Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Colombia
Colombia: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 65.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Colombia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Colombia stood at 65.6%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Colombia peaked at 65.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 2008.
Colombia ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 43.6% | — |
| 2006 | 44.8% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 40.8% | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 58.0% | +42.1% |
| 2010 | 52.3% | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 53.8% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 56.8% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 58.8% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 60.3% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 61.7% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 63.7% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 64.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 64.3% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 65.6% | +2.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 65.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 72% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 65.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 91.2%, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +42.1% | 40.8% | 58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.3% | 40.8% | 58.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 60.1% | 52.3% | 65.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More private sector data for Colombia
- Merchandise trade 26.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 70.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 19.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 22.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 50.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 19.74 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 937.49 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Colombia?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Colombia was 65.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 2008.
- How does Colombia rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Colombia ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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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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.