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Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for registering property is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to transfer property between two local companies, as well as the quality of land administration index that evaluates the reliability of infrastructure, transparency of information,...

Countries reporting
181
Highest
99.87
Georgia
Lowest
22.33
Nigeria
Median
66.62
Years covered
11
2004–2014
Data points
1,974

What the numbers show

Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 99.87 in Georgia; the lowest is 22.33 in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.62, and the mean is 66.43.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 239.2%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 26.5%).

Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 99.87 2014 up 44.7% rising
2 New Zealand 97.06 2014 up 0.1% flat
3 United Arab Emirates 96.66 2014 up 6.6% flat
4 Norway 94.12 2014 down 0.3% flat
5 Kyrgyzstan 93.25 2014 up 29.1% rising
6 Armenia 93.12 2014 up 3.9% flat
7 Azerbaijan 92.86 2014 up 27.0% rising
8 Denmark 92.61 2014 up 18.4% rising
9 Lithuania 92.23 2014 up 5.7% rising
10 Slovakia 91.95 2014 up 16.8% rising
11 Estonia 90.88 2014 up 6.8% rising
12 Belarus 90.8 2014 up 106.2% rising
13 Kazakhstan 89.92 2014 up 24.5% rising
14 Rwanda 89.2 2014 up 172.6% rising
15 Switzerland 88.71 2014 up 2.6% flat
16 Bahrain 88.65 2014 down 2.0% flat
17 Sweden 88.47 2014 up 0.2% flat
18 Russia 88.18 2014 up 19.1% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 87.77 2014 unchanged flat
20 Palau 86.25 2014 up 0.3% flat
21 Iceland 86.04 2014 down 2.9% flat
22 Moldova 85.53 2014 up 14.3% rising
23 Qatar 83.8 2014 up 0.0% flat
24 Portugal 83.67 2014 up 40.7% rising
25 United States 82.94 2014 down 6.7% falling
26 Mongolia 82.76 2014 up 0.8% flat
27 Canada 81.88 2014 down 3.2% flat
28 Oman 81.77 2014 up 3.9% flat
29 Latvia 81.77 2014 up 32.3% rising
30 Austria 81.07 2014 up 1.9% flat
31 Romania 80.98 2014 up 15.8% rising
32 Kosovo 80.53 2014 up 0.4% flat
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 80.53 2014 up 0.4% flat
34 Poland 80.3 2014 up 60.0% rising
35 Taiwan 80.19 2014 up 0.2% flat
36 Nepal 80.15 2014 up 4.7% rising
37 Italy 79.44 2014 up 6.1% flat
38 Chile 79.25 2014 up 1.0% flat
39 Singapore 79.22 2014 down 4.1% falling
40 Yemen 79.17 2014 up 6.1% rising
41 Botswana 78.6 2014 down 4.0% falling
42 Vietnam 78.58 2014 up 4.2% rising
43 Sudan 78.4 2014 up 2.2% flat
44 Costa Rica 78.4 2014 up 4.4% rising
45 Samoa 78.38 2014 up 27.6% rising
46 Burundi 78.38 2014 up 144.4% rising
47 Ireland 78.34 2014 up 29.6% rising
48 Czechia 78.06 2014 up 24.7% rising
49 Hungary 78.04 2014 up 41.9% rising
50 Australia 76.87 2014 down 0.6% flat
51 Colombia 76.77 2014 up 11.8% rising
52 Turkey 76.38 2014 up 0.9% flat
53 Peru 76.18 2014 up 9.6% rising
54 Finland 75.8 2014 down 9.2% flat
55 Netherlands 75.02 2014 up 0.8% flat
56 Ukraine 74.82 2014 up 74.3% rising
57 Paraguay 74.81 2014 up 0.4% flat
58 Panama 74.65 2014 up 9.3% rising
59 Cape Verde 74.5 2014 up 34.0% rising
60 China 74.42 2014 up 4.3% flat
61 Fiji 74.15 2014 down 6.5% falling
62 Ecuador 73.69 2014 up 17.2% rising
63 Mauritania 73.57 2014 up 6.6% rising
64 El Salvador 72.87 2014 up 5.9% rising
65 United Kingdom 72.55 2014 up 5.4% rising
66 Japan 72.46 2014 down 3.6% rising
67 Tajikistan 72.06 2014 down 5.1% falling
68 Serbia 71.99 2014 up 27.0% rising
69 Guatemala 71.3 2014 up 6.1% flat
70 North Macedonia 71.27 2014 up 26.0% rising
71 Malaysia 71.25 2014 up 40.1% rising
72 Bulgaria 71.13 2014 down 0.0% flat
73 Malawi 71.07 2014 up 10.2% rising
74 Seychelles 71 2014 up 18.0% rising
75 South Korea 70.99 2014 up 3.9% flat
76 Thailand 70.92 2014 down 3.6% flat
77 Dominican Republic 70.76 2014 up 22.7% rising
78 Spain 70.64 2014 up 2.1% flat
79 Honduras 70.11 2014 up 14.5% rising
80 Ghana 70 2014 up 67.8% rising
81 Tunisia 69.12 2014 up 2.3% flat
82 Papua New Guinea 69.03 2014 up 0.2% flat
83 Bhutan 68.82 2014 up 0.0% flat
84 Palestine 68.54 2014 down 2.1% flat
85 Montenegro 68.2 2014 up 1.9% flat
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.12 2014 up 86.2% rising
87 Slovenia 68.1 2014 up 59.5% rising
88 Hong Kong 67.47 2014 down 10.4% falling
89 Mozambique 67.19 2014 up 48.3% rising
90 Vanuatu 66.95 2014 up 55.5% rising
