Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Jamaica
Jamaica: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 92.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Jamaica, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 92.5% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Jamaica peaked at 92.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 70.7%, in 2005.
That places Jamaica 66th 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 70.7% | — |
| 2006 | 76.8% | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 78.3% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 82.4% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 86.9% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 88.5% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 89.2% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 89.5% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 90.2% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 91.1% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 91.5% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.0% | 70.7% | 86.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 90.4% | 87.2% | 92.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Jamaica?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Jamaica was 92.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 92.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.7% in 2005.
- How does Jamaica rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Jamaica ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.