Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Iran
Iran: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 68.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Iran, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Iran is 68.7%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Iran peaked at 68.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2005.
That places Iran 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Iran, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 11.0% | — |
| 2007 | 13.9% | +26.3% |
| 2008 | 27.0% | +93.4% |
| 2009 | 41.8% | +55.2% |
| 2010 | 40.3% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 42.0% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 50.5% | +20.3% |
| 2013 | 53.5% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 48.4% | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 64.3% | +32.8% |
| 2016 | 66.7% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 65.0% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 67.1% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 68.7% | +2.4% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 68.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 75% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iran's 68.7% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76.2%, 90% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Iran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +93.4% | 13.9% | 27.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.7% | 0.0% | 41.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 56.7% | 40.3% | 68.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 139 Cote d'Ivoire 70.5% compare
- 140 Mozambique 69.9% compare
- 141 Guatemala 69.7% compare
- 143 El Salvador 68.6% compare
- 144 Algeria 67.3% compare
- 145 Puerto Rico 66.4% compare
More private sector data for Iran
- Merchandise trade 49.3% (2025)
- Food imports 26.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 57.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 65.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.58 billion current US$ (2000)
- Food exports 5.6% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.4% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 113.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.36 billion current US$ (2000)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,225 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Iran?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Iran was 68.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 68.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2005.
- How does Iran rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Iran ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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.