Registering property: Cost (% of property value) by country
The cost is the total of official costs associated with completing the procedures to transfer the property, expressed as a percentage of the property value, assumed to be equivalent to 50 times income per capita. It is calculted as a percentage of the property value. Only official costs required by law are...
Countries reporting
186
Highest
28.0%
Syria
Lowest
0.0%
Slovakia
Median
4.8%
Years covered
16
2004–2019
Data points
2,887
What the numbers show
Registering property: Cost (% of property value) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 28.0% in Syria; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.8%, and the mean is 5.4%.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 3,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 100.0%).
Registering property: Cost (% of property value): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria | 28.0% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Maldives | 15.7% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 3 | Tonga | 15.1% | 2019 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 4 | South Sudan | 14.6% | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 5 | Suriname | 14.2% | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Namibia | 13.8% | 2019 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 7 | Cameroon | 13.7% | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 13.6% | 2019 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 9 | Malta | 13.5% | 2019 | up 164.7% | rising |
| 10 | Dominica | 13.3% | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 10 | Liberia | 13.3% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 12.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 11.9% | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 15 | Bahamas | 11.8% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.8% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 17 | Gabon | 11.5% | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 11.3% | 2019 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 19 | Mali | 11.1% | 2019 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 11.0% | 2019 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.9% | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.8% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 10.6% | 2019 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.2% | 2019 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.1% | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 10.1% | 2019 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 27 | Zambia | 9.5% | 2019 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 28 | Eritrea | 9.0% | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Jordan | 9.0% | 2019 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 28 | Madagascar | 9.0% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 31 | Albania | 8.9% | 2019 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 8.3% | 2019 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 33 | Lesotho | 8.2% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 34 | Chad | 8.1% | 2019 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 8.0% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 7.8% | 2019 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 36 | India | 7.8% | 2019 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 38 | Cyprus | 7.7% | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 7.7% | 2019 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 40 | Comoros | 7.6% | 2019 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 41 | Grenada | 7.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Niger | 7.4% | 2019 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 43 | France | 7.3% | 2019 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 7.3% | 2019 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 43 | Portugal | 7.3% | 2019 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Eswatini | 7.3% | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 7.3% | 2019 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 7.2% | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 7.2% | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | Thailand | 7.2% | 2019 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 7.1% | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.1% | 2019 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 7.1% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 7.1% | 2019 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 7.0% | 2019 | up 3,400.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Seychelles | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Uruguay | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Vanuatu | 7.0% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Haiti | 6.8% | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 61 | Argentina | 6.6% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Germany | 6.6% | 2019 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 61 | San Marino | 6.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Ireland | 6.5% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 65 | Morocco | 6.4% | 2019 | up 30.6% | flat |
| 66 | Taiwan | 6.2% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Spain | 6.1% | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 6.1% | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands | 6.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Tunisia | 6.1% | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 71 | Ethiopia | 6.0% | 2019 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 71 | Lebanon | 6.0% | 2019 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 6.0% | 2019 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 71 | Oman | 6.0% | 2019 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 75 | Kenya | 5.9% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 5.9% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 77 | Nepal | 5.8% | 2019 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 78 | Honduras | 5.7% | 2019 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 79 | Djibouti | 5.6% | 2019 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 80 | Australia | 5.4% | 2019 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.4% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Japan | 5.3% | 2019 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 5.2% | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 83 | Tanzania | 5.2% | 2019 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.1% | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 85 | Botswana | 5.1% | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 85 | South Korea | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 5.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 5.0% | 2019 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 89 | Bhutan | 5.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Hungary | 5.0% | 2019 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 89 | Mozambique | 5.0% | 2019 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 93 | Belize | 4.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 4.8% | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 93 | Guinea | 4.8% | 2019 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 93 | Greece | 4.8% | 2019 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Bolivia | 4.7% | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 4.7% | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 4.6% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 99 | China | 4.6% | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 99 | Guyana | 4.6% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 102 | Barbados | 4.5% | 2019 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 102 | Mauritania | 4.5% | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 104 | Italy | 4.4% | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 105 | Cambodia | 4.3% | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 105 | Myanmar | 4.3% | 2019 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 105 | Philippines | 4.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Sweden | 4.3% | 2019 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 109 | Pakistan | 4.2% | 2019 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 110 | Czechia | 4.0% | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 110 | Finland | 4.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Peru | 3.9% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 112 | Uganda | 3.9% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 114 | Canada | 3.8% | 2019 | up 153.3% | rising |
| 114 | Iran | 3.8% | 2019 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 114 | El Salvador | 3.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Samoa | 3.8% | 2019 | up 137.5% | rising |
| 118 | Brazil | 3.6% | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 118 | Guatemala | 3.6% | 2019 | up 260.0% | rising |
| 118 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 121 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 122 | Benin | 3.4% | 2019 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 3.4% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 3.4% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 3.2% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Laos | 3.1% | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 126 | Montenegro | 3.1% | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 129 | Fiji | 3.0% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Croatia | 3.0% | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 129 | Palestine | 3.0% | 2019 | up 172.7% | rising |
| 129 | Turkey | 3.0% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Singapore | 2.9% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 2.8% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 2.8% | 2019 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 2.8% | 2019 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 137 | Angola | 2.7% | 2019 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Sudan | 2.6% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 138 | Serbia | 2.6% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 138 | Venezuela | 2.6% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 141 | Norway | 2.5% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | United States | 2.4% | 2019 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Panama | 2.3% | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 144 | Cape Verde | 2.2% | 2019 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovenia | 2.2% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Ecuador | 2.1% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Mongolia | 2.1% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 148 | Colombia | 2.0% | 2019 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 148 | Latvia | 2.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Paraguay | 1.8% | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 150 | Yemen | 1.8% | 2019 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 152 | Bahrain | 1.7% | 2019 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 152 | Malawi | 1.7% | 2019 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 152 | Ukraine | 1.7% | 2019 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 1.6% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 155 | Togo | 1.6% | 2019 | down 87.9% | falling |
| 157 | Somalia | 1.4% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 158 | Romania | 1.3% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 159 | Chile | 1.1% | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 159 | Egypt | 1.1% | 2019 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 162 | Lithuania | 0.8% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 0.7% | 2019 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Brunei | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 0.6% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0.6% | 2019 | down 94.4% | falling |
| 164 | Vietnam | 0.6% | 2019 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 168 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.3% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Poland | 0.3% | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Kosovo | 0.3% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 170 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.3% | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2019 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2019 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Palau | 0.2% | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 178 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 178 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Russia | 0.1% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2019 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
The cost is the total of official costs associated with completing the procedures to transfer the property, expressed as a percentage of the property value, assumed to be equivalent to 50 times income per capita. It is calculted as a percentage of the property value. 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 the seller are included. If cost estimates differ among sources, the median reported value is used.