91 Lesotho 66.62 2014 up 30.0% rising
92 Zimbabwe 66.32 2014 up 23.5% rising
93 Croatia 66.28 2014 up 49.2% rising
94 South Africa 66.02 2014 up 20.4% rising
95 Mauritius 65.95 2014 up 239.2% rising
96 Iran 65.93 2014 up 0.1% flat
97 Niger 65.75 2014 up 24.6% rising
98 Kuwait 65.61 2014 up 2.1% flat
99 Cambodia 64.83 2014 up 0.7% flat
100 Egypt 64.32 2014 up 102.7% rising
101 Laos 63.85 2014 up 5.9% rising
102 Comoros 63.83 2014 up 18.8% rising
103 Jordan 63.54 2014 up 9.8% rising
104 Albania 63.45 2014 up 37.2% rising
105 Lebanon 63.21 2014 up 0.3% flat
106 Germany 63.08 2014 down 8.0% falling
107 Philippines 62.81 2014 down 0.1% flat
108 Uganda 62.73 2014 up 12.8% rising
109 Iraq 62.62 2014 down 1.9% flat
110 Ethiopia 61.69 2014 up 23.9% rising
111 Venezuela 61.18 2014 down 10.5% falling
112 Guyana 61.14 2014 down 9.4% falling
113 Indonesia 60.7 2014 up 1.4% flat
114 Argentina 60.63 2014 down 3.9% falling
115 Greece 60.18 2014 up 60.3% falling
116 Guinea 60.14 2014 up 38.2% rising
117 Tanzania 60.1 2014 up 22.4% rising
118 Cote d'Ivoire 60.05 2014 up 216.4% rising
119 Mexico 59.63 2014 up 5.5% flat
120 Grenada 59.12 2014 up 14.4% rising
121 Mali 58.94 2014 up 21.0% rising
122 Cyprus 58.89 2014 up 8.2% rising
123 Eswatini 58.78 2014 up 6.6% rising
124 Bolivia 58.71 2014 up 1.8% flat
125 Sri Lanka 58.45 2014 up 0.9% flat
126 Saint Lucia 58.38 2014 down 1.0% flat
127 Morocco 58.33 2014 up 2.2% flat
128 Uzbekistan 57.98 2014 up 80.6% rising
129 Nicaragua 57.9 2014 up 35.6% rising
130 Belize 57.66 2014 down 3.9% flat
131 Guinea-Bissau 57.55 2014 up 93.4% rising
132 Israel 57.45 2014 up 38.4% rising
133 France 56.97 2014 up 60.9% rising
134 Gambia 56.93 2014 up 1.4% flat
135 Luxembourg 56.75 2014 up 0.2% flat
136 Brazil 56.19 2014 up 1.1% flat
137 Jamaica 55.93 2014 up 30.8% rising
138 Kiribati 55.48 2014 up 0.1% flat
139 Syria 55.46 2014 up 2.4% flat
140 Antigua and Barbuda 55.44 2014 down 0.4% flat
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 55.39 2014 up 31.8% rising
142 Equatorial Guinea 54.82 2014 down 0.0% flat
143 Uruguay 54.57 2014 up 0.4% flat
144 India 54.12 2014 up 9.9% rising
145 Burkina Faso 53.79 2014 up 193.1% rising
146 Dominica 52.86 2014 up 2.1% flat
147 Central African Republic 52.46 2014 up 19.9% rising
148 Kenya 52.29 2014 down 9.7% flat
149 Zambia 51.75 2014 down 2.7% rising
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.11 2014 up 0.4% flat
151 Solomon Islands 50.84 2014 up 68.9% rising
152 Djibouti 50.68 2014 up 5.8% rising
153 Algeria 50.67 2014 up 32.1% rising
154 Sierra Leone 50.63 2014 up 203.8% rising
155 Trinidad and Tobago 50 2014 up 13.1% rising
156 Angola 49.3 2014 up 83.6% rising
157 Sao Tome and Principe 48.66 2014 up 19.0% rising
158 Brunei 48.65 2014 up 6.0% rising
159 Suriname 48.49 2014 up 58.9% rising
160 Madagascar 47.52 2014 up 23.1% rising
161 Congo 47.1 2014 up 7.7% rising
162 Benin 46.61 2014 up 18.4% rising
163 Puerto Rico 46.13 2014 up 2.5% flat
164 Chad 45.92 2014 unchanged flat
165 Senegal 44.39 2014 up 48.9% rising
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 44.23 2014 up 1.4% flat
167 Maldives 43.85 2014 — volatile
168 Pakistan 43.43 2014 down 21.2% falling
169 Belgium 42.24 2014 up 23.7% rising
170 Cameroon 42 2014 up 2.7% flat
171 Namibia 41.61 2014 down 25.8% falling
172 Tonga 40.63 2014 down 20.5% falling
173 Eritrea 39.78 2014 up 1.0% flat
174 Gabon 39.45 2014 down 26.5% falling
175 Liberia 38.53 2014 up 3.5% flat
176 Bahamas 37.22 2014 up 67.5% rising
177 Haiti 37.01 2014 down 0.5% flat
178 Togo 34.8 2014 up 41.6% rising
179 Afghanistan 33.33 2014 up 42.9% rising
180 Bangladesh 31.09 2014 up 36.6% rising
181 Nigeria 22.33 2014 up 32.1% rising

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Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score
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Coverage
184 places, 1,974 data points, 2004–2014
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The score for registering property is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to transfer property between two local companies, as well as the quality of land administration index that evaluates the reliability of infrastructure, transparency of information, geographic coverage, land dispute resolution and equal access to property rights. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB05-15 studies.