Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Kenya
Kenya: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 86.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Kenya, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 86.1% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019.
The figure is up 12.8% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Kenya peaked at 96.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 52.0%, in 2014.
Kenya ranks 98th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 94.5% | — |
| 2006 | 94.8% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 95.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 96.1% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 86.6% | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 86.4% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 81.2% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 84.1% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 52.0% | -38.2% |
| 2015 | 62.3% | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 69.4% | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 75.0% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 76.3% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 86.1% | +12.8% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 86.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 86.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.4% | 86.6% | 96.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 75.9% | 52.0% | 86.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 29.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Kenya?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Kenya was 86.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 96.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.0% in 2014.
- How does Kenya rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Kenya ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.