Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Mauritania
Mauritania: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 50 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Mauritania, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Mauritania stood at 50. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.
That places Mauritania 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 40 | — |
| 2015 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 50 | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 50 | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 50 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.67, 75% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 50 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 79% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 149 Gabon 50 compare
- 151 Belize 46.67 compare
- 151 Bolivia 46.67 compare
- 151 Fiji 46.67 compare
- 151 Guinea-Bissau 46.67 compare
- 151 Maldives 46.67 compare
- 151 Palau 46.67 compare
- 151 Sierra Leone 46.67 compare
- 151 South Sudan 46.67 compare
- 151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.67 compare
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Mauritania?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Mauritania was 50 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 50 in 2018.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 in 2014.
- How does Mauritania rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Mauritania ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.