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

Latest (2019)
71.7%
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
136th
of 190 countries
All-time high
71.7%
in 2019
All-time low
33.0%
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

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

0204060802005201220192005: 332006: 40.92007: 37.82008: 40.62009: 49.22010: 56.92011: 58.42012: 622013: 64.72014: 65.12015: 64.32016: 67.82017: 66.32018: 68.92019: 71.7

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 40.3% 33.0% 49.2% 5
2010s 64.6% 56.9% 71.7% 10

Countries ranked near Tonga

  1. 133 Kosovo 74.0% compare
  2. 134 Tanzania, United Republic of 73.2% compare
  3. 135 Kuwait 72.6% compare
  4. 137 Nicaragua 71.3% compare
  5. 138 Côte d'Ivoire 70.5% compare
  6. 139 Mozambique, Republic of 69.9% compare

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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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Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 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.