Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 43.7% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Lesotho, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 43.7% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 58.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Lesotho peaked at 43.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.
Lesotho ranks 165th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33.5% | — |
| 2006 | 36.5% | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 42.0% | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 41.1% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 5.5% | — |
| 2013 | 17.2% | +213.8% |
| 2014 | 27.6% | +60.5% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 37.7% | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 35.1% | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 38.8% | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 43.7% | +12.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 43.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 43.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.6% | 0.0% | 42.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 0.0% | 43.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 460.39 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 18.67 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Lesotho?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Lesotho was 43.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 43.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
- How does Lesotho rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.