Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Lesotho
Lesotho: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 33.33 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Lesotho, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Lesotho is 33.33, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% over ten years.
Lesotho ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33.33 | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 33.33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33.33 | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 33.33 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.67, 50% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 33.33 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 53% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Lesotho?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Lesotho was 33.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 33.33 in 2017.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 in 2014.
- How does Lesotho rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Lesotho ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.