Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Tonga
Tonga: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 71.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Tonga, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 71.7% for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Tonga peaked at 71.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2005.
That places Tonga 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 33.0% | — |
| 2006 | 40.9% | +23.9% |
| 2007 | 37.8% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 40.6% | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 49.2% | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 56.9% | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 58.4% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 62.0% | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 64.7% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 65.1% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 64.3% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 67.8% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 66.3% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 68.9% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 71.7% | +4.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 71.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.0%, 79% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 71.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.2%, 80% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.3% | 33.0% | 49.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 64.6% | 56.9% | 71.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 135 Tanzania 73.2% compare
- 136 Kuwait 72.6% compare
- 138 Nicaragua 71.3% compare
- 139 Cote d'Ivoire 70.5% compare
- 140 Mozambique 69.9% compare
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 29.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 48.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 169.35 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 84.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 102.80 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Tonga?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Tonga was 71.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 71.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2005.
- How does Tonga rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Tonga ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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.