Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Namibia
Namibia: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 89.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Namibia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 89.8% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Namibia peaked at 89.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 58.0%, in 2005.
Namibia ranks 83rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 58.0% | — |
| 2006 | 59.6% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 64.2% | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 65.4% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 76.3% | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 80.3% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 79.9% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 83.9% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 85.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 89.1% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 89.8% | +0.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 89.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.8%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 89.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.1%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.7% | 58.0% | 76.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 79.9% | 89.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 80 Sweden 90.4% compare
- 81 Romania 90.2% compare
- 82 Costa Rica 90.1% compare
- 84 Kazakhstan 89.6% compare
- 85 United Arab Emirates 89.2% compare
- 86 New Zealand 89.2% compare
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.44 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.25 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Namibia?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Namibia was 89.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.0% in 2005.
- How does Namibia rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Namibia ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.