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Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for dealing with construction permits is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to deal with construction permits, as well as the building quality control index that evaluate the quality of building regulations, the strength of quality control and...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
92.05
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0
Syria
Median
66.25
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,819

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 92.05 in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0 in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.25, and the mean is 63.34.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 4,549.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 100.0%).

Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Marshall Islands 92.05 2014 down 0.8% flat
2 Denmark 89.84 2014 down 1.9% flat
3 Hong Kong 88.29 2014 up 59.6% rising
4 Georgia 87.6 2014 up 72.2% rising
5 United Kingdom 86.82 2014 up 23.5% rising
6 United Arab Emirates 86.38 2014 up 17.3% rising
7 Taiwan 86.14 2014 up 31.1% rising
8 South Korea 85.98 2014 up 0.5% flat
9 Estonia 85.51 2014 down 0.5% flat
10 Australia 83.71 2014 up 3.7% flat
11 Maldives 83.45 2014 up 0.6% flat
12 Sweden 83.3 2014 up 5.1% rising
13 Norway 83.15 2014 up 15.2% rising
14 Germany 83 2014 up 4.3% flat
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 82.16 2014 down 0.2% flat
16 Japan 81.82 2014 up 7.3% rising
17 New Zealand 81.81 2014 down 2.9% flat
18 Micronesia (country) 81.45 2014 up 0.8% flat
19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.43 2014 down 11.2% falling
20 Lithuania 81.33 2014 up 7.8% rising
21 Morocco 81.25 2014 up 16.0% rising
22 Singapore 80.9 2014 up 1.1% flat
23 Malaysia 80.73 2014 up 51.2% rising
24 Qatar 80.46 2014 down 0.0% flat
25 Comoros 79.88 2014 up 1.1% flat
26 Finland 78.85 2014 down 0.8% flat
27 United States 78.69 2014 down 6.7% falling
28 Vietnam 78.66 2014 up 1.7% flat
29 Luxembourg 78.41 2014 down 0.2% flat
30 Saint Lucia 78.21 2014 up 5.1% rising
31 Samoa 77.95 2014 down 0.6% flat
32 Iceland 77.64 2014 up 4.7% flat
33 Saudi Arabia 76.41 2014 up 13.1% rising
34 Oman 76.3 2014 up 4.2% flat
35 North Macedonia 76.21 2014 up 58.7% rising
36 Sao Tome and Principe 76.06 2014 up 27.3% rising
37 Paraguay 75.99 2014 up 40.3% rising
38 Eswatini 75.86 2014 up 0.6% flat
39 Dominica 75.65 2014 up 0.6% flat
40 Switzerland 75.65 2014 up 2.2% flat
41 Tonga 75.57 2014 up 25.3% rising
42 Yemen 75.4 2014 down 5.9% falling
43 Sri Lanka 74.94 2014 up 4.6% flat
44 Fiji 74.57 2014 down 4.3% falling
45 Namibia 74.46 2014 up 14.1% rising
46 Suriname 74.13 2014 up 5.5% flat
47 Poland 74 2014 up 48.1% rising
48 Seychelles 73.88 2014 up 2.6% flat
49 Belgium 73.68 2014 up 0.6% flat
50 Cape Verde 73.57 2014 up 8.8% rising
51 Mongolia 73.19 2014 up 27.8% rising
52 Portugal 72.79 2014 up 43.8% rising
53 Bahrain 72.7 2014 up 1.1% flat
54 Latvia 72.51 2014 up 21.4% rising
55 Laos 72.13 2014 down 12.4% falling
56 Zambia 72.01 2014 up 30.7% rising
57 Chile 71.77 2014 up 19.1% rising
58 Nepal 71.74 2014 down 5.7% falling
59 Tunisia 71.54 2014 up 12.1% rising
60 Grenada 71.35 2014 up 6.2% rising
61 Mauritania 71.3 2014 up 29.9% rising
62 Equatorial Guinea 71.2 2014 down 0.0% flat
63 Brunei 71.13 2014 up 8.2% rising
64 Austria 70.93 2014 down 1.1% flat
65 Dominican Republic 70.88 2014 up 9.8% rising
66 Iraq 70.81 2014 up 0.8% flat
67 Panama 70.6 2014 up 12.9% rising
68 Ecuador 70.54 2014 up 5.5% flat
69 Gabon 70.45 2014 up 16.5% rising
70 Benin 70.31 2014 up 17.6% rising
71 Mozambique 70.25 2014 up 51.6% rising
72 Belize 70.14 2014 up 2.6% flat
73 Netherlands 70.11 2014 up 5.1% flat
74 Botswana 70 2014 up 40.2% rising
75 France 69.74 2014 down 7.9% falling
76 Angola 69.71 2014 up 56.5% rising
77 Costa Rica 69.7 2014 up 29.6% rising
78 Guatemala 69.61 2014 up 143.1% rising
79 Thailand 69.61 2014 up 6.8% flat
80 Israel 68.66 2014 up 2.9% flat
81 Spain 68.32 2014 up 5.3% flat
82 Ireland 67.96 2014 up 10.4% flat
83 East Timor 67.52 2014 up 4.3% flat
84 Bahamas 67.48 2014 up 0.2% flat
85 Canada 67.34 2014 down 4.2% falling
86 Antigua and Barbuda 67.15 2014 down 1.9% flat
87 Bulgaria 67.14 2014 up 12.4% rising
88 Armenia 67.09 2014 up 114.2% rising
89 Palau 66.71 2014 up 6.9% flat
90 El Salvador 66.71 2014 up 1.5% rising
91 Gambia 66.39 2014 up 22.8% rising
