Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score by country
The score for the quality of land administration index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the...
What the numbers show
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 95 in Lithuania; the lowest is 8.33 in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.67, and the mean is 49.96.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 95 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 95 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Estonia | 91.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 91.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 6 | South Korea | 91.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Sweden | 91.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Turkey | 90 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 88.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Iceland | 88.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Italy | 88.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Malaysia | 88.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | New Zealand | 88.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 86.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Hungary | 86.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Qatar | 86.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 86.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Slovakia | 85 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Czechia | 83.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 83.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Denmark | 81.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | France | 80 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 80 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | China | 79.83 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 29 | Belarus | 78.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 78.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 78.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 78.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Austria | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Germany | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | San Marino | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Slovenia | 76.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Armenia | 75 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 75 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Israel | 75 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Jordan | 75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Latvia | 75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Mauritius | 75 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 75 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Belgium | 73.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Moldova | 73.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 71.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Georgia | 71.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 70 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 51 | Seychelles | 70 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 53 | Eswatini | 68.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 53 | Kosovo | 68.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 68.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | Norway | 66.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | Portugal | 66.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Australia | 65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Bahrain | 65 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 58 | Fiji | 65 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Antigua and Barbuda | 63.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Poland | 63.33 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 62 | Thailand | 63.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 63.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 61.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 61.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 66 | Serbia | 61.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 61.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Peru | 60 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 71 | United States | 58.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 58.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Montenegro | 58.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Brunei | 56.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 56.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Morocco | 56.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Oman | 56.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Romania | 56.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 55 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 79 | Colombia | 55 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Ecuador | 55 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 83 | Brazil | 54.35 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 54.18 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 85 | Iran | 53.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Lebanon | 53.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Ukraine | 53.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 51.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 88 | Tonga | 51.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | South Africa | 51.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 91 | Kenya | 50 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 48.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Mongolia | 48.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Chile | 46.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Jamaica | 46.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 46.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 46.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Vietnam | 46.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Argentina | 45 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Guatemala | 45 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 45 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 99 | Palestine | 45 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Suriname | 45 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 45 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 41.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Honduras | 41.67 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 105 | Malta | 41.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 105 | Philippines | 41.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Samoa | 41.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 40 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 110 | Palau | 40 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Paraguay | 40 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Belize | 36.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Panama | 36.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 36.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 117 | India | 36.07 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 118 | Barbados | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Botswana | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Iraq | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Laos | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Malawi | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | Uganda | 35 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Lesotho | 33.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Namibia | 33.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 124 | Senegal | 33.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 33.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 129 | Pakistan | 32.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 31.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Togo | 31.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 30 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 30 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Egypt | 30 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 132 | Kiribati | 30 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Maldives | 28.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Syria | 28.33 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 137 | Chad | 28.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Ghana | 26.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Madagascar | 26.67 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 140 | Mali | 26.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Myanmar | 26.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 144 | Nigeria | 26.55 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Algeria | 25 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Guyana | 25 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Cambodia | 25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Mozambique | 25 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 145 | Somalia | 25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Tanzania | 25 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Angola | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Bolivia | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Cameroon | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Comoros | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Djibouti | 23.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 152 | Grenada | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Mauritania | 23.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Yemen | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Zambia | 23.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 21.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 162 | Eritrea | 21.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Guinea | 21.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 165 | Nepal | 20 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 18.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | 18.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Nicaragua | 18.33 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 18.33 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Sudan | 18.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 18.33 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 166 | Venezuela | 18.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 173 | Gabon | 16.67 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 173 | South Sudan | 16.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Burundi | 15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Dominica | 15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Greece | 15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Niger | 13.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Congo | 11.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Liberia | 11.67 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 10 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Bahamas | 10 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 187 | Haiti | 8.33 | 2019 | — | flat |
About this data
The score for the quality of land administration index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.