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

Puerto Rico: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 66.4% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
66.4%
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
145th
of 191 countries
All-time high
68.7%
in 2017
All-time low
65.2%
in 2012
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

02040602005201220192005: 66.12006: 67.42007: 67.82008: 67.82009: 68.32010: 68.42011: 68.62012: 65.22013: 65.42014: 65.72015: 65.72016: 65.52017: 68.72018: 65.62019: 66.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Puerto Rico stood at 66.4%.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Puerto Rico peaked at 68.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 65.2%, in 2012.

That places Puerto Rico 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Puerto Rico, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 66.1%
2006 67.4% +2.0%
2007 67.8% +0.5%
2008 67.8% +0.0%
2009 68.3% +0.8%
2010 68.4% +0.1%
2011 68.6% +0.3%
2012 65.2% -5.0%
2013 65.4% +0.4%
2014 65.7% +0.5%
2015 65.7% +0.0%
2016 65.5% -0.3%
2017 68.7% +4.9%
2018 65.6% -4.5%
2019 66.4% +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 67.5% 66.1% 68.3% 5
2010s 66.5% 65.2% 68.7% 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 142 Iran 68.7% compare
  2. 143 El Salvador 68.6% compare
  3. 144 Algeria 67.3% compare
  4. 146 Albania 65.9% compare
  5. 147 Colombia 65.6% compare
  6. 148 Guinea 63.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Puerto Rico?
Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Puerto Rico was 66.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 68.7% in 2017.
What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 65.2% in 2012.
How does Puerto Rico rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
Puerto Rico ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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.