Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Malawi

Malawi: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 57.8% in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
57.8%
Change on year
up 15.7%
World rank
154th
of 190 countries
All-time high
93.2%
in 2011
All-time low
1.9%
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 90.82006: 91.22007: 92.22008: 92.12009: 92.72010: 92.72011: 93.22012: 92.92013: 1.92014: 19.42015: 38.32016: 24.32017: 42.22018: 49.92019: 57.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Malawi stood at 57.8%.

That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Malawi peaked at 93.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2013.

Malawi ranks 154th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 91.8% 90.8% 92.7% 5
2010s 51.3% 1.9% 93.2% 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 151 Lebanon 61.6% compare
  2. 152 Senegal 61.1% compare
  3. 153 Kiribati 58.6% compare
  4. 155 South Sudan 57.6% compare
  5. 156 Nepal 57.1% compare
  6. 157 Pakistan 56.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Malawi?
Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Malawi was 57.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 93.2% in 2011.
What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2013.
How does Malawi rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
Malawi ranks 154th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi 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.