Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in El Salvador
El Salvador: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 68.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in El Salvador, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in El Salvador stood at 68.6%. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in El Salvador peaked at 94.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 68.6%, in 2019.
El Salvador ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 94.7% | — |
| 2006 | 73.4% | -22.5% |
| 2007 | 74.9% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 77.5% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 86.7% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 84.7% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 84.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 85.4% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 78.0% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 78.4% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 79.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 71.8% | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 72.7% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 69.9% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 68.6% | -2.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 68.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 75% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 68.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 91.2%, 75% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.4% | 73.4% | 94.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 77.3% | 68.6% | 85.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in El Salvador?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in El Salvador was 68.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.6% in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- El Salvador ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.