Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Uruguay
Uruguay: Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score was 95.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score in Uruguay, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Uruguay stood at 95.1%.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Uruguay peaked at 96.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 90.3%, in 2005.
Uruguay ranks 46th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 90.3% | — |
| 2006 | 90.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 90.9% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 92.7% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 94.1% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 94.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 95.0% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 95.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 95.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 94.6% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 95.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 95.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 94.9% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 95.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 94.2%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 95.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 91.2%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.8% | 90.3% | 94.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 95.2% | 94.4% | 96.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Uruguay?
- Dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score in Uruguay was 95.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 96.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.3% in 2005.
- How does Uruguay rank for dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score?
- Uruguay ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: cost (% of warehouse value) - score rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.