Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Kenya
Kenya: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 66.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Kenya, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Kenya stood at 66.67. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Kenya ranks 105th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 60 | — |
| 2015 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 66.67 | +11.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 66.67 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.67, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 66.67 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 102 Botswana 70 compare
- 102 Saint Lucia 70 compare
- 102 Venezuela 70 compare
- 105 Bangladesh 66.67 compare
- 105 Democratic Republic of Congo 66.67 compare
- 105 Cote d'Ivoire 66.67 compare
- 105 El Salvador 66.67 compare
- 105 Finland 66.67 compare
- 105 Montenegro 66.67 compare
- 105 Nepal 66.67 compare
- 105 Netherlands 66.67 compare
- 105 Papua New Guinea 66.67 compare
- 105 Poland 66.67 compare
- 105 Senegal 66.67 compare
- 105 Tonga 66.67 compare
- 105 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 compare
- 105 Zambia 66.67 compare
- 105 Zimbabwe 66.67 compare
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Kenya?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Kenya was 66.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 66.67 in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- How does Kenya rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Kenya ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.