Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in Tonga
Tonga: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 66.67 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Tonga, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 66.67 for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Tonga ranks 105th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 80 | — |
| 2015 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 66.67 | -16.7% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 66.67 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.33, 91% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 66.67 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.67, 87% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 102 Botswana 70 compare
- 102 Saint Lucia 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 Trinidad and Tobago 66.67 compare
- 105 Zambia 66.67 compare
- 105 Zimbabwe 66.67 compare
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 67.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 44.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Tonga?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in Tonga was 66.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 80 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.67 in 2019.
- How does Tonga rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- Tonga ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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.