Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 20 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Afghanistan, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Afghanistan stood at 20. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
That places Afghanistan 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.67 | — |
| 2015 | 16.67 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20 | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 20 | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 20 is below the median for low income countries, which is 46.67, 43% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 20 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80, 25% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 179 Gambia 23.33 compare
- 179 Nicaragua 23.33 compare
- 181 East Timor 20 compare
- 183 Liberia 13.33 compare
- 184 Equatorial Guinea 6.67 compare
- 184 Marshall Islands 6.67 compare
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Afghanistan?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Afghanistan was 20 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 20 in 2018.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.67 in 2014.
- How does Afghanistan rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Afghanistan ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.