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Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score by country

The score for the number procedures 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.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
92
Denmark
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
60
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,783

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 92 in Denmark; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 60, and the mean is 59.04.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 100.0%).

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 92 2019 unchanged flat
1 Marshall Islands 92 2019 unchanged flat
3 Cyprus 88 2019 unchanged flat
3 Hong Kong 88 2019 up 4.8% rising
3 Sweden 88 2019 unchanged flat
6 Bahrain 84 2019 up 10.5% flat
6 Barbados 84 2019 unchanged flat
6 Germany 84 2019 unchanged flat
6 France 84 2019 unchanged flat
6 United Kingdom 84 2019 unchanged rising
6 North Macedonia 84 2019 up 110.0% rising
6 Montenegro 84 2019 up 23.5% rising
6 Malaysia 84 2019 up 133.3% rising
6 Singapore 84 2019 up 23.5% rising
15 Belgium 80 2019 unchanged flat
15 Estonia 80 2019 unchanged flat
15 Ireland 80 2019 up 5.3% rising
15 South Korea 80 2019 down 4.8% falling
15 Lesotho 80 2019 up 5.3% flat
15 Maldives 80 2019 down 4.8% falling
15 Suriname 80 2019 unchanged flat
15 Ukraine 80 2019 up 1,900.0% volatile
15 Vietnam 80 2019 unchanged flat
15 Zambia 80 2019 up 5.3% rising
15 Zimbabwe 80 2019 unchanged flat
15 Taiwan 80 2019 up 150.0% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 76 2019 up 18.8% rising
27 Australia 76 2019 down 5.0% falling
27 Austria 76 2019 unchanged falling
27 Comoros 76 2019 unchanged flat
27 Dominica 76 2019 unchanged flat
27 Georgia 76 2019 up 18.8% rising
27 Guatemala 76 2019 up 46.2% rising
27 Iraq 76 2019 up 5.6% rising
27 Luxembourg 76 2019 unchanged flat
27 Mozambique 76 2019 unchanged flat
27 Norway 76 2019 unchanged falling
27 New Zealand 76 2019 unchanged flat
27 Serbia 76 2019 up 58.3% rising
27 Venezuela 76 2019 unchanged flat
41 Angola 72 2019 unchanged rising
41 Canada 72 2019 down 5.3% falling
41 Chile 72 2019 up 12.5% rising
41 Gambia 72 2019 unchanged flat
41 Israel 72 2019 up 5.9% rising
41 Japan 72 2019 unchanged flat
41 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72 2019 unchanged flat
41 Laos 72 2019 down 5.3% falling
41 Morocco 72 2019 up 5.9% flat
41 Mauritius 72 2019 up 28.6% rising
41 Namibia 72 2019 unchanged flat
41 Nepal 72 2019 down 5.3% flat
41 Poland 72 2019 up 80.0% rising
41 Togo 72 2019 up 5.9% rising
55 Afghanistan 68 2019 unchanged flat
55 Switzerland 68 2019 up 6.2% rising
55 Democratic Republic of Congo 68 2019 down 19.0% falling
55 Congo 68 2019 down 5.6% falling
55 Colombia 68 2019 unchanged rising
55 Spain 68 2019 up 6.2% rising
55 Gabon 68 2019 up 6.2% flat
55 Guinea-Bissau 68 2019 unchanged flat
55 Equatorial Guinea 68 2019 unchanged flat
55 Sri Lanka 68 2019 up 13.3% rising
55 Lithuania 68 2019 unchanged flat
55 Malawi 68 2019 unchanged falling
55 Netherlands 68 2019 up 6.2% rising
55 Qatar 68 2019 up 30.8% rising
69 Russia 67.6 2019 — volatile
70 Benin 64 2019 down 15.8% falling
70 Micronesia (country) 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Haiti 64 2019 down 23.8% falling
70 Italy 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Saint Lucia 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Latvia 64 2019 up 33.3% rising
70 Mali 64 2019 unchanged falling
70 Mauritania 64 2019 up 33.3% rising
70 Portugal 64 2019 up 6.7% rising
70 Paraguay 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Saudi Arabia 64 2019 up 33.3% rising
70 Senegal 64 2019 down 5.9% falling
70 Solomon Islands 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Slovakia 64 2019 unchanged flat
70 Eswatini 64 2019 down 5.9% falling
70 Chad 64 2019 down 5.9% falling
70 Thailand 64 2019 up 45.5% rising
70 Tonga 64 2019 down 11.1% flat
70 Tunisia 64 2019 up 6.7% rising
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64 2019 down 23.8% falling
