Dealing with construction permits, cost (% of income per capita) by country
Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to legally build a warehouse are recorded, including those associated with obtaining land use approvals and preconstruction design clearances; receiving...
What the numbers show
Dealing with construction permits, cost (% of income per capita) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 5,106.8% in Chad; the lowest is 25.3% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 329.5%, and the mean is 730.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 202.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 223.5%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 95.6%).
Dealing with construction permits, cost: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 5,106.8% | 2012 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 4,423.4% | 2012 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 3 | Mauritania | 2,796.6% | 2012 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 4 | Djibouti | 2,023.6% | 2012 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 1,911.9% | 2012 | down 85.5% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 1,679.1% | 2012 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 1,612.8% | 2012 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,582.7% | 2012 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 9 | Malawi | 1,198.3% | 2012 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 10 | Congo | 1,151.4% | 2012 | down 81.2% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 1,116.9% | 2012 | up 147.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 1,008.7% | 2012 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 950.4% | 2012 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 853.1% | 2012 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 785.2% | 2012 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania | 564.6% | 2012 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 17 | Liberia | 559.7% | 2012 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Senegal | 529.1% | 2012 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 481.2% | 2012 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 459.4% | 2012 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 431.5% | 2012 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 418.6% | 2012 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 417.7% | 2012 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 386.7% | 2012 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 380.7% | 2012 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 278.4% | 2012 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 275.6% | 2012 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 265.9% | 2012 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 29 | Tunisia | 256.0% | 2012 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 30 | Sudan | 240.3% | 2012 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Morocco | 220.2% | 2012 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 32 | Kenya | 211.9% | 2012 | up 223.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 194.0% | 2012 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 34 | Botswana | 172.7% | 2012 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 167.4% | 2012 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 155.1% | 2012 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 37 | Angola | 153.6% | 2012 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 38 | Egypt | 135.0% | 2012 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 124.7% | 2012 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 120.4% | 2012 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Mozambique | 113.3% | 2012 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 110.9% | 2012 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 43 | Eswatini | 94.9% | 2012 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea | 94.8% | 2012 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 45 | Gabon | 79.3% | 2012 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 46 | Comoros | 74.5% | 2012 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 54.6% | 2012 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 33.4% | 2012 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritius | 28.5% | 2012 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 50 | Seychelles | 25.3% | 2012 | down 37.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 776.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 767.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 765.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 751.6%
- Africa 730.2%
- North Africa 537.9%
About this data
Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to legally build a warehouse are recorded, including those associated with obtaining land use approvals and preconstruction design clearances; receiving inspections before, during and after construction; getting utility connections; and registering the warehouse property. Nonrecurring taxes required for the completion of the warehouse project also are recorded. The building code, information from local experts and specific regulations and fee schedules are used as sources for costs. If several local partners provide different estimates, the median reported value is used.