Jordan Country Profile
Land Administration
Individual Corruption
Private property rights are guaranteed in the constitution and safeguarded in practice. Expropriation of private property is rare.
Business Corruption
Companies should note that the number of procedures and cost of registering property are high both by regional average and compared to OECD countries. On the other hand, the time requested to register property is very low compared to the regional and OECD averages.
Political Corruption
Reports by Freedom House 2010 and a 2005 article by The Nation indicate persisting rumours and accusations of royal land grabs carried out by classifying state or municipal land as Crown land.
Frequency
The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011:
- Registering property requires a company to go through an average of 7 administrative procedures taking an average of 21 days at a cost of 7.5% of the property value.
World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011:
- Business executives give the protection of property rights in Jordan, including financial assets, a score of 5.4 on a 7-point scale (1 being 'very weak' and 7 'very strong'), representing a competitive business advantage for the country.
