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How long does it take to register a property?

Days needed to transfer a property to a new owner, for each country (World Bank Doing Business).

It typically takes 250 days, and anywhere from 250 days to 250 days (Afghanistan, 2019).

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Time to register a property by country: low, typical and high (days)
Country or regionLowTypicalHighYearSource
Afghanistan 250s 250s 250s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Albania 19s 19s 19s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Algeria 55s 55s 55s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Angola 190s 190s 190s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Antigua and Barbuda 32s 32s 32s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Argentina 51.5s 51.5s 51.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Armenia 8s 8s 8s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Australia 4.5s 4.5s 4.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Austria 20.5s 20.5s 20.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Azerbaijan 4.5s 4.5s 4.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bahamas, The 122s 122s 122s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bahrain 2s 2s 2s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bangladesh 270.82s 270.82s 270.82s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Barbados 50s 50s 50s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Belarus 5s 5s 5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Belgium 49s 49s 49s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Belize 60s 60s 60s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Benin 120s 120s 120s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bhutan 77s 77s 77s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bolivia 90s 90s 90s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 35s 35s 35s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Botswana 27s 27s 27s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Brazil 30.74s 30.74s 30.74s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Brunei Darussalam 298.5s 298.5s 298.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Bulgaria 19s 19s 19s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Burkina Faso 67s 67s 67s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Burundi 23s 23s 23s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Cabo Verde 19s 19s 19s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Cambodia 55s 55s 55s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Cameroon 81s 81s 81s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Canada 4s 4s 4s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Central African Republic 75s 75s 75s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Chad 29s 29s 29s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Chile 28.5s 28.5s 28.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
China 9s 9s 9s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Colombia 15s 15s 15s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Comoros 30s 30s 30s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Congo, Dem. Rep. 38s 38s 38s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Congo, Rep. 54s 54s 54s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Costa Rica 11s 11s 11s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Croatia 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Cyprus 9s 9s 9s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Denmark 4s 4s 4s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Djibouti 24s 24s 24s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Dominica 125s 125s 125s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Dominican Republic 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Ecuador 26s 26s 26s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Egypt, Arab Rep. 76s 76s 76s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
El Salvador 31s 31s 31s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Equatorial Guinea 23s 23s 23s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Eritrea 78s 78s 78s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Estonia 17.5s 17.5s 17.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Eswatini 21s 21s 21s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Ethiopia 52s 52s 52s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Fiji 69s 69s 69s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Finland 61.5s 61.5s 61.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
France 42s 42s 42s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Gabon 72s 72s 72s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Gambia, The 73s 73s 73s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Georgia 1 1 1 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Germany 52s 52s 52s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Ghana 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Greece 26s 26s 26s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Grenada 32s 32s 32s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Guatemala 24s 24s 24s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Guinea 44s 44s 44s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Guinea-Bissau 48s 48s 48s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Guyana 46s 46s 46s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Haiti 319s 319s 319s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Honduras 28.5s 28.5s 28.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Hungary 17.5s 17.5s 17.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Iceland 3.5s 3.5s 3.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
India 57.93s 57.93s 57.93s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Indonesia 30.64s 30.64s 30.64s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Iran, Islamic Rep. 31s 31s 31s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Iraq 51s 51s 51s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Ireland 31.5s 31.5s 31.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Israel 37s 37s 37s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Italy 16s 16s 16s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Jamaica 19s 19s 19s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Japan 13s 13s 13s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Jordan 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kazakhstan 4.5s 4.5s 4.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kenya 43.5s 43.5s 43.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kiribati 513s 513s 513s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Korea, Rep. 5.5s 5.5s 5.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kosovo 32s 32s 32s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kuwait 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Kyrgyz Republic 3.5s 3.5s 3.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Lao PDR 28s 28s 28s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Latvia 16.5s 16.5s 16.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Lebanon 37s 37s 37s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Lesotho 43s 43s 43s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Liberia 44s 44s 44s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Liechtenstein 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Lithuania 3.5s 3.5s 3.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Luxembourg 26.5s 26.5s 26.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Madagascar 100s 100s 100s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Malawi 47s 47s 47s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Malaysia 11.5s 11.5s 11.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Maldives 57s 57s 57s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mali 29s 29s 29s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Malta 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mauritania 49s 49s 49s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mauritius 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mexico 38.77s 38.77s 38.77s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Moldova 5.5s 5.5s 5.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mongolia 10.5s 10.5s 10.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Montenegro 69s 69s 69s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Morocco 20s 20s 20s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Mozambique 43s 43s 43s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Myanmar 65s 65s 65s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Namibia 44s 44s 44s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Nepal 6s 6s 6s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Netherlands 2.5s 2.5s 2.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
New Zealand 3.5s 3.5s 3.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Nicaragua 56s 56s 56s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Niger 13s 13s 13s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Nigeria 91.66s 91.66s 91.66s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
North Macedonia 30s 30s 30s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Norway 3s 3s 3s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Oman 18s 18s 18s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Pakistan 104.73s 104.73s 104.73s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Palau 14s 14s 14s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Panama 22.5s 22.5s 22.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Papua New Guinea 72s 72s 72s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Paraguay 46s 46s 46s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Peru 9.5s 9.5s 9.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Philippines 35s 35s 35s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Poland 135s 135s 135s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Portugal 10s 10s 10s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Qatar 1 1 1 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Romania 14.5s 14.5s 14.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Russian Federation 14s 14s 14s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Rwanda 7s 7s 7s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Samoa 15s 15s 15s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
San Marino 42.5s 42.5s 42.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Saudi Arabia 1.5s 1.5s 1.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Senegal 41s 41s 41s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Serbia 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Seychelles 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Sierra Leone 56s 56s 56s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Singapore 4.5s 4.5s 4.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Slovak Republic 16.5s 16.5s 16.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Slovenia 50.5s 50.5s 50.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Solomon Islands 86.5s 86.5s 86.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
South Africa 23s 23s 23s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
South Sudan 48s 48s 48s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Spain 13s 13s 13s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Sri Lanka 39s 39s 39s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
St. Kitts and Nevis 224s 224s 224s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
St. Lucia 17s 17s 17s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 47s 47s 47s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Sudan 11s 11s 11s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Suriname 46s 46s 46s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Sweden 7s 7s 7s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Switzerland 16s 16s 16s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Syrian Arab Republic 48s 48s 48s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Tajikistan 33s 33s 33s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Tanzania 67s 67s 67s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Thailand 9s 9s 9s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Togo 35s 35s 35s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Tonga 112s 112s 112s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Trinidad and Tobago 77s 77s 77s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Tunisia 35s 35s 35s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Uganda 42s 42s 42s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Ukraine 15s 15s 15s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
United Arab Emirates 1.5s 1.5s 1.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
United Kingdom 21.5s 21.5s 21.5s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
United States 15.2s 15.2s 15.2s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Uruguay 66s 66s 66s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Uzbekistan 43s 43s 43s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Vanuatu 58s 58s 58s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Venezuela, RB 53s 53s 53s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
West Bank and Gaza 35s 35s 35s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Yemen, Rep. 19s 19s 19s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Zambia 45s 45s 45s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)
Zimbabwe 29s 29s 29s 2019 World Bank Doing Business (CC BY 4.0)

Checked Oct 15, 2026. Low and high show the range inside each country.

Days to complete every procedure needed to transfer a standard commercial property from seller to buyer. The World Bank discontinued the Doing Business report in 2021, so these figures come from its last editions (2019 or 2020 per country) and the year is shown on each card. They describe the largest business city and a standard case study, not every situation.

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