Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Malawi
Malawi: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 63.33 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Malawi, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Malawi stood at 63.33. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Malawi ranks 121st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 63.33 | — |
| 2015 | 63.33 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 63.33 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 63.33 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 63.33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 63.33 | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 63.33 is above the median for low income countries, which is 46.67, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 63.33 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 121 Congo 63.33 compare
- 121 Germany 63.33 compare
- 124 Antigua and Barbuda 60 compare
- 124 Benin 60 compare
- 124 Georgia 60 compare
- 124 Honduras 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo 60 compare
- 124 Panama 60 compare
- 124 Sweden 60 compare
- 124 Switzerland 60 compare
- 124 United Kingdom 60 compare
- 124 Uruguay 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60 compare
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Malawi?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Malawi was 63.33 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 63.33 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.33 in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Malawi ranks 121st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi 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.