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Registering property: Time (days) by country

The number of procedures records all the procedures necessary for a business (the buyer) to purchase a property from another business (the seller) and to transfer the property title to the buyer’s name so that the buyer can use the property for expanding its business, use the property as collateral in taking new...

Countries reporting
187
Highest
513 days
Kiribati
Lowest
1 days
Qatar
Median
32 days
Years covered
16
2004–2019
Data points
2,887

What the numbers show

Registering property: Time (days) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 513 days in Kiribati; the lowest is 1 days in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 32 days, and the mean is 46.93 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 513.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 339.3%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 93.5%).

Registering property: Time (days): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kiribati 513 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Haiti 319 days 2019 up 3.6% falling
3 Brunei 298.5 days 2019 down 0.2% flat
4 Bangladesh 270.82 days 2019 down 4.3% falling
5 Afghanistan 250 days 2019 unchanged flat
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 224 days 2019 up 173.2% volatile
7 Angola 190 days 2019 unchanged falling
7 Puerto Rico 190 days 2019 down 2.1% flat
9 Somalia 188 days 2019 — flat
10 Poland 135 days 2019 down 30.8% volatile
11 Dominica 125 days 2019 up 197.6% volatile
12 Bahamas 122 days 2019 unchanged falling
13 Benin 120 days 2019 unchanged flat
14 Tonga 112 days 2019 unchanged flat
15 Pakistan 104.72 days 2019 down 49.9% rising
16 Madagascar 100 days 2019 unchanged falling
17 Nigeria 91.66 days 2019 up 25.6% rising
18 Bolivia 90 days 2019 down 1.1% flat
19 Solomon Islands 86.5 days 2019 down 71.3% volatile
20 Cameroon 81 days 2019 down 12.9% falling
21 Eritrea 78 days 2019 unchanged flat
22 Bhutan 77 days 2019 down 16.3% falling
22 Trinidad and Tobago 77 days 2019 down 31.9% falling
24 Egypt 76 days 2019 down 14.6% falling
25 Central African Republic 75 days 2019 unchanged flat
26 Gambia 73 days 2019 unchanged flat
27 Gabon 72 days 2019 up 94.6% rising
27 Papua New Guinea 72 days 2019 unchanged flat
29 Fiji 69 days 2019 up 1.5% flat
29 Montenegro 69 days 2019 down 1.4% flat
31 Burkina Faso 67 days 2019 unchanged volatile
31 Tanzania 67 days 2019 down 8.2% falling
33 Uruguay 66 days 2019 unchanged flat
34 Myanmar 65 days 2019 down 23.5% falling
35 Finland 61.5 days 2019 up 339.3% volatile
36 Belize 60 days 2019 unchanged flat
37 Vanuatu 58 days 2019 down 72.1% volatile
38 India 57.93 days 2019 down 26.7% falling
39 Maldives 57 days 2019 unchanged flat
40 Nicaragua 56 days 2019 down 57.3% falling
40 Sierra Leone 56 days 2019 down 76.3% volatile
42 Algeria 55 days 2019 unchanged falling
42 Cambodia 55 days 2019 down 1.8% flat
44 Congo 54 days 2019 unchanged falling
45 Vietnam 53.5 days 2019 down 7.0% falling
46 Venezuela 53 days 2019 up 32.5% rising
47 Germany 52 days 2019 unchanged flat
47 Ethiopia 52 days 2019 unchanged flat
47 Sao Tome and Principe 52 days 2019 up 4.0% rising
50 Argentina 51.5 days 2019 up 1.0% flat
51 Iraq 51 days 2019 unchanged flat
52 Slovenia 50.5 days 2019 down 87.1% volatile
53 Barbados 50 days 2019 up 28.2% rising
54 Belgium 49 days 2019 down 38.0% falling
