Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Qatar
Qatar: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 86.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Qatar, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Qatar stood at 86.67. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% over ten years.
That places Qatar 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Qatar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 80 | — |
| 2015 | 86.67 | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 86.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.67 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.67 | +0.0% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 86.67 is above the median for high income countries, which is 80, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 86.67 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 21 Indonesia 91.87 compare
- 22 Iran 90 compare
- 23 Japan 86.67 compare
- 23 Albania 86.67 compare
- 23 Austria 86.67 compare
- 23 Belarus 86.67 compare
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.67 compare
- 23 Cameroon 86.67 compare
- 23 Chile 86.67 compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 86.67 compare
- 23 France 86.67 compare
- 23 Hungary 86.67 compare
- 23 Ireland 86.67 compare
- 23 Kazakhstan 86.67 compare
- 23 Lithuania 86.67 compare
- 23 Malaysia 86.67 compare
- 23 Morocco 86.67 compare
- 23 North Macedonia 86.67 compare
- 23 Peru 86.67 compare
- 23 Philippines 86.67 compare
- 23 Romania 86.67 compare
- 23 San Marino 86.67 compare
- 23 Singapore 86.67 compare
- 23 Slovenia 86.67 compare
- 23 Taiwan 86.67 compare
- 23 Turkey 86.67 compare
More private sector data for Qatar
- Merchandise trade 58.6% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 37.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 11.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 88.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 29,867 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Qatar?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Qatar was 86.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 86.67 in 2015.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2014.
- How does Qatar rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Qatar ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.