Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Cameroon
Cameroon: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 12.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Cameroon, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 12.0% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Cameroon peaked at 35.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2017.
That places Cameroon 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18.3% | — |
| 2006 | 28.7% | +56.4% |
| 2007 | 32.6% | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 28.4% | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 30.2% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 27.1% | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 30.2% | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 35.4% | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 35.1% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -91.6% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | +73.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | — |
| 2019 | 12.0% | +1.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 12.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 16% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 12.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 19% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -100.0% | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | -91.6% | 35.1% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.6% | 18.3% | 32.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 0.0% | 35.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 172 Ethiopia 37.1% compare
- 173 Palestine 36.5% compare
- 174 Democratic Republic of Congo 31.0% compare
- 176 Chad 5.9% compare
- 177 Solomon Islands 1.6% compare
- 178 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 178 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 178 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 178 Eritrea 0.0%
- 178 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 178 Haiti 0.0% compare
- 178 Liberia 0.0%
- 178 Libya 0.0%
- 178 Madagascar 0.0%
- 178 Niger 0.0%
- 178 Sierra Leone 0.0% compare
- 178 Somalia 0.0%
- 178 Syria 0.0% compare
- 178 Yemen 0.0% compare
More private sector data for Cameroon
- Merchandise trade 24.6% (2025)
- Food imports 21.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 9.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.37 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 22.8% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.74 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 170.69 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Cameroon?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Cameroon was 12.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Cameroon ranks 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.