92 Kyrgyzstan 66.25 2014 up 429.3% rising
93 Bolivia 66.14 2014 down 11.2% falling
94 Colombia 65.92 2014 up 17.4% rising
95 Belarus 65.91 2014 up 50.6% rising
96 Jamaica 65.52 2014 up 20.4% rising
97 Rwanda 65.27 2014 up 105.3% rising
98 Peru 64.83 2014 down 3.6% flat
99 Turkey 64.8 2014 up 59.7% rising
100 Greece 64.49 2014 down 1.3% flat
101 South Africa 64.47 2014 down 1.2% flat
102 Mauritius 64.43 2014 up 9.2% rising
103 Russia 64.3 2014 up 371.5% rising
104 Trinidad and Tobago 63.27 2014 up 0.1% flat
105 Italy 63.04 2014 down 1.5% flat
106 Egypt 63.03 2014 up 152.3% rising
107 Bhutan 63 2014 up 13.3% rising
108 Iran 62.37 2014 up 259.9% rising
109 Hungary 62.31 2014 down 6.6% flat
110 Burkina Faso 62.18 2014 up 213.3% rising
111 Papua New Guinea 62.14 2014 up 7.5% rising
112 Montenegro 62.06 2014 up 61.5% rising
113 Congo 61.99 2014 up 17.7% rising
114 Ukraine 61.99 2014 up 4,549.1% volatile
115 Mexico 61.89 2014 up 14.2% rising
116 Honduras 61.84 2014 up 5.4% flat
117 Jordan 61.71 2014 up 71.2% rising
118 Philippines 61.6 2014 up 12.5% rising
119 Slovakia 61.3 2014 down 0.2% flat
120 Djibouti 60.7 2014 down 4.3% falling
121 Cyprus 60.7 2014 up 2.2% flat
122 Kenya 60.58 2014 down 26.8% falling
123 Guyana 60.17 2014 up 6.2% rising
124 Vanuatu 59.62 2014 down 19.7% falling
125 Ghana 58.65 2014 down 10.9% flat
126 Burundi 57.67 2014 up 65.9% rising
127 Slovenia 57.65 2014 up 10.2% rising
128 Uruguay 57.14 2014 up 3.7% flat
129 Czechia 57.03 2014 up 5.0% rising
130 Bangladesh 56.84 2014 up 22.5% rising
131 Indonesia 56.79 2014 up 14.0% rising
132 Mali 56 2014 up 67.1% rising
133 Venezuela 55.24 2014 up 9.3% rising
134 Sudan 54.48 2014 up 74.2% rising
135 Romania 54.06 2014 down 17.2% falling
136 Uganda 53.24 2014 up 35.7% rising
137 Kuwait 52.8 2014 up 22.1% rising
138 Lesotho 52.78 2014 up 44.6% rising
139 Azerbaijan 52.67 2014 up 117.3% rising
140 Puerto Rico 52.56 2014 down 7.9% falling
141 Nicaragua 52.4 2014 up 27.1% rising
142 Tajikistan 52.3 2014 up 201.2% rising
143 Senegal 51.96 2014 down 14.3% falling
144 Nigeria 51.34 2014 up 24.4% rising
145 Kazakhstan 51.12 2014 up 63.3% rising
146 Algeria 50.51 2014 up 43.5% rising
147 Brazil 50.39 2014 up 9.5% rising
148 Malawi 50.28 2014 down 33.3% falling
149 Uzbekistan 48.19 2014 up 30.1% rising
150 Haiti 47.85 2014 down 8.4% flat
151 Kiribati 47.82 2014 up 25.3% rising
152 Guinea 47.73 2014 up 24.2% rising
153 Solomon Islands 47.65 2014 unchanged flat
154 Democratic Republic of Congo 47.62 2014 up 16.5% rising
155 Togo 47.39 2014 up 62.8% rising
156 Croatia 47.11 2014 up 308.5% rising
157 Ethiopia 45.52 2014 down 11.7% rising
158 Kosovo 45.47 2014 up 210.0% rising
158 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 45.47 2014 up 210.0% rising
160 Guinea-Bissau 44.76 2014 down 3.1% flat
161 Pakistan 44.69 2014 up 15.6% rising
162 Albania 44.54 2014 up 32.3% volatile
163 Lebanon 42.42 2014 up 2.3% flat
164 Chad 41.65 2014 up 0.1% flat
165 Cameroon 40.97 2014 down 14.9% falling
166 Sierra Leone 40.64 2014 up 180.2% rising
167 Afghanistan 39.38 2014 up 63.4% rising
168 Argentina 38.42 2014 down 8.0% falling
169 Tanzania 38.01 2014 up 40.3% rising
170 Palestine 37.36 2014 unchanged flat
171 Moldova 36.27 2014 up 48.1% rising
172 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.87 2014 up 79.4% rising
173 Cambodia 35.54 2014 down 19.2% falling
174 Niger 35.22 2014 up 384.0% rising
175 Madagascar 34.53 2014 down 20.5% falling
176 Liberia 34.14 2014 up 22.8% rising
177 Cote d'Ivoire 32.83 2014 up 16.2% rising
178 Central African Republic 32.13 2014 unchanged flat
179 China 30.67 2014 — volatile
180 Zimbabwe 26.67 2014 down 59.4% falling
181 India 22.42 2014 up 36.5% rising
182 Serbia 21.19 2014 down 15.4% falling
183 Syria 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile

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Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
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Coverage
184 places, 1,819 data points, 2005–2014
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The score for dealing with construction permits is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to deal with construction permits, as well as the building quality control index that evaluate the quality of building regulations, the strength of quality control and safety mechanisms, liability and insurance regimes and professional certification requirements. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.