Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Iceland
Iceland: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 53.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Iceland, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iceland stood at 53.33. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places Iceland 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 53.33 | — |
| 2015 | 53.33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 53.33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 53.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 53.33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 53.33 | +0.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 53.33 is below the median for high income countries, which is 80, 67% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 53.33 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80, 67% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 135 Mali 56.67 compare
- 135 Namibia 56.67 compare
- 137 Brazil 55.93 compare
- 138 Cambodia 53.33 compare
- 138 Czechia 53.33 compare
- 138 Dominica 53.33 compare
- 138 Ecuador 53.33 compare
- 138 Eswatini 53.33 compare
- 138 Niger 53.33 compare
- 138 Paraguay 53.33 compare
- 138 Slovakia 53.33 compare
- 138 Solomon Islands 53.33 compare
- 138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.33 compare
More private sector data for Iceland
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 7.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 18,264 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1858 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iceland?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iceland was 53.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 53.33 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.33 in 2014.
- How does Iceland rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Iceland ranks 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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.