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

The score for the building quality control index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
73.33
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,145

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.33, and the mean is 68.05.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 340.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2019 up 25.0% rising
1 China 100 2019 up 66.7% rising
1 Hong Kong 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100 2019 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 100 2019 up 50.0% rising
7 India 96.87 2019 up 26.7% rising
8 Australia 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Bulgaria 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Canada 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Egypt 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Israel 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Kuwait 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Lebanon 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Malta 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Mongolia 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Mauritius 93.33 2019 unchanged flat
8 Russia 93.33 2019 up 7.7% rising
8 Serbia 93.33 2019 up 7.7% rising
8 Tunisia 93.33 2019 up 16.7% rising
21 Indonesia 91.87 2019 up 6.0% rising
22 Iran 90 2019 unchanged flat
23 Albania 86.67 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Austria 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Belarus 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Chile 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Cameroon 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Dominican Republic 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 France 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Hungary 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Ireland 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Japan 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Kazakhstan 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Lithuania 86.67 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Morocco 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 North Macedonia 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Malaysia 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Peru 86.67 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Philippines 86.67 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Qatar 86.67 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 Romania 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Singapore 86.67 2019 up 8.3% rising
23 San Marino 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Slovenia 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
23 Turkey 86.67 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Taiwan 86.67 2019 unchanged flat
48 Pakistan 86.5 2019 up 8.4% rising
49 United States 82.67 2019 unchanged flat
50 Armenia 80 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Azerbaijan 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Belgium 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Burkina Faso 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Bahrain 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Bahamas 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Brunei 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Bhutan 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Djibouti 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Algeria 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Guinea 80 2019 up 41.2% rising
50 Greece 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Croatia 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Jamaica 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 South Korea 80 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Latvia 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Moldova 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Myanmar 80 2019 up 33.3% rising
50 Puerto Rico 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Palestine 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Saudi Arabia 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Sudan 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Tajikistan 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Tanzania 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 Uganda 80 2019 up 9.1% rising
50 Ukraine 80 2019 up 50.0% rising
50 Vietnam 80 2019 unchanged flat
50 South Africa 80 2019 unchanged flat
78 Nigeria 78.47 2019 up 15.9% rising
79 Mexico 77.73 2019 unchanged flat
80 Chad 76.67 2019 unchanged flat
81 Argentina 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Colombia 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Cape Verde 73.33 2019 up 10.0% rising
81 Costa Rica 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Cyprus 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Denmark 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Spain 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Estonia 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Ethiopia 73.33 2019 up 57.1% rising
81 Ghana 73.33 2019 up 37.5% rising
81 Guatemala 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Italy 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Jordan 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Kyrgyzstan 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Mozambique 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Norway 73.33 2019 up 10.0% rising
81 Oman 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Portugal 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Togo 73.33 2019 up 340.0% volatile
81 Thailand 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
81 Uzbekistan 73.33 2019 unchanged flat
102 Botswana 70 2019 unchanged flat
102 Saint Lucia 70 2019 unchanged flat
102 Venezuela 70 2019 unchanged flat
105 Bangladesh 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Cote d'Ivoire 66.67 2019 up 66.7% rising
105 Democratic Republic of Congo 66.67 2019 up 122.2% rising
105 Finland 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Kenya 66.67 2019 up 11.1% rising
105 Montenegro 66.67 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Netherlands 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Nepal 66.67 2019 up 11.1% rising
105 Papua New Guinea 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Poland 66.67 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Senegal 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 El Salvador 66.67 2019 up 42.9% rising
105 Tonga 66.67 2019 down 16.7% falling
105 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Zambia 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
105 Zimbabwe 66.67 2019 unchanged flat
121 Congo 63.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Germany 63.33 2019 unchanged flat
121 Malawi 63.33 2019 unchanged flat
124 Antigua and Barbuda 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Benin 60 2019 up 20.0% rising
124 Switzerland 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 United Kingdom 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Georgia 60 2019 up 28.6% rising
124 Honduras 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Panama 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Sweden 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Uruguay 60 2019 up 12.5% rising
124 Kosovo 60 2019 unchanged flat
124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60 2019 unchanged flat
135 Mali 56.67 2019 unchanged flat
135 Namibia 56.67 2019 unchanged flat
137 Brazil 55.93 2019 unchanged flat
138 Czechia 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Dominica 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Ecuador 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Iceland 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Cambodia 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Niger 53.33 2019 up 33.3% rising
138 Paraguay 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Solomon Islands 53.33 2019 up 6.7% rising
138 Slovakia 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
138 Eswatini 53.33 2019 up 14.3% rising
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.33 2019 unchanged flat
149 Gabon 50 2019 up 50.0% rising
149 Mauritania 50 2019 up 25.0% rising
151 Belize 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Bolivia 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Fiji 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Guinea-Bissau 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Maldives 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Palau 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 Sierra Leone 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
151 South Sudan 46.67 2019 unchanged flat
160 Barbados 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
160 Laos 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
160 Suriname 43.33 2019 unchanged flat
163 Angola 40 2019 unchanged flat
163 Central African Republic 40 2019 unchanged flat
163 Kiribati 40 2019 unchanged flat
163 Sri Lanka 40 2019 up 9.1% rising
163 Madagascar 40 2019 up 50.0% rising
163 Seychelles 40 2019 up 20.0% rising
163 Samoa 40 2019 unchanged flat
170 Iraq 36.67 2019 unchanged flat
171 Burundi 33.33 2019 up 66.7% rising
171 Grenada 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
171 Haiti 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
171 Lesotho 33.33 2019 up 11.1% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 33.33 2019 up 66.7% rising
171 Vanuatu 33.33 2019 unchanged flat
177 Comoros 26.67 2019 unchanged flat
177 Guyana 26.67 2019 unchanged flat
179 Gambia 23.33 2019 unchanged flat
179 Nicaragua 23.33 2019 unchanged flat
181 Afghanistan 20 2019 up 20.0% rising
181 East Timor 20 2019 unchanged flat
183 Liberia 13.33 2019 unchanged flat
184 Equatorial Guinea 6.67 2019 unchanged flat
184 Marshall Islands 6.67 2019 unchanged flat
186 Yemen 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 1,145 data points, 2014–2019
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The score for the building quality control index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.