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"Environmental Governance and Institutions -- Government Regulation: Cost to register property"

"Units: Percent (%) of property value"

,,2007,2006,2005,2004,
Country
"Afghanistan","AFG",7.0,7.0,7.0,..,
"Albania","ALB",3.5,3.6,3.6,3.8,
"Algeria","DZA",7.5,7.5,7.5,7.5,
"Angola","AGO",11.1,11.1,11.1,11.2,
"Antigua and Barbuda","ATG",13.0,13.0,..,..,
"Argentina","ARG",7.6,8.3,8.3,8.3,
"Armenia","ARM",0.4,0.4,0.5,0.6,
"Australia","AUS",4.9,4.8,7.1,4.5,
"Austria","AUT",4.5,4.5,4.5,4.5,
"Azerbaijan","AZE",0.2,0.0,0.4,0.4,
"Bangladesh","BGD",10.3,10.3,11.0,11.1,
"Belarus","BLR",0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,
"Belgium","BEL",12.7,12.7,12.8,12.8,
"Belize","BLZ",4.7,4.7,..,..,
"Benin","BEN",11.4,15.1,15.3,15.3,
"Bhutan","BTN",0.0,0.0,0.9,1.0,
"Bolivia","BOL",4.9,5.0,5.0,5.1,
"Bosnia and Herzegovina","BIH",5.0,5.0,6.0,6.0,
"Botswana","BWA",5.0,4.9,4.9,4.7,
"Brazil","BRA",2.8,2.8,2.5,3.1,
"Brunei Darussalam","BRN",no practice,..,..,..,
"Bulgaria","BGR",2.3,2.3,2.3,2.4,
"Burkina Faso","BFA",12.2,17.2,17.2,17.2,
"Burundi","BDI",11.5,17.8,18.9,18.1,
"Cambodia","KHM",4.4,4.6,4.7,4.1,
"Cameroon","CMR",17.8,17.8,17.8,18.3,
"Canada","CAN",1.8,1.8,1.9,2.0,
"Cape Verde","CPV",7.8,7.9,..,..,
"Côte d'Ivoire","CIV",16.9,16.5,16.5,16.5,
"Central African Rep","CAF",11.7,11.7,17.3,17.4,
"Chad","TCD",21.2,21.2,21.3,17.3,
"Chile","CHL",1.3,1.3,1.3,1.4,
"China","CHN",3.6,3.6,3.6,3.6,
"Colombia","COL",2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5,
"Comoros","COM",20.8,20.8,..,..,
"Congo","COG",27.3,27.2,27.4,27.7,
"Congo, Dem Rep","COD",9.4,9.5,9.6,9.9,
"Costa Rica","CRI",3.3,3.5,3.6,3.6,
"Croatia","HRV",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,
"Czech Rep","CZE",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,
"Denmark","DNK",0.6,0.6,0.6,0.6,
"Djibouti","DJI",13.2,13.3,..,..,
"Dominica","DMA",13.5,13.0,..,..,
"Dominican Rep","DOM",5.1,5.1,5.1,6.3,
"Ecuador","ECU",3.0,3.9,6.7,8.1,
"Egypt","EGY",1.0,6.4,6.8,6.8,
"El Salvador","SLV",3.6,3.6,3.6,3.6,
"Equatorial Guinea","GNQ",6.3,6.2,..,..,
"Eritrea","ERI",5.3,5.2,5.3,..,
"Estonia","EST",0.5,0.7,0.7,0.7,
"Ethiopia","ETH",7.5,7.7,7.7,7.7,
"Fiji","FJI",12.0,12.0,12.0,12.0,
"Finland","FIN",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,
"France","FRA",6.1,6.7,5.9,5.9,
"Gabon","GAB",10.5,10.5,..,..,
"Gambia","GMB",7.6,7.6,..,..,
"Georgia","GEO",0.1,0.5,0.6,2.5,
"Germany","DEU",5.2,4.2,4.2,4.4,
"Ghana","GHA",1.3,1.7,2.1,2.6,
"Greece","GRC",4.0,3.7,13.7,13.7,
"Grenada","GRD",7.4,7.3,..,..,
"Guatemala","GTM",1.0,1.1,3.3,3.3,
"Guinea","GIN",15.3,15.6,15.6,15.7,
"Guinea-Bissau","GNB",5.4,13.2,..,..,
"Guyana","GUY",4.5,4.6,4.5,..,
"Haiti","HTI",6.5,6.7,6.7,6.8,
"Honduras","HND",5.8,5.8,5.8,7.8,
"Hong Kong","HKG",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,
"Hungary","HUN",11.0,11.0,11.0,11.0,
"Iceland","ISL",2.4,2.4,2.4,..,
"India","IND",7.7,7.8,8.0,13.1,
"Indonesia","IDN",10.5,10.5,11.0,10.1,
"Iran, Islamic Rep","IRN",10.6,10.6,10.6,10.6,
"Iraq","IRQ",6.3,6.6,6.7,..,
"Ireland","IRL",10.2,10.3,10.3,10.3,
"Israel","ISR",7.5,7.5,7.5,7.5,
"Italy","ITA",0.6,0.7,0.7,0.9,
"Jamaica","JAM",13.5,13.5,13.5,13.5,
"Japan","JPN",5.0,5.1,5.0,4.4,
"Jordan","JOR",10.0,10.0,10.0,10.0,
"Kazakhstan","KAZ",0.9,1.2,1.4,1.7,
"Kenya","KEN",4.2,4.1,4.1,4.0,
"Kiribati","KIR",0.1,0.0,0.1,0.1,
"Korea, Rep","KOR",6.3,6.3,6.3,6.3,
"Kuwait","KWT",0.5,0.5,0.6,0.6,
"Kyrgyzstan","KGZ",4.1,1.3,5.2,5.3,
"Lao People's Dem Rep","LAO",4.2,4.2,4.2,4.2,
"Latvia","LVA",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.1,
"Lebanon","LBN",5.9,5.8,5.9,5.9,
