Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Gambia
Gambia: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 84.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Gambia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Gambia stood at 84.5%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Gambia peaked at 84.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32.3%, in 2005.
Gambia ranks 104th 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 Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32.3% | — |
| 2006 | 37.9% | +17.1% |
| 2007 | 40.3% | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 40.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 49.0% | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 52.3% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 55.6% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 70.9% | +27.5% |
| 2013 | 66.9% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 69.5% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 69.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 73.8% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 74.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 76.1% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 84.5% | +11.0% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 84.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 18.5%, 4.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 84.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.0% | 32.3% | 49.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 69.3% | 52.3% | 84.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More private sector data for Gambia
- Merchandise trade 54.3% (2025)
- Food imports 22.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 44.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 894.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 176.88 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 514.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 461.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.13 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Gambia?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Gambia was 84.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.3% in 2005.
- How does Gambia rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Gambia ranks 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.