Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in United States
United States: Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score was 84.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in United States, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in United States is 84.1%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in United States peaked at 97.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 77.1%, in 2012.
That places United States 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score in United States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 96.9% | — |
| 2005 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96.9% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 94.5% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 77.1% | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 83.8% | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 84.0% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 84.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 84.1% | +0.2% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 84.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.5%, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.9% | 96.9% | 97.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 77.1% | 96.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near United States
More private sector data for United States
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 78.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 884.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 54.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.21 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in United States?
- Registering property: cost (% of property value) - score in United States was 84.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost (% of property value) - score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.1% in 2012.
- How does United States rank for registering property: cost (% of property value) - score?
- United States ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost (% of property value) - score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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.