"Lesotho","LSO",8.2,8.3,8.5,9.3,
"Liberia","LBR",14.9,..,..,..,
"Lithuania","LTU",0.7,0.7,0.8,0.9,
"Luxembourg","LUX",10.2,..,..,..,
"Macedonia, FYR","MKD",3.5,3.5,3.6,3.7,
"Madagascar","MDG",11.6,11.6,11.6,11.5,
"Malawi","MWI",3.3,3.4,3.4,3.5,
"Malaysia","MYS",2.4,2.4,2.5,2.2,
"Maldives","MDV",no practice,no practice,no practice,no practice,
"Mali","MLI",21.2,21.9,21.9,22.0,
"Marshall Islands","MHL",no practice,no practice,no practice,not available,
"Mauritania","MRT",5.2,5.2,6.8,6.8,
"Mauritius","MUS",10.8,15.8,15.8,..,
"Mexico","MEX",4.7,5.2,5.3,5.3,
"Micronesia, Fed States","FSM",no practice,no practice,no practice,not available,
"Moldova, Rep","MDA",0.9,1.1,1.3,1.8,
"Mongolia","MNG",2.2,2.2,2.3,2.4,
"Montenegro","MNE",2.4,2.0,..,..,
"Morocco","MAR",4.9,4.4,7.0,6.5,
"Mozambique","MOZ",8.1,9.2,10.3,20.1,
"Namibia","NAM",9.9,10.0,9.3,9.7,
"Nepal","NPL",6.4,6.4,6.4,6.5,
"Netherlands","NLD",6.2,6.1,6.2,6.3,
"New Zealand","NZL",0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,
"Nicaragua","NIC",3.5,3.5,6.6,6.6,
"Niger","NER",9.0,14.0,14.0,14.1,
"Nigeria","NGA",22.2,22.1,27.1,27.1,
"Norway","NOR",2.5,2.5,2.5,2.5,
"Oman","OMN",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,
"Pakistan","PAK",5.3,6.4,4.4,4.6,
"Palau","PLW",0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,
"Palestinian Territories","",2.2,2.4,2.4,..,
"Panama","PAN",2.4,2.4,2.4,2.4,
"Papua New Guinea","PNG",5.1,5.1,5.2,5.2,
"Paraguay","PRY",3.5,2.0,2.0,2.0,
"Peru","PER",3.3,3.3,3.2,3.2,
"Philippines","PHL",4.2,4.2,4.7,4.8,
"Poland","POL",0.5,1.6,1.6,1.6,
"Portugal","PRT",7.4,7.4,7.5,7.4,
"Puerto Rico","PRI",1.4,1.4,1.6,1.6,
"Romania","ROU",2.8,1.9,2.0,2.0,
"Russian Federation","RUS",0.3,0.3,0.4,0.5,
"Rwanda","RWA",9.4,9.6,9.8,9.7,
"Saint Kitts and Nevis","KNA",13.3,13.3,..,..,
"Samoa","WSM",1.8,1.8,1.9,2.1,
"Sao Tome & Principe","STP",12.6,12.6,12.6,..,
"Saudi Arabia","SAU",0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,
"Senegal","SEN",19.5,18.0,18.1,18.0,
"Serbia","SRB",5.4,5.4,5.4,5.5,
"Seychelles","SYC",7.0,7.0,..,..,
"Sierra Leone","SLE",14.9,15.6,16.8,19.0,
"Singapore","SGP",2.8,2.8,2.8,2.7,
"Slovakia","SVK",0.1,0.1,0.1,3.1,
"Slovenia","SVN",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,
"Solomon Islands","SLB",4.9,4.9,4.3,4.8,
"South Africa","ZAF",8.8,8.9,11.0,11.3,
"Spain","ESP",7.1,7.1,7.2,7.1,
"Sri Lanka","LKA",5.1,5.1,5.1,5.1,
"St. Lucia","LCA",7.4,7.4,..,..,
"St. Vincent & Grenadines","VCT",11.9,11.9,..,..,
"Sudan","SDN",3.2,3.3,3.6,..,
"Suriname","SUR",13.7,10.2,..,..,
"Swaziland","SWZ",7.1,7.1,..,..,
"Sweden","SWE",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,
"Switzerland","CHE",0.4,0.4,0.4,1.4,
"Syrian Arab Rep","SYR",28.1,27.9,30.4,30.4,
"Taiwan","TWN",6.2,6.2,6.2,6.2,
"Tajikistan","TJK",1.9,1.9,..,..,
"Tanzania","TZA",5.3,5.5,8.6,8.7,
"Thailand","THA",6.3,6.3,6.3,6.3,
"Timor-Leste","TMP",no practice,no practice,no practice,..,
"Togo","TGO",13.9,13.9,13.9,13.9,
"Tonga","TON",10.2,10.2,10.3,10.3,
"Trinidad and Tobago","TTO",7.0,7.0,..,..,
"Tunisia","TUN",6.1,6.1,6.1,6.1,
"Turkey","TUR",3.1,3.1,3.1,3.0,
"Uganda","UGA",4.6,4.6,4.7,4.9,
"Ukraine","UKR",3.3,3.4,3.8,4.3,
"United Arab Emirates","ARE",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.1,
"United Kingdom","GBR",4.1,4.1,4.1,4.1,
"United States","USA",0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,
"Uruguay","URY",7.1,7.1,7.1,7.1,
"Uzbekistan","UZB",1.4,10.5,10.5,10.6,
"Vanuatu","VUT",11.0,7.0,7.0,7.0,
"Venezuela","VEN",2.2,2.1,2.1,2.2,
"Viet Nam","VNM",1.2,1.2,1.2,5.3,
"Yemen","YEM",3.9,3.9,3.9,3.9,
"Zambia","ZMB",9.6,9.6,9.6,9.7,
"Zimbabwe","ZWE",25.0,22.9,22.6,18.1,

