Dealing with construction … Score 0-15 Building control in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index was 60 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in United Kingdom, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 60 for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places United Kingdom 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 60 | — |
| 2015 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 60 | +0.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 60 is below the median for high income countries, which is 80, 75% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 60 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80, 75% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 121 Congo 63.33 compare
- 121 Germany 63.33 compare
- 121 Malawi 63.33 compare
- 124 Antigua and Barbuda 60 compare
- 124 Benin 60 compare
- 124 Georgia 60 compare
- 124 Honduras 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo 60 compare
- 124 Panama 60 compare
- 124 Sweden 60 compare
- 124 Switzerland 60 compare
- 124 Uruguay 60 compare
- 124 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60 compare
More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in United Kingdom?
- Dealing with construction permits: building quality control index in United Kingdom was 60 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: building quality control index recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 in 2014.
- How does United Kingdom rank for dealing with construction permits: building quality control index?
- United Kingdom ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: building quality control index rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.