54 Mauritania 49 days 2019 unchanged flat
56 Guinea-Bissau 48 days 2019 down 76.8% volatile
56 South Sudan 48 days 2019 unchanged flat
56 Syria 48 days 2019 up 152.6% rising
59 Malawi 47 days 2019 down 46.6% falling
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47 days 2019 up 23.7% rising
61 Guyana 46 days 2019 up 24.3% rising
61 Paraguay 46 days 2019 unchanged flat
61 Suriname 46 days 2019 down 76.5% volatile
64 Zambia 45 days 2019 up 7.1% falling
65 Guinea 44 days 2019 down 25.4% falling
65 Liberia 44 days 2019 down 12.0% falling
65 Namibia 44 days 2019 up 37.5% rising
68 Kenya 43.5 days 2019 down 39.6% falling
69 Lesotho 43 days 2019 down 57.4% falling
69 Mozambique 43 days 2019 down 14.0% falling
69 Uzbekistan 43 days 2019 down 30.6% falling
72 San Marino 42.5 days 2019 unchanged flat
73 France 42 days 2019 down 62.8% falling
73 Uganda 42 days 2019 down 36.4% falling
75 Senegal 41 days 2019 down 66.9% falling
76 Cote d'Ivoire 39 days 2019 down 23.5% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 39 days 2019 down 45.1% falling
78 Mexico 38.77 days 2019 down 48.3% falling
79 Democratic Republic of Congo 38 days 2019 down 25.5% falling
80 Israel 37 days 2019 down 74.3% falling
80 Lebanon 37 days 2019 up 32.1% rising
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 days 2019 down 57.8% volatile
82 Philippines 35 days 2019 unchanged flat
82 Palestine 35 days 2019 down 42.6% falling
82 Togo 35 days 2019 down 88.1% falling
82 Tunisia 35 days 2019 down 12.5% falling
87 Dominican Republic 33 days 2019 down 26.7% falling
87 Ghana 33 days 2019 unchanged volatile
87 Croatia 33 days 2019 down 68.0% volatile
87 Serbia 33 days 2019 down 69.7% volatile
87 Seychelles 33 days 2019 unchanged flat
87 Tajikistan 33 days 2019 down 10.8% falling
93 Antigua and Barbuda 32 days 2019 up 28.0% volatile
93 Grenada 32 days 2019 down 58.4% falling
93 Kosovo 32 days 2019 up 6.7% falling
93 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 32 days 2019 up 6.7% falling
97 Ireland 31.5 days 2019 down 13.7% falling
98 Iran 31 days 2019 down 3.1% flat
98 El Salvador 31 days 2019 unchanged falling
100 Brazil 30.74 days 2019 up 20.5% rising
101 Indonesia 30.64 days 2019 up 22.6% falling
102 Comoros 30 days 2019 unchanged flat
102 North Macedonia 30 days 2019 down 50.0% volatile
104 Mali 29 days 2019 unchanged falling
104 Chad 29 days 2019 down 34.1% falling
104 Zimbabwe 29 days 2019 down 3.3% rising
107 Chile 28.5 days 2019 down 8.1% falling
107 Honduras 28.5 days 2019 up 29.5% falling
109 Laos 28 days 2019 down 39.1% falling
110 Czechia 27.5 days 2019 down 65.2% volatile
110 Hong Kong 27.5 days 2019 unchanged flat
112 Botswana 27 days 2019 up 125.0% rising
113 Luxembourg 26.5 days 2019 unchanged flat
114 Ecuador 26 days 2019 up 100.0% rising
114 Greece 26 days 2019 up 8.3% rising
116 Djibouti 24 days 2019 down 46.7% falling
116 Guatemala 24 days 2019 down 14.3% falling
118 Burundi 23 days 2019 down 75.5% volatile
118 Equatorial Guinea 23 days 2019 unchanged flat
118 South Africa 23 days 2019 unchanged flat
121 Panama 22.5 days 2019 down 29.7% falling
122 United Kingdom 21.5 days 2019 down 24.6% falling
123 Eswatini 21 days 2019 down 52.3% falling
124 Austria 20.5 days 2019 down 34.9% falling
125 Morocco 20 days 2019 down 73.7% falling
126 Albania 19 days 2019 down 54.8% falling
126 Bulgaria 19 days 2019 unchanged falling
126 Cape Verde 19 days 2019 down 74.0% volatile
