Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Belize
Belize: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 87.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Belize, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Belize recorded 87.9% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Belize peaked at 88.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 82.6%, in 2005.
That places Belize 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 82.6% | — |
| 2006 | 83.1% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 84.4% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 87.8% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 86.0% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 85.0% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 84.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 86.4% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 87.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 88.1% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 87.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 87.9% | +0.6% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 87.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 97% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belize's 87.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 91.2%, 96% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.6% | 82.6% | 87.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 84.8% | 88.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 324.25 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.16 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Belize?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Belize was 87.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 88.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.6% in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Belize ranks 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.