Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Bhutan
Bhutan: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 95.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Bhutan, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Bhutan is 95.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Bhutan peaked at 95.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 70.8%, in 2005.
Bhutan ranks 43rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 70.8% | — |
| 2006 | 75.5% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 84.8% | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 87.5% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 88.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 89.5% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 92.0% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 93.0% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 93.4% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 93.7% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 94.5% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 95.1% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 95.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 95.5% is above the median for South Asia, which is 93.7%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.4% | 70.8% | 88.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 89.5% | 95.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 220.69 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 257.09 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Bhutan?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Bhutan was 95.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 95.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.8% in 2005.
- How does Bhutan rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Bhutan ranks 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.