Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in China
China: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 100 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in China, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
China recorded 100 for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 35.1% on the previous year and up 66.7% over ten years.
China ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 60 | — |
| 2015 | 63.67 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 63.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 63.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 74 | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 100 | +35.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.33, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- China's 100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.67, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Hong Kong 100 compare
- 1 Luxembourg 100 compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 compare
- 1 Rwanda 100 compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 100 compare
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in China?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in China was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- How does China rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- China ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.