Time required to register property rose 0% to 43.0 days in Lesotho in 2018, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, time required to register property in Lesotho reached an all time high of 101 days in 2012 and an all time low of 43.0 days in 2014. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, time required to register property in Botswana amounted to 27.0 days, 23.0 days in South Africa, 21.0 days in Swaziland and 36.0 days in Zimbabwe in 2018.
Lesotho has been ranked 64th within the group of 170 countries we follow in terms of time required to register property, 35 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 |
Botswana | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 27.0 | |||||||||||
Lesotho | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | |||||||||||
Mozambique | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | |||||||||||
Namibia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 44.0 | |||||||||||
South Africa | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | |||||||||||
Swaziland | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | ||||||||||
Zambia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 |