Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Laos
Laos: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 43.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Laos, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Laos is 43.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Laos ranks 160th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 43.33 | — |
| 2015 | 43.33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 43.33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 43.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 43.33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 43.33 | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 43.33 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.67, 65% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 43.33 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.67, 57% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Laos
More private sector data for Laos
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6762 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Laos?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Laos was 43.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 43.33 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.33 in 2014.
- How does Laos rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Laos ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Laos 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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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.