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

Latest (2019)
86.1%
Change on year
up 12.8%
World rank
98th
of 190 countries
All-time high
96.1%
in 2008
All-time low
52.0%
in 2014
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Kenya, 2005–2019

0204060801002005201220192005: 94.52006: 94.82007: 952008: 96.12009: 86.62010: 86.42011: 86.62012: 81.22013: 84.12014: 522015: 62.32016: 69.42017: 752018: 76.32019: 86.1

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 190 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 93.4% 86.6% 96.1% 5
2010s 75.9% 52.0% 86.6% 10

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 95 Panama 87.7% compare
  2. 96 Sudan 86.8% compare
  3. 97 Slovenia 86.5% compare
  4. 99 China (People’s Republic of) 85.8% compare
  5. 100 Tajikistan 85.1% compare
  6. 101 Cambodia 84.9% compare

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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 190 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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Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
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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.