Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score in Benin
Benin: Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score was 46.61 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score in Benin, 2004–2014
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Benin recorded 46.61 for registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score in 2014. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score in Benin peaked at 46.61 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 39.35, in 2004.
That places Benin 162nd out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 39.35 | — |
| 2005 | 39.35 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 39.35 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 46.2 | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 46.21 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 46.46 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 46.48 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 46.5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 46.56 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 46.58 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 46.61 | +0.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 46.61 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.75, 79% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 46.61 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 58.16, 80% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.82 | 39.35 | 46.46 | 6 |
| 2010s | 46.55 | 46.48 | 46.61 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score in Benin?
- Registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score in Benin was 46.61 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 46.61 in 2014.
- What is the lowest registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.35 in 2004.
- How does Benin rank for registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score?
- Benin ranks 162nd out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
- Is registering property (db05-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.