Registering property: Cost in Kuwait
Kuwait: Registering property: Cost was 0.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Registering property: Cost in Kuwait, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of property value.
Analysis
In 2019, registering property: cost in Kuwait stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property: cost in Kuwait peaked at 0.6% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2011.
That places Kuwait 168th out of 186 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More private sector data for Kuwait
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 72.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,814 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4585 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property: cost in Kuwait?
- Registering property: cost in Kuwait was 0.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: cost recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2004.
- What is the lowest registering property: cost recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2011.
- How does Kuwait rank for registering property: cost?
- Kuwait ranks 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
- Is registering property: cost rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Cost (% of property value). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.