Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 90.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Costa Rica, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Costa Rica is 90.1%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 90.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82.6%, in 2005.
Costa Rica ranks 82nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 82.6% | — |
| 2006 | 83.4% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 85.3% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 86.4% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 87.3% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 87.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 88.0% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 88.7% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 89.0% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 89.4% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 89.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 89.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 89.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 90.0% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 90.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.0% | 82.6% | 87.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 89.2% | 87.7% | 90.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 79 South Africa 90.5% compare
- 80 Sweden 90.4% compare
- 81 Romania 90.2% compare
- 83 Namibia 89.8% compare
- 84 Kazakhstan 89.6% compare
- 85 United Arab Emirates 89.2% compare
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Costa Rica?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Costa Rica was 90.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 90.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.6% in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.