Footnotes
No footnotes

Source
"The World Bank Group. 2007. Doing Business Custom Datasets. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available online at http://www.doingbusiness.org/CustomQuery/."


Technical Notes
"Adapted from Doing Business: Methodology & Surveys."
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"Definition:"
"Cost to register property measures the cost to a business, expressed as a percent of the property value, needed to complete the legal and bureacratic procedures required for registering property. Governments differ significantly in the requirements for this process. Data for registering property are produced assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building in the largest business city--already registered and free of title dispute. Broadly speaking, higher values here represent regulatory environments that stifle the formalization of property rights."
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"Cost includes fees, transfer taxes, stamp duties, and any other payment to the property registry, notaries, public agencies or lawyers. Other taxes, such as capital gains tax or value added tax, are excluded from the cost measure. Cost is calculated assuming a property value of 50 times income per capita."
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"To make the data comparable across countries, several assumptions about the business, the property and the procedures are used. Please see http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/RegisteringProperty.aspx for more information."
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"Years Covered and Frequency of Update:"
"The data presented here are for 2004-2007. The Doing Business Database is updated annually."
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"Methodology:"
"The Doing Business data are collected in a standardized way. To start, the Doing Business team, with academic advisers, designs a survey. The survey uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across countries and over time--with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location and the nature of its operations. Surveys are administered through more than 5,000 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, government officials and other professionals routinely administering or advising on legal and regulatory requirements. These experts have several (typically 4) rounds of interaction with the Doing Business team, involving conference calls, written correspondence and country visits. For Doing Business 2007, team members visited 65 countries to verify data and expand the pool of respondents. The data from surveys are subjected to numerous tests for robustness, which lead to revisions or expansions of the information collected."
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"A full discussion of the Doing Business methodology is available online at http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/."
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"Data Reliability:"
"The Doing Business methodology has 5 limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, the collected data refer to businesses in the country's most populous city and may not be representative of regulatory practices in other parts of the country. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form--a limited liability company of a specified size--and may not be representative of the regulation on other businesses, for example, sole proprietorships. Third, transactions described in a standardized case study refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues a business encounters. Fourth, the measures of time involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the time indicators reported in Doing Business represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the case study. Fifth, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures. In practice, completing a procedure may take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly."