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

Countries reporting

181

Highest

99.87

Georgia

Lowest

East Timor

Median

66.28

Years covered

2004–2014

Data points

1,968

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 0 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.28, and the mean is 65.26.

Over the past decade 142 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Poland	80.3	2014	up 60.0%	rising
33	Taiwan	80.19	2014	up 0.2%	flat
34	Nepal	80.15	2014	up 4.7%	rising
35	Italy	79.44	2014	up 6.1%	flat
36	Chile	79.25	2014	up 1.0%	flat
37	Singapore	79.22	2014	down 4.1%	falling
38	Yemen	79.17	2014	up 6.1%	rising
39	Botswana	78.6	2014	down 4.0%	falling
40	Vietnam	78.58	2014	up 4.2%	rising
41	Sudan	78.4	2014	up 2.2%	flat
42	Costa Rica	78.4	2014	up 4.4%	rising
43	Samoa	78.38	2014	up 27.6%	rising
44	Burundi	78.38	2014	up 144.4%	rising
45	Ireland	78.34	2014	up 29.6%	rising
46	Czechia	78.06	2014	up 24.7%	rising
47	Hungary	78.04	2014	up 41.9%	rising
48	Australia	76.87	2014	down 0.6%	flat
49	Colombia	76.77	2014	up 11.8%	rising
50	Turkey	76.38	2014	up 0.9%	flat
51	Peru	76.18	2014	up 9.6%	rising
52	Finland	75.8	2014	down 9.2%	flat
53	Netherlands	75.02	2014	up 0.8%	flat
54	Ukraine	74.82	2014	up 74.3%	rising
55	Paraguay	74.81	2014	up 0.4%	flat
56	Panama	74.65	2014	up 9.3%	rising
57	Cape Verde	74.5	2014	up 34.0%	rising
58	China	74.42	2014	up 4.3%	flat
59	Fiji	74.15	2014	down 6.5%	falling
60	Ecuador	73.69	2014	up 17.2%	rising
61	Mauritania	73.57	2014	up 6.6%	rising
62	El Salvador	72.87	2014	up 5.9%	rising
63	United Kingdom	72.55	2014	up 5.4%	rising
64	Japan	72.46	2014	down 3.6%	rising
65	Tajikistan	72.06	2014	down 5.1%	falling
66	Serbia	71.99	2014	up 27.0%	rising
67	Guatemala	71.3	2014	up 6.1%	flat
68	North Macedonia	71.27	2014	up 26.0%	rising
69	Malaysia	71.25	2014	up 40.1%	rising
70	Bulgaria	71.13	2014	down 0.0%	flat
71	Malawi	71.07	2014	up 10.2%	rising
72	Seychelles	71	2014	up 18.0%	rising
73	South Korea	70.99	2014	up 3.9%	flat
74	Thailand	70.92	2014	down 3.6%	flat
75	Dominican Republic	70.76	2014	up 22.7%	rising
76	Spain	70.64	2014	up 2.1%	flat
77	Honduras	70.11	2014	up 14.5%	rising
78	Ghana	70	2014	up 67.8%	rising
79	Tunisia	69.12	2014	up 2.3%	flat
80	Papua New Guinea	69.03	2014	up 0.2%	flat
81	Bhutan	68.82	2014	up 0.0%	flat
82	Palestine	68.54	2014	down 2.1%	flat
83	Montenegro	68.2	2014	up 1.9%	flat
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.12	2014	up 86.2%	rising
85	Slovenia	68.1	2014	up 59.5%	rising
86	Hong Kong	67.47	2014	down 10.4%	falling
87	Mozambique	67.19	2014	up 48.3%	rising
88	Vanuatu	66.95	2014	up 55.5%	rising
89	Lesotho	66.62	2014	up 30.0%	rising
90	Zimbabwe	66.32	2014	up 23.5%	rising
91	Croatia	66.28	2014	up 49.2%	rising
92	South Africa	66.02	2014	up 20.4%	rising
93	Mauritius	65.95	2014	up 239.2%	rising
94	Iran	65.93	2014	up 0.1%	flat
95	Niger	65.75	2014	up 24.6%	rising
96	Kuwait	65.61	2014	up 2.1%	flat
97	Cambodia	64.83	2014	up 0.7%	flat
98	Egypt	64.32	2014	up 102.7%	rising
99	Laos	63.85	2014	up 5.9%	rising
100	Comoros	63.83	2014	up 18.8%	rising
101	Jordan	63.54	2014	up 9.8%	rising
102	Albania	63.45	2014	up 37.2%	rising
103	Lebanon	63.21	2014	up 0.3%	flat
104	Germany	63.08	2014	down 8.0%	falling
105	Philippines	62.81	2014	down 0.1%	flat
106	Uganda	62.73	2014	up 12.8%	rising
