Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Benin
Benin: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 60 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Benin, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Benin recorded 60 for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% over ten years.
Benin ranks 124th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50 | — |
| 2015 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 60 | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 60 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 60 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.67, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 60 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Benin
- 121 Congo 63.33 compare
- 121 Germany 63.33 compare
- 121 Malawi 63.33 compare
- 124 Antigua and Barbuda 60 compare
- 124 Georgia 60 compare
- 124 Honduras 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo 60 compare
- 124 Panama 60 compare
- 124 Sweden 60 compare
- 124 Switzerland 60 compare
- 124 United Kingdom 60 compare
- 124 Uruguay 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60 compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Benin?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Benin was 60 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 60 in 2017.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Benin ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.