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Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) by country

The quality of land administration index is the sum of 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.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
28.5 DB17-20 methodology
Lithuania
Lowest
2.5 DB17-20 methodology
Haiti
Median
14 DB17-20 methodology
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
935

What the numbers show

Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 28.5 DB17-20 methodology in Lithuania; the lowest is 2.5 DB17-20 methodology in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 14 DB17-20 methodology, and the mean is 14.99 DB17-20 methodology.

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 28.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
1 Netherlands 28.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
1 Rwanda 28.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
1 Singapore 28.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
1 Taiwan 28.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
6 Estonia 27.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
6 Hong Kong 27.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
6 South Korea 27.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
6 Sweden 27.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
10 Turkey 27 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
11 Finland 26.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
11 Iceland 26.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
11 Italy 26.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
11 Malaysia 26.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
11 New Zealand 26.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
16 United Kingdom 26 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
16 Hungary 26 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
16 Qatar 26 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
16 Russia 26 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
20 Japan 25.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
20 Luxembourg 25.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
20 Slovakia 25.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
23 Czechia 25 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
23 North Macedonia 25 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
25 Denmark 24.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
26 France 24 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
26 Kyrgyzstan 24 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
28 China 23.95 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
29 Belarus 23.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
29 Switzerland 23.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
29 Croatia 23.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
29 Ireland 23.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 Austria 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 Bhutan 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 Cyprus 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 Germany 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 San Marino 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
33 Slovenia 23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
39 Armenia 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
39 Azerbaijan 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
39 Spain 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
39 Israel 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
39 Jordan 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
39 Latvia 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
39 Mauritius 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
39 Uruguay 22.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
47 Belgium 22 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
47 Moldova 22 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
49 Canada 21.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
49 Georgia 21.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
51 United Arab Emirates 21 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
51 Seychelles 21 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
53 Eswatini 20.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
53 Kosovo 20.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
53 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 20.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
56 Norway 20 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
56 Portugal 20 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
58 Australia 19.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
58 Bulgaria 19.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
58 Bahrain 19.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
58 Fiji 19.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
62 Antigua and Barbuda 19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
62 Poland 19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
62 Thailand 19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
62 Uzbekistan 19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
66 Kuwait 18.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
66 Saint Lucia 18.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
66 Serbia 18.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
66 Vanuatu 18.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
70 Peru 18 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
71 United States 17.6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
72 Costa Rica 17.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
72 Montenegro 17.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
74 Brunei 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
74 Kazakhstan 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
74 Morocco 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
74 Oman 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
74 Romania 17 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
79 Albania 16.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
79 Colombia 16.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
79 Ecuador 16.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
83 Brazil 16.3 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
84 Mexico 16.25 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
85 Iran 16 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
85 Lebanon 16 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
85 Ukraine 16 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
88 Indonesia 15.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
88 Tonga 15.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
88 South Africa 15.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
91 Kenya 15 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
92 Dominican Republic 14.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
92 Mongolia 14.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
94 Chile 14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
94 Jamaica 14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
94 Saudi Arabia 14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
94 El Salvador 14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
94 Vietnam 14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
99 Argentina 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
99 Guatemala 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
99 Puerto Rico 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
99 Palestine 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
99 Suriname 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
99 Tunisia 13.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
105 Burkina Faso 12.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
105 Honduras 12.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
105 Malta 12.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
105 Philippines 12.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
105 Samoa 12.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
110 Cape Verde 12 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
110 Palau 12 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
110 Paraguay 12 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
113 Belize 11 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
113 Panama 11 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
113 Solomon Islands 11 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
113 Trinidad and Tobago 11 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
117 India 10.82 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
118 Barbados 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
118 Botswana 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
118 Iraq 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
118 Laos 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
118 Malawi 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
118 Uganda 10.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
124 Cote d'Ivoire 10 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
124 Lesotho 10 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
124 Namibia 10 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
124 Senegal 10 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
124 Zimbabwe 10 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
129 Pakistan 9.8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
130 Gambia 9.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
130 Togo 9.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
132 Benin 9 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 9 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
132 Egypt 9 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
132 Kiribati 9 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
137 Maldives 8.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
137 Syria 8.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
137 Chad 8.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
140 Ghana 8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
140 Madagascar 8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
140 Mali 8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
140 Myanmar 8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
144 Nigeria 7.96 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
145 Algeria 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
145 Guyana 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
145 Cambodia 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
145 Mozambique 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
145 Somalia 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
145 Tajikistan 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
145 Tanzania 7.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Angola 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Bolivia 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Cameroon 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Comoros 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Djibouti 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
152 Grenada 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Mauritania 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Yemen 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Zambia 7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
162 Bangladesh 6.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
162 Eritrea 6.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
162 Guinea 6.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
165 Nepal 6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
166 Ethiopia 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
166 Sri Lanka 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
166 Nicaragua 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
166 Papua New Guinea 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
166 Sudan 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
166 Sierra Leone 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
166 Venezuela 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
173 Gabon 5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
173 South Sudan 5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
175 Burundi 4.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
175 Dominica 4.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
175 Greece 4.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
175 Sao Tome and Principe 4.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
179 Equatorial Guinea 4 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
179 Niger 4 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
181 Congo 3.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
181 Liberia 3.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
183 Afghanistan 3 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
183 Bahamas 3 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
183 Central African Republic 3 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
183 Guinea-Bissau 3 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
187 Haiti 2.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat

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Indicator
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 935 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The quality of land administration index is the sum of 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.