Time required to register property (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Time required to register property is the number of calendar days needed for businesses to secure rights to property.

Rank	Country	Value
Time required to register property (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Kiribati	513
2	Haiti	405
3	Slovenia	391
4	Gambia	371
5	Solomon Islands	297
6	Togo	295
7	Afghanistan	250
8	Bangladesh	245
9	Sierra Leone	236
10	Guinea-Bissau	211
11	Suriname	197
12	Poland	197
13	Puerto Rico	194
14	Vanuatu	188
15	Angola	184
16	Trinidad and Tobago	162
17	Samoa	147
18	Israel	144
19	Malaysia	144
20	Laos	135
21	Senegal	124
22	Nicaragua	124
23	Least developed countries: UN classification	120.80
24	Benin	120
25	Republic of the Congo	116
26	East Asia & Pacific	111.53
27	Serbia	111
28	Tonga	108
29	South Asia	105.86
30	Croatia	104
31	Guinea	104
32	Eritrea	101
33	Lesotho	101
34	Low income	99.83
35	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	99.51
36	France	98
37	Burundi	94
38	Ukraine	93
39	Cameroon	93
40	Bolivia	92
41	Malawi	88
42	Montenegro	86
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	84
44	Sri Lanka	83
45	Sub-Saharan Africa	82
46	Nigeria	82
47	St. Kitts and Nevis	81
48	Belgium	79
49	Uzbekistan	78
50	Czech Republic	78
51	Uganda	77
52	Grenada	77
53	Central African Republic	75
54	Madagascar	74
55	Mexico	74
56	Cape Verde	73
57	Tanzania	73
58	Low & middle income	72.99
59	Papua New Guinea	72
60	Egypt	72
61	High income: nonOECD	69.53
62	Lower middle income	69.28
63	Fiji	68
64	Uruguay	66
65	Latin America & Caribbean	65.11
66	Kenya	64
67	Bhutan	64
68	Sao Tome and Principe	62
69	Ivory Coast	62
70	Middle income	61.33
71	Dominican Republic	60
72	Rwanda	60
73	Belize	60
74	Burkina Faso	59
75	Macedonia	58
76	Euro area	57.07
77	Vietnam	57
78	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57
79	Cambodia	56
80	Jamaica	55
81	Kuwait	55
82	Argentina	52
83	Upper middle income	51.86
84	Liberia	50
85	Pakistan	50
86	Mauritania	49
87	Romania	48
88	Bahamas	48
89	West Bank and Gaza	47
90	Morocco	47
91	Algeria	47
92	Venezuela	47
93	Europe & Central Asia	46.30
94	Paraguay	46
95	Swaziland	46
96	Hong Kong	45
97	Latvia	45
98	Chad	44
99	India	44
100	High income	43.39
101	Russia	43
102	Albania	42
103	Brazil	42
104	Dominica	42
105	Denmark	42
106	Mozambique	42
107	Ethiopia	41
108	Kazakhstan	40
109	Germany	40
110	Djibouti	40
111	Zambia	39
112	Gabon	39
113	Tunisia	39
114	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	38
115	Ireland	38
116	Tajikistan	37
117	Iran	36
118	Middle East & North Africa	35
119	Niger	35
120	Guyana	34
121	Cyprus	34
122	Ghana	34
123	Philippines	33
124	Kosovo	33
125	Seychelles	33
126	Austria	32
127	Panama	32
128	Bahrain	31
129	Zimbabwe	31
130	El Salvador	31
131	Chile	31
132	Mali	29
133	Luxembourg	29
134	China	29
135	Italy	27
136	Guatemala	27
137	Antigua and Barbuda	26
138	Mauritius	26
139	Lebanon	25
140	High income: OECD	25
141	Comoros	24
142	South Africa	24
143	Honduras	23
144	Namibia	23
145	Equatorial Guinea	23
146	Indonesia	22
147	Greece	22
148	Costa Rica	21
149	Jordan	21
150	Colombia	20
151	Syria	19
152	Yemen	19
153	Estonia	18
154	Spain	18
155	Belarus	18
156	Canada	17
157	Slovakia	17
158	Hungary	17
159	Switzerland	16
160	Ecuador	16
161	St. Lucia	16
162	Oman	16
163	Qatar	16
164	Botswana	16
165	Bulgaria	15
166	Sweden	15
167	Finland	14
168	Peru	14
169	Palau	14
170	Japan	14
171	United States	12
172	Portugal	12
173	Mongolia	11
174	South Korea	11
175	North Korea	11
176	Azerbaijan	11
177	Sudan	9
178	Iraq	8
179	United Kingdom	8
180	Turkey	6
181	Netherlands	5
182	Moldova	5
183	Nepal	5
184	Kyrgyzstan	5
185	Singapore	5
186	Australia	5
187	Iceland	4
188	Armenia	4
189	Lithuania	3
190	Norway	3
191	Georgia	3
192	New Zealand	2
193	Saudi Arabia	2
194	Thailand	2
195	United Arab Emirates	2

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