Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in South Africa
South Africa: Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score was 46.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in South Africa, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in South Africa stood at 46.8%.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in South Africa peaked at 62.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 25.0%, in 2004.
That places South Africa 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 25.0% | — |
| 2005 | 26.0% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 40.1% | +54.4% |
| 2007 | 40.7% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 41.1% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 42.0% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 40.8% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 62.5% | +53.0% |
| 2012 | 60.6% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 59.1% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 58.6% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 57.0% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 51.6% | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 49.2% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 47.8% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 46.8% | -2.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 46.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72.9%, 64% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 46.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 51.2%, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in South Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +54.4% | 26.0% | 40.1% |
| 2011 | +53.0% | 40.8% | 62.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.8% | 25.0% | 42.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 40.8% | 62.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 21.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 17.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in South Africa?
- Registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in South Africa was 46.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.0% in 2004.
- How does South Africa rank for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score?
- South Africa ranks 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.