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

New Zealand: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 89.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
89.2%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
86th
of 191 countries
All-time high
96.4%
in 2007
All-time low
88.1%
in 2013
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060801002005201220192005: 96.12006: 95.92007: 96.42008: 96.42009: 96.32010: 95.22011: 95.32012: 93.72013: 88.12014: 88.72015: 88.92016: 88.32017: 88.72018: 89.32019: 89.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 89.2% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in New Zealand peaked at 96.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 88.1%, in 2013.

That places New Zealand 86th 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 New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in New Zealand, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 96.1%
2006 95.9% -0.2%
2007 96.4% +0.5%
2008 96.4% -0.1%
2009 96.3% -0.0%
2010 95.2% -1.1%
2011 95.3% +0.1%
2012 93.7% -1.7%
2013 88.1% -6.0%
2014 88.7% +0.7%
2015 88.9% +0.2%
2016 88.3% -0.6%
2017 88.7% +0.5%
2018 89.3% +0.6%
2019 89.2% -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 96.2% 95.9% 96.4% 5
2010s 90.5% 88.1% 95.3% 10

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 83 Namibia 89.8% compare
  2. 84 Kazakhstan 89.6% compare
  3. 85 United Arab Emirates 89.2% compare
  4. 87 Marshall Islands 89.2% compare
  5. 88 Sao Tome and Principe 89.0% compare
  6. 89 Malta 88.7% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in New Zealand?
Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in New Zealand was 89.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2007.
What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 88.1% in 2013.
How does New Zealand rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
New Zealand ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand 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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Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 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.