Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 100 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in United Arab Emirates, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in United Arab Emirates stood at 100. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.
That places United Arab Emirates 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 80 | — |
| 2015 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.67 | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 100 | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100 | +0.0% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 80, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 1 China 100 compare
- 1 Hong Kong 100 compare
- 1 Luxembourg 100 compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 compare
- 1 Rwanda 100 compare
More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in United Arab Emirates?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in United Arab Emirates was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2014.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.