Registering property (DB17-20 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
187
Highest
96.25
Qatar
Lowest
27.5
Afghanistan
Median
63.86
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
955

What the numbers show

Registering property (DB17-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 96.25 in Qatar; the lowest is 27.5 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.86, and the mean is 63.4.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Registering property (DB17-20 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 96.25 2019 — rising
2 New Zealand 94.59 2019 — flat
3 Rwanda 93.71 2019 — rising
4 Lithuania 92.97 2019 — flat
5 Georgia 92.86 2019 — flat
6 Estonia 91.02 2019 — flat
7 Kyrgyzstan 90.28 2019 — flat
8 Slovakia 90.21 2019 — flat
9 Sweden 90.11 2019 — flat
10 United Arab Emirates 90.06 2019 — flat
11 Denmark 89.88 2019 — flat
12 Russia 88.65 2019 — flat
13 Armenia 88.59 2019 — flat
14 Belarus 87.79 2019 — flat
15 Norway 87.26 2019 — flat
16 Iceland 86.61 2019 — flat
17 Bahrain 86.21 2019 — rising
18 Switzerland 86.12 2019 — flat
19 Saudi Arabia 84.52 2019 — rising
20 Taiwan 83.89 2019 — flat
21 Singapore 83.12 2019 — flat
22 Moldova 82.8 2019 — flat
23 Mauritius 82.51 2019 — rising
24 Kazakhstan 82.44 2019 — flat
25 Latvia 82.29 2019 — flat
26 Italy 81.75 2019 — flat
27 Turkey 81.63 2019 — flat
28 China 80.99 2019 — rising
29 Hungary 80.09 2019 — flat
30 Netherlands 80.06 2019 — flat
31 Austria 79.98 2019 — flat
32 Czechia 79.74 2019 — flat
33 Malaysia 79.53 2019 — flat
34 Finland 78.99 2019 — flat
35 Portugal 78.38 2019 — flat
36 Canada 77.82 2019 — flat
37 Kosovo 77.52 2019 — flat
37 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 77.52 2019 — flat
39 Croatia 77.41 2019 — rising
40 United States 76.9 2019 — flat
41 South Korea 76.34 2019 — flat
42 United Kingdom 75.74 2019 — flat
43 Australia 75.66 2019 — flat
44 Japan 75.6 2019 — flat
45 Azerbaijan 75.36 2019 — falling
46 Kuwait 75.12 2019 — rising
47 Romania 75.03 2019 — flat
48 Palau 74.83 2019 — flat
49 North Macedonia 74.52 2019 — flat
50 Costa Rica 74.36 2019 — flat
51 Mongolia 74.16 2019 — flat
52 Hong Kong 73.56 2019 — flat
53 Oman 73.03 2019 — flat
54 Bhutan 72.56 2019 — flat
55 Slovenia 72.11 2019 — flat
56 Peru 72.11 2019 — flat
57 Togo 72.02 2019 — rising
58 Fiji 71.86 2019 — flat
59 Serbia 71.76 2019 — rising
60 Spain 71.75 2019 — flat
61 Ireland 71.71 2019 — falling
62 Ukraine 71.27 2019 — flat
63 Colombia 71.21 2019 — flat
64 Chile 71.15 2019 — flat
65 Vietnam 71.09 2019 — flat
66 Seychelles 70.75 2019 — flat
67 Bulgaria 69.77 2019 — flat
68 Thailand 69.55 2019 — flat
69 Samoa 69.08 2019 — flat
70 Cape Verde 68.81 2019 — flat
71 Iran 68.06 2019 — rising
72 Cyprus 67.91 2019 — rising
73 Uzbekistan 67.91 2019 — flat
74 Ecuador 67.66 2019 — flat
75 Dominican Republic 67.23 2019 — flat
76 Israel 67.11 2019 — rising
77 Germany 66.58 2019 — flat
78 Tajikistan 66.44 2019 — rising
79 Jordan 66.4 2019 — flat
80 El Salvador 66.29 2019 — flat
81 Paraguay 66.15 2019 — flat
82 Morocco 65.84 2019 — flat
83 Botswana 65.84 2019 — flat
84 Montenegro 65.79 2019 — flat
85 Vanuatu 65.64 2019 — flat
86 Jamaica 65.27 2019 — rising
87 Yemen 65.22 2019 — flat
88 Panama 65.18 2019 — flat
89 Laos 64.94 2019 — rising
90 Guatemala 64.93 2019 — flat
91 Malawi 64.92 2019 — flat
92 Palestine 64.63 2019 — flat
