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

Countries reporting

183

Highest

92.05

Marshall Islands

Lowest

Syrian Arab Republic

Median

66.25

Years covered

2005–2014

Data points

1,813

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 Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.25, and the mean is 63.09.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 4,549.1%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 100.0%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Marshall Islands	92.05	2014	down 0.8%	flat
1	Djibouti	60.7	2014	down 4.3%	falling
1	Kosovo	45.47	2014	up 210.0%	rising
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	Korea, Rep.	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	St. 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, Fed. Sts.	81.45	2014	up 0.8%	flat
19	St. 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	Viet Nam	78.66	2014	up 1.7%	flat
29	Luxembourg	78.41	2014	down 0.2%	flat
30	St. 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, Rep.	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	Cabo 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	Lao PDR	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 Darussalam	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	Timor-Leste	67.52	2014	up 4.3%	flat
84	Bahamas, The	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, The	66.39	2014	up 22.8%	rising
92	Kyrgyz Republic	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	Turkiye	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	Russian Federation	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, Arab Rep.	63.03	2014	up 152.3%	rising
107	Bhutan	63	2014	up 13.3%	rising
108	Iran, Islamic Rep.	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, Rep.	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	Slovak Republic	61.3	2014	down 0.2%	flat
120	Cyprus	60.7	2014	up 2.2%	flat
121	Kenya	60.58	2014	down 26.8%	falling
122	Guyana	60.17	2014	up 6.2%	rising
123	Vanuatu	59.62	2014	down 19.7%	falling
124	Ghana	58.65	2014	down 10.9%	flat
125	Burundi	57.67	2014	up 65.9%	rising
126	Slovenia	57.65	2014	up 10.2%	rising
127	Uruguay	57.14	2014	up 3.7%	flat
128	Czechia	57.03	2014	up 5.0%	rising
129	Bangladesh	56.84	2014	up 22.5%	rising
130	Indonesia	56.79	2014	up 14.0%	rising
131	Mali	56	2014	up 67.1%	rising
132	Venezuela, RB	55.24	2014	up 9.3%	rising
133	Sudan	54.48	2014	up 74.2%	rising
134	Romania	54.06	2014	down 17.2%	falling
135	Uganda	53.24	2014	up 35.7%	rising
136	Kuwait	52.8	2014	up 22.1%	rising
137	Lesotho	52.78	2014	up 44.6%	rising
138	Azerbaijan	52.67	2014	up 117.3%	rising
139	Puerto Rico (US)	52.56	2014	down 7.9%	falling
140	Nicaragua	52.4	2014	up 27.1%	rising
141	Tajikistan	52.3	2014	up 201.2%	rising
142	Senegal	51.96	2014	down 14.3%	falling
143	Nigeria	51.34	2014	up 24.4%	rising
144	Kazakhstan	51.12	2014	up 63.3%	rising
145	Algeria	50.51	2014	up 43.5%	rising
146	Brazil	50.39	2014	up 9.5%	rising
147	Malawi	50.28	2014	down 33.3%	falling
148	Uzbekistan	48.19	2014	up 30.1%	rising
149	Haiti	47.85	2014	down 8.4%	flat
150	Kiribati	47.82	2014	up 25.3%	rising
151	Guinea	47.73	2014	up 24.2%	rising
152	Solomon Islands	47.65	2014	unchanged	flat
153	Congo, Dem. Rep.	47.62	2014	up 16.5%	rising
154	Togo	47.39	2014	up 62.8%	rising
155	Croatia	47.11	2014	up 308.5%	rising
156	Ethiopia	45.52	2014	down 11.7%	rising
157	Guinea-Bissau	44.76	2014	down 3.1%	flat
158	Pakistan	44.69	2014	up 15.6%	rising
159	Albania	44.54	2014	up 32.3%	volatile
160	Lebanon	42.42	2014	up 2.3%	flat
161	Chad	41.65	2014	up 0.1%	flat
162	Cameroon	40.97	2014	down 14.9%	falling
163	Sierra Leone	40.64	2014	up 180.2%	rising
164	Afghanistan	39.38	2014	up 63.4%	rising
165	Argentina	38.42	2014	down 8.0%	falling
166	Tanzania	38.01	2014	up 40.3%	rising
167	West Bank and Gaza	37.36	2014	unchanged	flat
168	Moldova	36.27	2014	up 48.1%	rising
169	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.87	2014	up 79.4%	rising
170	Cambodia	35.54	2014	down 19.2%	falling
171	Niger	35.22	2014	up 384.0%	rising
172	Madagascar	34.53	2014	down 20.5%	falling
173	Liberia	34.14	2014	up 22.8%	rising
174	Cote d'Ivoire	32.83	2014	up 16.2%	rising
175	Central African Republic	32.13	2014	unchanged	flat
176	China	30.67	2014	—	volatile
177	Zimbabwe	26.67	2014	down 59.4%	falling
178	India	22.42	2014	up 36.5%	rising
179	Serbia	21.19	2014	down 15.4%	falling
180	Eritrea	0	2014	—	flat
180	Syrian Arab Republic	0	2014	down 100.0%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.