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,...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 DB17-20 studies.