93 Poland 63.89 2019 — falling
94 Luxembourg 63.86 2019 — flat
95 Tunisia 63.71 2019 — flat
96 Sudan 63.69 2019 — flat
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.63 2019 — flat
98 Nepal 63.55 2019 — flat
99 Albania 63.38 2019 — rising
100 France 63.33 2019 — flat
101 Burundi 62.55 2019 — flat
102 Honduras 62.27 2019 — flat
103 San Marino 61.52 2019 — falling
104 Mauritania 61.39 2019 — flat
105 Eswatini 60.8 2019 — flat
106 Mexico 60.25 2019 — flat
107 Indonesia 60.04 2019 — rising
108 Saint Lucia 59.83 2019 — flat
109 South Africa 59.49 2019 — flat
110 Zimbabwe 59.48 2019 — flat
111 Lebanon 59.41 2019 — flat
112 Ghana 59.39 2019 — flat
113 Cote d'Ivoire 58.59 2019 — flat
114 Comoros 58.39 2019 — rising
115 Lesotho 58.39 2019 — flat
116 Niger 58.34 2019 — rising
117 Senegal 58.32 2019 — rising
118 Djibouti 58.31 2019 — rising
119 Barbados 57.95 2019 — flat
120 Uruguay 57.58 2019 — flat
121 Philippines 57.57 2019 — flat
122 Iraq 57.35 2019 — flat
123 Guinea 56.9 2019 — rising
124 Argentina 56.73 2019 — flat
125 Antigua and Barbuda 56.67 2019 — rising
126 Myanmar 56.47 2019 — rising
127 Benin 56.33 2019 — rising
128 Papua New Guinea 56.24 2019 — flat
129 Guyana 55.7 2019 — rising
130 Cambodia 55.2 2019 — flat
131 Egypt 55.04 2019 — flat
132 Chad 54.83 2019 — rising
133 Guinea-Bissau 54.53 2019 — flat
134 Brazil 54.1 2019 — flat
135 Kenya 53.78 2019 — flat
136 Uganda 53.59 2019 — flat
137 Mozambique 53.38 2019 — falling
138 Belize 52.41 2019 — flat
139 Sri Lanka 51.87 2019 — rising
140 Belgium 51.84 2019 — flat
141 Mali 51.55 2019 — flat
142 Burkina Faso 51.39 2019 — flat
143 Ethiopia 50.92 2019 — flat
144 Gambia 50.89 2019 — flat
145 Brunei 50.65 2019 — flat
146 Venezuela 50.28 2019 — flat
147 Tanzania 50.15 2019 — flat
148 Grenada 50.14 2019 — flat
149 Bolivia 49.93 2019 — flat
150 Zambia 49.28 2019 — rising
151 Kiribati 49.13 2019 — flat
152 Pakistan 48.56 2019 — rising
153 Malta 48.46 2019 — flat
154 Somalia 48.22 2019 — flat
155 India 47.57 2019 — flat
156 Solomon Islands 47.37 2019 — flat
157 Greece 46.86 2019 — falling
158 Suriname 46.78 2019 — rising
159 Trinidad and Tobago 46.66 2019 — flat
160 Democratic Republic of Congo 46.62 2019 — flat
161 Nicaragua 46.35 2019 — falling
162 Puerto Rico 46.31 2019 — rising
163 Syria 45.21 2019 — falling
164 Equatorial Guinea 44.45 2019 — flat
165 Madagascar 44.4 2019 — flat
166 Algeria 44.27 2019 — flat
167 Tonga 43.39 2019 — flat
168 Angola 43.28 2019 — flat
169 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 43.12 2019 — flat
170 Sierra Leone 42.77 2019 — flat
171 Central African Republic 41.97 2019 — flat
172 Gabon 41.09 2019 — falling
173 Sao Tome and Principe 41.08 2019 — flat
174 Namibia 40.64 2019 — rising
175 Congo 40.56 2019 — rising
176 Cameroon 40.12 2019 — rising
177 Maldives 39.97 2019 — flat
178 South Sudan 36.78 2019 — flat
179 Eritrea 35.31 2019 — flat
180 Dominica 33.48 2019 — falling
181 Liberia 31.86 2019 — flat
182 Bahamas 30.82 2019 — flat
183 Haiti 30.37 2019 — flat
184 Nigeria 29.55 2019 — rising
185 Bangladesh 28.95 2019 — rising
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.86 2019 — falling
187 Afghanistan 27.5 2019 — flat

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Indicator
Registering property (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

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 DB17-20 studies.