Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score was 48.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Hong Kong, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Hong Kong recorded 48.6% for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Hong Kong peaked at 73.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 48.4%, in 2013.
That places Hong Kong 150th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Hong Kong, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 72.0% | — |
| 2005 | 72.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 72.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 72.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 72.3% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 66.6% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 72.3% | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 72.4% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 73.3% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 48.4% | -34.0% |
| 2014 | 48.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 48.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 48.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 48.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 48.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 48.6% | +0.1% |
Hong Kong compared with similar countries
- Hong Kong's 48.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 72.5%, 67% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Hong Kong's 48.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 70.4%, 69% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in Hong Kong changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -34.0% | 73.3% | 48.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.2% | 66.6% | 72.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 55.7% | 48.4% | 73.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong
More private sector data for Hong Kong
- Merchandise trade 371.0% (2025)
- Food imports 2.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 80.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 831.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 93.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 85.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 753.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 115.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 100,492 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Hong Kong?
- Registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in Hong Kong was 48.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 73.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.4% in 2013.
- How does Hong Kong rank for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score?
- Hong Kong ranks 150th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.