Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Iraq
Iraq: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 36.67 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Iraq, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iraq is 36.67, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Iraq ranks 170th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36.67 | — |
| 2015 | 36.67 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 36.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 36.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 36.67 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 36.67 | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 36.67 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.33, 50% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 36.67 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80, 46% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2014)
- Manufactures imports 66.3% (2014)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.0% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3653 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iraq?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Iraq was 36.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 36.67 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.67 in 2014.
- How does Iraq rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Iraq ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq 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.