 | Barbados | 70.3% | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritania | 70.2% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 86 | Guyana | 69.3% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Austria | 69.2% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 88 | China (People’s Republic of) | 69.2% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 89 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.0% | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 68.7% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Guinea | 68.2% | 2019 | up 869.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Belize | 67.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 67.8% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 94 | Greece | 67.7% | 2019 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mozambique | 66.9% | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 66.7% | 2019 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 97 | Bhutan | 66.6% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 98 | Hungary | 66.6% | 2019 | up 151.0% | rising |
| 99 | Korea | 65.9% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.8% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 101 | Botswana | 65.8% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 65.7% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 65.6% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 65.5% | 2019 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 105 | Japan | 64.8% | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 106 | Australia | 64.3% | 2019 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.9% | 2019 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 108 | Djibouti | 62.6% | 2019 | up 406.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Honduras | 62.2% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Nepal | 61.6% | 2019 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 111 | Kenya | 60.5% | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 112 | Mexico | 60.4% | 2019 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 113 | Oman | 60.3% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 60.1% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 115 | Lebanon | 59.9% | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 59.8% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 59.5% | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 118 | Tunisia | 59.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 119 | Spain | 59.4% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 120 | Netherlands | 59.3% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Taiwan, China | 58.7% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 122 | Morocco | 57.5% | 2019 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 123 | Ireland | 56.5% | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 124 | Argentina | 56.1% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 125 | San Marino | 55.9% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 126 | Germany | 55.7% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 127 | Haiti | 54.8% | 2019 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 128 | Seychelles | 53.3% | 2019 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 53.2% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 53.1% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 53.1% | 2019 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.0% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Algeria | 52.9% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Côte d’Ivoire | 52.5% | 2019 | up 627.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 52.5% | 2019 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 136 | Senegal | 52.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Israel | 52.3% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 138 | Thailand | 52.0% | 2019 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 52.0% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 140 | Iraq | 51.6% | 2019 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 51.3% | 2019 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 142 | France | 51.3% | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 143 | Portugal | 51.2% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 144 | Eswatini | 51.1% | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 145 | Niger | 50.8% | 2019 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Grenada | 50.4% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 147 | Comoros | 49.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Cyprus | 48.8% | 2019 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong, China | 48.6% | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 150 | India | 48.1% | 2019 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 151 | Gambia | 48.0% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 152 | South Africa | 46.8% | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 153 | Chad | 46.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 45.3% | 2019 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 155 | Indonesia | 44.4% | 2019 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 156 | Albania | 40.5% | 2019 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | 40.0% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 158 | Jordan | 39.9% | 2019 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 159 | Eritrea, The State of | 39.8% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 160 | Zambia | 36.5% | 2019 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 32.6% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 162 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 32.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.1% | 2019 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 29.1% | 2019 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.2% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.1% | 2019 | up 117.3% | rising |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 26.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Mali | 26.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Nigeria | 24.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Gabon | 23.3% | 2019 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 171 | Bahamas | 21.2% | 2019 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 20.5% | 2019 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.7% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 175 | Belgium | 15.3% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 176 | Dominica | 11.6% | 2019 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 177 | Liberia | 11.4% | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 178 | Malta | 9.8% | 2019 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Congo | 9.2% | 2019 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Cameroon | 8.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Namibia | 8.1% | 2019 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Suriname | 5.3% | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 183 | South Sudan | 3.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Libya | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.