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. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Malawi, 2005–2019
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 155th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 90.8% | — |
| 2006 | 91.2% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 92.2% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 92.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 93.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 92.9% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -98.0% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | +944.0% |
| 2015 | 38.3% | +96.9% |
| 2016 | 24.3% | -36.5% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | +73.6% |
| 2018 | 49.9% | +18.5% |
| 2019 | 57.8% | +15.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 57.8% is above the median for low income countries, which is 18.5%, 3.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 57.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +944.0% | 1.9% | 19.4% |
| 2013 | -98.0% | 92.9% | 1.9% |
| 2015 | +96.9% | 19.4% | 38.3% |
| 2017 | +73.6% | 24.3% | 42.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.8% | 90.8% | 92.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 51.3% | 1.9% | 93.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 483.71 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
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 155th out of 191 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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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.