Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 70 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Saint Lucia, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Saint Lucia stood at 70. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Saint Lucia ranks 102nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 70 | — |
| 2015 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70 | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 70 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.33, 95% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 70 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 60, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 102 Botswana 70 compare
- 102 Venezuela 70 compare
- 105 Bangladesh 66.67 compare
- 105 Democratic Republic of Congo 66.67 compare
- 105 Cote d'Ivoire 66.67 compare
- 105 El Salvador 66.67 compare
- 105 Finland 66.67 compare
- 105 Kenya 66.67 compare
- 105 Montenegro 66.67 compare
- 105 Nepal 66.67 compare
- 105 Netherlands 66.67 compare
- 105 Papua New Guinea 66.67 compare
- 105 Poland 66.67 compare
- 105 Senegal 66.67 compare
- 105 Tonga 66.67 compare
- 105 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 compare
- 105 Zambia 66.67 compare
- 105 Zimbabwe 66.67 compare
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Saint Lucia?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Saint Lucia was 70 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 in 2014.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Saint Lucia ranks 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.