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Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) by country

The building quality control index is the sum of the following six indices: quality of building regulations, quality control before construction, quality control during construction, quality control after construction, liability and insurance regimes and professional certifications. The component indicator is...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
15 DB16-20 methodology
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
1 DB16-20 methodology
Marshall Islands
Median
11 DB16-20 methodology
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,115

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 15 DB16-20 methodology in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 1 DB16-20 methodology in Marshall Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 11 DB16-20 methodology, and the mean is 10.26 DB16-20 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 340.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 16.7%).

Dealing with construction … Dealing 0-15 Building control: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 25.0% rising
1 China 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 66.7% rising
1 Hong Kong 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 15 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
7 India 14.53 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 26.7% rising
8 Australia 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Bulgaria 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Canada 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Egypt 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Israel 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Kuwait 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Lebanon 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Malta 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Mongolia 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Mauritius 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
8 Russia 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 7.7% rising
8 Serbia 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 7.7% rising
8 Tunisia 14 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 16.7% rising
21 Indonesia 13.78 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 6.0% rising
22 Iran 13.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Albania 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Austria 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Belarus 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Chile 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Cameroon 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Dominican Republic 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 France 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Hungary 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Ireland 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Japan 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Kazakhstan 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Lithuania 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Morocco 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 North Macedonia 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Malaysia 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Peru 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Philippines 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Qatar 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Romania 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Singapore 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 San Marino 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Slovenia 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
23 Turkey 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Taiwan 13 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
48 Pakistan 12.97 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 8.4% rising
49 United States 12.4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Armenia 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Azerbaijan 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Belgium 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Burkina Faso 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Bahrain 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Bahamas 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Brunei 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Bhutan 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Djibouti 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Algeria 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Guinea 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 41.2% rising
50 Greece 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Croatia 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Jamaica 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 South Korea 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Latvia 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Moldova 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Myanmar 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 33.3% rising
50 Puerto Rico 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Palestine 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Saudi Arabia 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Sudan 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Tajikistan 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Tanzania 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 Uganda 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Ukraine 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Vietnam 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
50 South Africa 12 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
78 Nigeria 11.77 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 15.9% rising
79 Mexico 11.66 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
80 Chad 11.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Argentina 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Colombia 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Cape Verde 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 10.0% rising
81 Costa Rica 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Cyprus 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Denmark 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Spain 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Estonia 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Ethiopia 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 57.1% rising
81 Ghana 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 37.5% rising
81 Guatemala 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Italy 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Jordan 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Kyrgyzstan 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Mozambique 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Norway 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 10.0% rising
81 Oman 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Portugal 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Togo 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 340.0% volatile
81 Thailand 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
81 Uzbekistan 11 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Botswana 10.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Saint Lucia 10.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
102 Venezuela 10.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Bangladesh 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Cote d'Ivoire 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 66.7% rising
105 Democratic Republic of Congo 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 122.2% rising
105 Finland 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Kenya 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 11.1% rising
105 Montenegro 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Netherlands 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Nepal 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 11.1% rising
105 Papua New Guinea 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Poland 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Senegal 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 El Salvador 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 42.9% rising
105 Tonga 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Trinidad and Tobago 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Zambia 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
105 Zimbabwe 10 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
121 Congo 9.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
121 Germany 9.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
121 Malawi 9.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Antigua and Barbuda 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Benin 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 20.0% rising
124 Switzerland 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 United Kingdom 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Georgia 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 28.6% rising
124 Honduras 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Panama 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Sweden 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Uruguay 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 12.5% rising
124 Kosovo 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 9 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
135 Mali 8.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
135 Namibia 8.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
137 Brazil 8.39 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Czechia 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Dominica 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Ecuador 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Iceland 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Cambodia 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Niger 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 33.3% rising
138 Paraguay 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Solomon Islands 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 6.7% rising
138 Slovakia 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
138 Eswatini 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 14.3% rising
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
149 Gabon 7.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
149 Mauritania 7.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 25.0% rising
151 Belize 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Bolivia 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Fiji 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Guinea-Bissau 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Maldives 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Palau 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 Sierra Leone 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
151 South Sudan 7 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Barbados 6.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Laos 6.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
160 Suriname 6.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Angola 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Central African Republic 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Kiribati 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
163 Sri Lanka 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 9.1% rising
163 Madagascar 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 50.0% rising
163 Seychelles 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 20.0% rising
163 Samoa 6 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
170 Iraq 5.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
171 Burundi 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 66.7% rising
171 Grenada 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
171 Haiti 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
171 Lesotho 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 11.1% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 66.7% rising
171 Vanuatu 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
177 Comoros 4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
177 Guyana 4 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
179 Gambia 3.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
179 Nicaragua 3.5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
181 Afghanistan 3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 up 20.0% rising
181 East Timor 3 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
183 Liberia 2 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
184 Equatorial Guinea 1 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat
184 Marshall Islands 1 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 1,115 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed

The building quality control index is the sum of the following six indices: quality of building regulations, quality control before construction, quality control during construction, quality control after construction, liability and insurance regimes and professional certifications. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.