Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Congo
Congo: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 53.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Congo, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Congo recorded 53.5% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Congo peaked at 58.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 2005.
Congo ranks 160th 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30.1% | — |
| 2006 | 37.9% | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 34.0% | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 42.9% | +26.2% |
| 2009 | 52.9% | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 50.5% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 57.4% | +35.4% |
| 2013 | 58.0% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 57.7% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 57.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 54.0% | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 46.8% | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 47.8% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 53.5% | +12.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 53.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 70% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 53.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 85% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.6% | 30.1% | 52.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 52.6% | 42.4% | 58.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.68 billion current US$ (2021)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 225.02 million current US$ (2021)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Congo?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Congo was 53.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 58.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 2005.
- How does Congo rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Congo ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.