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 136th out of 190 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.
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
- 133 Kosovo 74.0% compare
- 134 Tanzania, United Republic of 73.2% compare
- 135 Kuwait 72.6% compare
- 137 Nicaragua 71.3% compare
- 138 Côte d'Ivoire 70.5% compare
- 139 Mozambique, Republic of 69.9% compare
More private sector data for Tonga
- Merchandise trade 39.5% (2025)
- Food imports 27.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 255.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 67.5% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 13.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 125.31 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0191 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 44.44 % change on previous year (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 136th out of 190 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.