Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Panama
Panama: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 60 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Panama, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Panama is 60, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places Panama 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Panama, 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 | 60 | +0.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 60 is below the median for high income countries, which is 80, 75% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Panama's 60 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 60, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Panama
- 121 Congo 63.33 compare
- 121 Germany 63.33 compare
- 121 Malawi 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 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 Panama
- Merchandise trade 41.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 73.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,604 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Panama?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Panama was 60 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- How does Panama rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Panama ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Panama 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.