107	Iraq	62.62	2014	down 1.9%	flat
108	Ethiopia	61.69	2014	up 23.9%	rising
109	Venezuela	61.18	2014	down 10.5%	falling
110	Guyana	61.14	2014	down 9.4%	falling
111	Indonesia	60.7	2014	up 1.4%	flat
112	Argentina	60.63	2014	down 3.9%	falling
113	Greece	60.18	2014	up 60.3%	falling
114	Guinea	60.14	2014	up 38.2%	rising
115	Tanzania	60.1	2014	up 22.4%	rising
116	Cote d'Ivoire	60.05	2014	up 216.4%	rising
117	Mexico	59.63	2014	up 5.5%	flat
118	Grenada	59.12	2014	up 14.4%	rising
119	Mali	58.94	2014	up 21.0%	rising
120	Cyprus	58.89	2014	up 8.2%	rising
121	Eswatini	58.78	2014	up 6.6%	rising
122	Bolivia	58.71	2014	up 1.8%	flat
123	Sri Lanka	58.45	2014	up 0.9%	flat
124	Saint Lucia	58.38	2014	down 1.0%	flat
125	Morocco	58.33	2014	up 2.2%	flat
126	Uzbekistan	57.98	2014	up 80.6%	rising
127	Nicaragua	57.9	2014	up 35.6%	rising
128	Belize	57.66	2014	down 3.9%	flat
129	Guinea-Bissau	57.55	2014	up 93.4%	rising
130	Israel	57.45	2014	up 38.4%	rising
131	France	56.97	2014	up 60.9%	rising
132	Gambia	56.93	2014	up 1.4%	flat
133	Luxembourg	56.75	2014	up 0.2%	flat
134	Brazil	56.19	2014	up 1.1%	flat
135	Jamaica	55.93	2014	up 30.8%	rising
136	Kiribati	55.48	2014	up 0.1%	flat
137	Syria	55.46	2014	up 2.4%	flat
138	Antigua and Barbuda	55.44	2014	down 0.4%	flat
139	Democratic Republic of Congo	55.39	2014	up 31.8%	rising
140	Equatorial Guinea	54.82	2014	down 0.0%	flat
141	Uruguay	54.57	2014	up 0.4%	flat
142	India	54.12	2014	up 9.9%	rising
143	Burkina Faso	53.79	2014	up 193.1%	rising
144	Dominica	52.86	2014	up 2.1%	flat
145	Central African Republic	52.46	2014	up 19.9%	rising
146	Kenya	52.29	2014	down 9.7%	flat
147	Zambia	51.75	2014	down 2.7%	rising
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.11	2014	up 0.4%	flat
149	Solomon Islands	50.84	2014	up 68.9%	rising
150	Algeria	50.67	2014	up 32.1%	rising
151	Sierra Leone	50.63	2014	up 203.8%	rising
152	Trinidad and Tobago	50	2014	up 13.1%	rising
153	Angola	49.3	2014	up 83.6%	rising
154	Sao Tome and Principe	48.66	2014	up 19.0%	rising
155	Brunei	48.65	2014	up 6.0%	rising
156	Suriname	48.49	2014	up 58.9%	rising
157	Madagascar	47.52	2014	up 23.1%	rising
158	Congo	47.1	2014	up 7.7%	rising
159	Benin	46.61	2014	up 18.4%	rising
160	Puerto Rico	46.13	2014	up 2.5%	flat
161	Chad	45.92	2014	unchanged	flat
162	Senegal	44.39	2014	up 48.9%	rising
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44.23	2014	up 1.4%	flat
164	Maldives	43.85	2014	—	volatile
165	Pakistan	43.43	2014	down 21.2%	falling
166	Belgium	42.24	2014	up 23.7%	rising
167	Cameroon	42	2014	up 2.7%	flat
168	Namibia	41.61	2014	down 25.8%	falling
169	Tonga	40.63	2014	down 20.5%	falling
170	Eritrea	39.78	2014	up 1.0%	flat
171	Gabon	39.45	2014	down 26.5%	falling
172	Liberia	38.53	2014	up 3.5%	flat
173	Bahamas	37.22	2014	up 67.5%	rising
174	Haiti	37.01	2014	down 0.5%	flat
175	Togo	34.8	2014	up 41.6%	rising
176	Afghanistan	33.33	2014	up 42.9%	rising
177	Bangladesh	31.09	2014	up 36.6%	rising
178	Nigeria	22.33	2014	up 32.1%	rising
179	Micronesia (country)	0	2014	—	flat
179	Marshall Islands	0	2014	—	flat
179	East Timor	0	2014	—	flat

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 80.53

About this data

Indicator: Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 1,968 data points, 2004–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.