Time required to register property fell 34.4% to 42.0 days in France in 2018, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time required to register property in France reached an all time high of 182 days in 2006 and an all time low of 42.0 days in 2018. When compared to France's main peers, time required to register property in Belgium amounted to 56.0 days, 52.0 days in Germany, 16.0 days in Italy and 13.0 days in Spain in 2018.
France has been ranked 66th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of time required to register property, 40 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Time Required to Register Property | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Austria | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | |||||||||||
Belgium | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64.0 | 64.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | |||||||||||
France | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | |||||||||||
Germany | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | |||||||||||
Italy | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | |||||||||||
Luxembourg | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | |||||||||
Morocco | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.0 | 41.0 | 31.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | |||||||||||
Netherlands | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | |||||||||||
Poland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | |||||||||||
Portugal | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
Slovenia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 80.5 | 65.5 | 50.5 | 50.5 | 50.5 | |||||||||||
Spain | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |