Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Laos
Laos: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 76.8% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Laos, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Laos stood at 76.8%.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Laos peaked at 96.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 57.1%, in 2013.
That places Laos 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 91.9% | — |
| 2006 | 92.6% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 93.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 94.2% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 95.2% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 96.2% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 96.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 57.1% | -40.9% |
| 2014 | 63.4% | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 65.8% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 66.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 74.0% | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 75.5% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 76.8% | +1.8% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 76.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 76.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.2%, 86% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Laos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -40.9% | 96.5% | 57.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.4% | 91.9% | 95.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 76.7% | 57.1% | 96.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More private sector data for Laos
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Laos?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Laos was 76.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 96.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.1% in 2013.
- How does Laos rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Laos ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos 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.