Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 46.67 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Sierra Leone, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Sierra Leone stood at 46.67. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 46.67 | — |
| 2015 | 46.67 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 46.67 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 46.67 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 46.67 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 46.67 | +0.0% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 46.67 is above the median for low income countries, which is 46.67, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 46.67 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.33, 74% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 149 Gabon 50 compare
- 149 Mauritania 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 South Sudan 46.67 compare
- 151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.67 compare
More private sector data for Sierra Leone
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 32.3% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 63.9% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 1.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.6% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 25.1% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 1.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 173.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Sierra Leone?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Sierra Leone was 46.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 46.67 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.67 in 2014.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Sierra Leone ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.