126 Jamaica 19 days 2019 down 45.7% falling
126 Yemen 19 days 2019 unchanged flat
131 Oman 18 days 2019 down 40.0% falling
132 Estonia 17.5 days 2019 unchanged volatile
132 Hungary 17.5 days 2019 up 6.1% volatile
134 Jordan 17 days 2019 down 19.0% falling
134 Kuwait 17 days 2019 down 70.2% falling
134 Saint Lucia 17 days 2019 unchanged flat
134 Malta 17 days 2019 up 13.3% rising
134 Mauritius 17 days 2019 down 32.0% volatile
139 Latvia 16.5 days 2019 down 62.9% volatile
139 Slovakia 16.5 days 2019 unchanged falling
141 Switzerland 16 days 2019 unchanged flat
141 Italy 16 days 2019 down 36.0% falling
143 United States 15.2 days 2019 up 26.7% rising
144 Colombia 15 days 2019 down 28.6% falling
144 Ukraine 15 days 2019 down 86.7% volatile
144 Samoa 15 days 2019 down 89.8% volatile
147 Romania 14.5 days 2019 up 11.5% volatile
148 Palau 14 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Russia 14 days 2019 down 67.4% falling
150 Spain 13 days 2019 down 3.7% falling
150 Japan 13 days 2019 unchanged flat
150 Niger 13 days 2019 down 63.9% falling
153 Malaysia 11.5 days 2019 down 92.1% volatile
154 Costa Rica 11 days 2019 down 47.6% falling
154 Sudan 11 days 2019 unchanged flat
156 Mongolia 10.5 days 2019 down 4.5% falling
157 Portugal 10 days 2019 down 16.7% volatile
158 Peru 9.5 days 2019 down 44.1% volatile
159 China 9 days 2019 down 71.9% falling
159 Cyprus 9 days 2019 down 79.1% volatile
159 Thailand 9 days 2019 unchanged flat
162 Armenia 8 days 2019 up 60.0% rising
163 Rwanda 7 days 2019 down 91.2% volatile
163 Sweden 7 days 2019 down 53.3% volatile
165 Nepal 6 days 2019 unchanged flat
166 South Korea 5.5 days 2019 down 38.9% falling
166 Moldova 5.5 days 2019 down 8.3% volatile
168 Belarus 5 days 2019 down 75.0% volatile
169 Australia 4.5 days 2019 unchanged falling
169 Azerbaijan 4.5 days 2019 down 55.0% volatile
169 Kazakhstan 4.5 days 2019 down 88.8% volatile
169 Singapore 4.5 days 2019 down 76.3% volatile
169 Turkey 4.5 days 2019 down 35.7% falling
174 Canada 4 days 2019 down 38.5% falling
174 Denmark 4 days 2019 down 90.5% volatile
174 Taiwan 4 days 2019 unchanged falling
177 Iceland 3.5 days 2019 down 12.5% falling
177 Kyrgyzstan 3.5 days 2019 down 30.0% falling
177 Lithuania 3.5 days 2019 down 12.5% falling
177 New Zealand 3.5 days 2019 up 250.0% volatile
181 Norway 3 days 2019 unchanged rising
182 Netherlands 2.5 days 2019 down 54.5% falling
183 Bahrain 2 days 2019 down 93.5% falling
184 United Arab Emirates 1.5 days 2019 down 85.0% volatile
184 Saudi Arabia 1.5 days 2019 down 81.2% falling
186 Georgia 1 days 2019 down 66.7% volatile
186 Qatar 1 days 2019 down 91.7% falling

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Indicator
Registering property: Time (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 2,887 data points, 2004–2019
Last refreshed

The number of procedures records all the procedures necessary for a business (the buyer) to purchase a property from another business (the seller) and to transfer the property title to the buyer’s name so that the buyer can use the property for expanding its business, use the property as collateral in taking new loans or, if necessary, sell the property to another business. A procedure is defined as any interaction that is legally or in practice required between the buyer, the seller or their agents (if required) and external parties, including government agencies, inspectors, notaries and lawyers.