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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
183
Highest
28.0%
Syria
Lowest
0.0%
Slovakia
Median
4.8%
Years covered
16
2004–2019
Data points
2,876

What the numbers show

Registering property: Cost (% of property value) is currently reported for 183 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 84 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 3,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 100.0%).

Registering property: Cost: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syria 28.0% 2019 up 1.1% flat
1 Djibouti 5.6% 2019 down 57.3% falling
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
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
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 Australia 5.4% 2019 up 10.2% flat
79 Guinea-Bissau 5.4% 2019 down 50.0% falling
81 Japan 5.3% 2019 up 6.0% volatile
82 Papua New Guinea 5.2% 2019 up 2.0% flat
82 Tanzania 5.2% 2019 up 18.2% falling
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.1% 2019 down 1.9% flat
84 Botswana 5.1% 2019 up 2.0% flat
84 South Korea 5.1% 2019 unchanged falling
84 Sri Lanka 5.1% 2019 unchanged flat
88 Afghanistan 5.0% 2019 up 25.0% falling
88 Bhutan 5.0% 2019 unchanged flat
88 Hungary 5.0% 2019 down 54.5% falling
88 Mozambique 5.0% 2019 down 34.2% falling
92 Belize 4.8% 2019 unchanged flat
92 United Kingdom 4.8% 2019 up 2.1% flat
92 Guinea 4.8% 2019 down 65.5% falling
92 Greece 4.8% 2019 up 23.1% volatile
96 Bolivia 4.7% 2019 down 2.1% falling
96 Solomon Islands 4.7% 2019 down 2.1% falling
98 Austria 4.6% 2019 up 2.2% flat
98 China 4.6% 2019 down 9.8% falling
98 Guyana 4.6% 2019 up 2.2% flat
101 Barbados 4.5% 2019 up 36.4% rising
101 Mauritania 4.5% 2019 down 13.5% falling
103 Italy 4.4% 2019 down 2.2% flat
104 Cambodia 4.3% 2019 down 2.3% falling
104 Myanmar 4.3% 2019 down 41.9% falling
104 Philippines 4.3% 2019 unchanged flat
104 Sweden 4.3% 2019 up 43.3% rising
108 Pakistan 4.2% 2019 down 22.2% falling
109 Czechia 4.0% 2019 up 33.3% rising
109 Finland 4.0% 2019 unchanged flat
111 Peru 3.9% 2019 up 2.6% rising
111 Uganda 3.9% 2019 up 50.0% rising
113 Canada 3.8% 2019 up 153.3% rising
113 Iran 3.8% 2019 down 30.9% falling
113 El Salvador 3.8% 2019 unchanged flat
113 Samoa 3.8% 2019 up 137.5% rising
117 Brazil 3.6% 2019 up 38.5% rising
117 Guatemala 3.6% 2019 up 260.0% rising
117 Iceland 3.6% 2019 up 50.0% rising
120 Malaysia 3.5% 2019 up 6.1% rising
121 Benin 3.4% 2019 down 71.2% falling
121 Costa Rica 3.4% 2019 unchanged flat
121 Dominican Republic 3.4% 2019 down 8.1% falling
124 North Macedonia 3.2% 2019 unchanged falling
125 Burundi 3.1% 2019 down 16.2% volatile
125 Laos 3.1% 2019 down 27.9% falling
125 Montenegro 3.1% 2019 down 3.1% rising
128 Fiji 3.0% 2019 up 50.0% rising
128 Croatia 3.0% 2019 down 40.0% falling
128 Palestine 3.0% 2019 up 172.7% rising
128 Turkey 3.0% 2019 unchanged rising
132 Singapore 2.9% 2019 up 3.6% rising
133 Bulgaria 2.8% 2019 unchanged rising
133 Jamaica 2.8% 2019 down 72.0% falling
133 Tajikistan 2.8% 2019 down 39.1% rising
136 Angola 2.7% 2019 down 76.9% volatile
137 Sudan 2.6% 2019 down 13.3% falling
137 Serbia 2.6% 2019 down 7.1% falling
137 Venezuela 2.6% 2019 up 18.2% rising
140 Norway 2.5% 2019 unchanged flat
141 United States 2.4% 2019 up 380.0% volatile
142 Panama 2.3% 2019 down 4.2% flat
143 Cape Verde 2.2% 2019 down 71.1% volatile
143 Slovenia 2.2% 2019 unchanged rising
145 Ecuador 2.1% 2019 unchanged falling
145 Mongolia 2.1% 2019 unchanged falling
147 Colombia 2.0% 2019 up 5.3% falling
147 Latvia 2.0% 2019 unchanged flat
149 Paraguay 1.8% 2019 down 5.3% falling
149 Yemen 1.8% 2019 down 52.6% falling
151 Bahrain 1.7% 2019 up 88.9% rising
151 Malawi 1.7% 2019 down 46.9% falling
151 Ukraine 1.7% 2019 down 34.6% falling
154 Puerto Rico 1.6% 2019 down 11.1% falling
154 Togo 1.6% 2019 down 87.9% falling
156 Somalia 1.4% 2019 — falling
157 Romania 1.3% 2019 down 23.5% falling
158 Chile 1.1% 2019 down 8.3% falling
158 Egypt 1.1% 2019 up 22.2% volatile
160 Moldova 1.0% 2019 down 28.6% falling
161 Lithuania 0.8% 2019 unchanged volatile
162 Uzbekistan 0.7% 2019 down 85.4% volatile
163 Brunei 0.6% 2019 unchanged falling
163 Denmark 0.6% 2019 unchanged flat
163 Mauritius 0.6% 2019 down 94.4% falling
163 Vietnam 0.6% 2019 down 45.5% falling
167 Estonia 0.5% 2019 unchanged falling
167 Kuwait 0.5% 2019 down 16.7% falling
169 Switzerland 0.3% 2019 unchanged volatile
169 Poland 0.3% 2019 down 40.0% volatile
169 Qatar 0.3% 2019 unchanged flat
172 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2019 down 90.0% volatile
172 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2019 down 92.9% volatile
172 Palau 0.2% 2019 down 33.3% falling
175 Armenia 0.1% 2019 down 66.7% volatile
175 New Zealand 0.1% 2019 unchanged flat
175 Russia 0.1% 2019 unchanged volatile
175 Rwanda 0.1% 2019 down 80.0% volatile
179 Belarus 0.0% 2019 — volatile
179 Georgia 0.0% 2019 — volatile
179 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
179 Kiribati 0.0% 2019 — volatile
179 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2019 — flat
179 Slovakia 0.0% 2019 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Registering property: Cost (% of property value)
Unit
% of property value
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 2,876 data points, 2004–2019
Last refreshed

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.