Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 97.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 97.5% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Saint Lucia peaked at 97.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 94.7%, in 2005.
That places Saint Lucia 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 94.7% | — |
| 2006 | 95.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 95.8% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 95.5% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 95.3% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 97.2% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 97.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 97.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 91.2%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.4% | 94.7% | 95.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 96.5% | 95.3% | 97.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 671.73 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Saint Lucia?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Saint Lucia was 97.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.7% in 2005.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Saint Lucia ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.