Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score by country
The score for cost 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.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
99.7%
Qatar
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
87.7%
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,783
What the numbers show
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Qatar; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.7%, and the mean is 75.9%.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,342.2%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 100.0%).
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.7% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 76.2% | 2019 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 99.5% | 2019 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.4% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Barbados | 99.2% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Estonia | 99.1% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Slovakia | 99.1% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Czechia | 98.9% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Suriname | 98.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Poland | 98.7% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 11 | Lithuania | 98.6% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Iraq | 98.6% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Georgia | 98.6% | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 14 | Dominica | 98.5% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Seychelles | 98.4% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 98.3% | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 98.3% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Botswana | 98.2% | 2019 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 19 | Maldives | 98.1% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.0% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Taiwan | 98.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Latvia | 97.9% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Mauritius | 97.8% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 24 | Iceland | 97.6% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Fiji | 97.5% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | Vietnam | 97.4% | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 28 | Japan | 97.4% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | East Timor | 97.3% | 2019 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 97.2% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 31 | Denmark | 97.1% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 32 | Micronesia (country) | 97.1% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 33 | Norway | 97.1% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Australia | 96.9% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 96.8% | 2019 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 96.6% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Switzerland | 96.5% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | United States | 96.4% | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 39 | Finland | 96.3% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Samoa | 96.2% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Bahamas | 96.0% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 42 | Oman | 96.0% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Bhutan | 95.5% | 2019 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 95.4% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 45 | Cyprus | 95.3% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Uruguay | 95.1% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 94.9% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 94.9% | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 94.6% | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 50 | Russia | 94.6% | 2019 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 94.6% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 94.5% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 94.3% | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Germany | 94.3% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 55 | Brazil | 94.3% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 94.2% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 57 | Chile | 93.8% | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | Bolivia | 93.7% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Egypt | 93.7% | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 93.3% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 61 | Armenia | 93.3% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 93.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 93.0% | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 64 | Gabon | 92.9% | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 65 | Comoros | 92.6% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Jamaica | 92.5% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 67 | Belarus | 92.1% | 2019 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 92.0% | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 91.6% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 91.4% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 71 | Peru | 91.4% | 2019 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 91.4% | 2019 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 73 | Grenada | 91.2% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 74 | Brunei | 90.9% | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 90.9% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 76 | Canada | 90.9% | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 90.7% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 90.5% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 80 | Sweden | 90.4% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 90.2% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 90.1% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Namibia | 89.8% | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 89.6% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 89.2% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 86 | New Zealand | 89.2% | 2019 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 89.2% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 88 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89.0% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 89 | Malta | 88.7% | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 90 | Zambia | 88.4% | 2019 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 88.3% | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 88.2% | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 93 | Belize | 87.9% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 87.9% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 95 | Panama | 87.7% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 96 | Sudan | 86.8% | 2019 | up 104.4% | rising |
| 97 | Slovenia | 86.5% | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 98 | Kenya | 86.1% | 2019 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 99 | China | 85.8% | 2019 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 85.1% | 2019 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 101 | Cambodia | 84.9% | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 84.8% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 84.6% | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 104 | Gambia | 84.5% | 2019 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 105 | Palau | 84.2% | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 83.5% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 107 | Singapore | 83.5% | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 108 | Myanmar | 83.5% | 2019 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 109 | Eswatini | 83.2% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 110 | Italy | 83.1% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 111 | Tunisia | 83.0% | 2019 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 82.8% | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 113 | Ghana | 82.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 82.3% | 2019 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 115 | Turkey | 82.0% | 2019 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 116 | Netherlands | 81.8% | 2019 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 117 | Moldova | 81.6% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 118 | Bahrain | 81.5% | 2019 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 119 | France | 80.4% | 2019 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 120 | Nigeria | 79.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 121 | India | 79.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Ireland | 79.4% | 2019 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | 79.4% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 124 | South Korea | 78.2% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Ukraine | 78.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Indonesia | 77.4% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 127 | Laos | 76.8% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 128 | Spain | 76.7% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 129 | Benin | 76.0% | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritania | 75.9% | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 131 | Montenegro | 75.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Tanzania | 73.2% | 2019 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 133 | Kuwait | 72.6% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 134 | Tonga | 71.7% | 2019 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 71.3% | 2019 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 136 | Cote d'Ivoire | 70.5% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 137 | Mozambique | 69.9% | 2019 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 69.7% | 2019 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 139 | Iran | 68.7% | 2019 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 140 | El Salvador | 68.6% | 2019 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 141 | Algeria | 67.3% | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 66.4% | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 143 | Albania | 65.9% | 2019 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Colombia | 65.6% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 63.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 146 | San Marino | 63.4% | 2019 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 147 | Uganda | 62.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 62.1% | 2019 | up 246.9% | rising |
| 149 | Lebanon | 61.6% | 2019 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 150 | Senegal | 61.1% | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 151 | Kiribati | 58.6% | 2019 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Malawi | 57.8% | 2019 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 153 | South Sudan | 57.6% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 154 | Nepal | 57.1% | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Pakistan | 56.1% | 2019 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 156 | Croatia | 53.9% | 2019 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Congo | 53.5% | 2019 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 53.3% | 2019 | up 2,342.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 52.9% | 2019 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 160 | Mexico | 52.5% | 2019 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 161 | Togo | 52.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Lesotho | 43.7% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Honduras | 43.2% | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 164 | Rwanda | 43.0% | 2019 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Venezuela | 39.8% | 2019 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 166 | Jordan | 39.5% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 167 | Burundi | 39.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 37.1% | 2019 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 37.1% | 2019 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Palestine | 36.5% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Cameroon | 12.0% | 2019 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Chad | 5.9% | 2019 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 1.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Libya | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Niger | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Syria | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 74.0%
- South Africa 90.5%
- Central African Republic 0.0%
About this data
The score for cost 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.