Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Botswana
Botswana: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 98.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Botswana, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 98.2% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Botswana peaked at 98.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 2005.
Botswana ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 63.6% | — |
| 2006 | 67.1% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 73.5% | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 74.4% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 78.2% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 79.8% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 81.5% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 97.3% | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 97.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 97.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 98.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 98.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.4% | 63.6% | 78.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 92.3% | 77.2% | 98.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Botswana?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Botswana was 98.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 2005.
- How does Botswana rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Botswana ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.