90 Mexico 61.36 2019 down 9.8% falling
91 India 60.96 2019 — volatile
92 Burundi 60 2019 up 66.7% rising
92 Burkina Faso 60 2019 unchanged rising
92 Belarus 60 2019 up 66.7% rising
92 Bolivia 60 2019 down 25.0% falling
92 Dominican Republic 60 2019 down 11.8% falling
92 Ethiopia 60 2019 down 31.8% falling
92 Fiji 60 2019 unchanged falling
92 Grenada 60 2019 unchanged flat
92 Oman 60 2019 unchanged flat
92 Rwanda 60 2019 down 21.1% falling
92 San Marino 60 2019 down 11.8% falling
92 Vanuatu 60 2019 down 34.8% falling
104 Nigeria 58.76 2019 up 13.0% rising
105 Bangladesh 56.88 2019 up 1.6% falling
106 United States 56.8 2019 down 11.2% falling
107 Belize 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 Botswana 56 2019 up 75.0% rising
107 Cameroon 56 2019 down 17.6% falling
107 Ghana 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 Guinea 56 2019 down 6.7% falling
107 Iran 56 2019 down 6.7% rising
107 Kenya 56 2019 down 36.4% falling
107 Kiribati 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 Malta 56 2019 down 6.7% falling
107 Myanmar 56 2019 down 6.7% flat
107 Sudan 56 2019 unchanged rising
107 El Salvador 56 2019 up 16.7% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 Seychelles 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 East Timor 56 2019 unchanged flat
107 Trinidad and Tobago 56 2019 unchanged flat
123 Argentina 52 2019 up 62.5% rising
123 Bahamas 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 2019 unchanged falling
123 Central African Republic 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Cape Verde 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Costa Rica 52 2019 up 85.7% rising
123 Ecuador 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Finland 52 2019 down 7.1% falling
123 Greece 52 2019 down 13.3% falling
123 Honduras 52 2019 down 31.6% falling
123 Iceland 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Kazakhstan 52 2019 — volatile
123 Kyrgyzstan 52 2019 down 7.1% rising
123 Madagascar 52 2019 down 18.8% falling
123 Mongolia 52 2019 up 30.0% rising
123 Papua New Guinea 52 2019 unchanged flat
123 Sierra Leone 52 2019 up 8.3% volatile
123 Slovenia 52 2019 up 8.3% rising
123 Uzbekistan 52 2019 up 62.5% rising
142 Pakistan 51.8 2019 down 0.4% falling
143 Azerbaijan 48 2019 up 100.0% rising
143 Bulgaria 48 2019 unchanged flat
143 China 48 2019 — volatile
143 Guyana 48 2019 unchanged falling
143 Indonesia 48 2019 down 7.7% falling
143 Jamaica 48 2019 down 20.0% falling
143 Nicaragua 48 2019 unchanged flat
143 Panama 48 2019 up 9.1% rising
143 Turkey 48 2019 up 50.0% rising
143 Uganda 48 2019 down 7.7% falling
143 Samoa 48 2019 unchanged flat
154 Brazil 45.56 2019 up 3.5% rising
155 Albania 44 2019 up 83.3% volatile
155 Antigua and Barbuda 44 2019 unchanged falling
155 Algeria 44 2019 unchanged flat
155 Kuwait 44 2019 up 37.5% rising
155 Niger 44 2019 unchanged rising
155 Peru 44 2019 up 22.2% flat
155 Uruguay 44 2019 unchanged flat
162 Armenia 40 2019 up 42.9% rising
162 Brunei 40 2019 unchanged rising
162 Egypt 40 2019 unchanged rising
162 Jordan 40 2019 up 11.1% rising
162 Cambodia 40 2019 unchanged flat
162 Palau 40 2019 unchanged flat
162 Palestine 40 2019 up 11.1% rising
162 South Africa 40 2019 down 16.7% falling
170 Bhutan 36 2019 up 12.5% rising
170 Czechia 36 2019 unchanged flat
170 Moldova 36 2019 up 350.0% volatile
173 Cote d'Ivoire 32 2019 up 100.0% rising
173 Croatia 32 2019 up 14.3% rising
173 Hungary 32 2019 down 42.9% falling
173 Lebanon 32 2019 down 11.1% falling
173 Philippines 32 2019 up 166.7% rising
173 Puerto Rico 32 2019 down 33.3% falling
179 South Sudan 28 2019 unchanged flat
180 Romania 24 2019 down 45.5% falling
180 Tanzania 24 2019 down 33.3% falling
182 Liberia 20 2019 unchanged flat
183 Tajikistan 16 2019 up 33.3% rising
184 Eritrea 0 2019 — flat
184 Libya 0 2019 — flat
184 Somalia 0 2019 — flat
184 Syria 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
184 Yemen 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 2,783 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The score for the number procedures 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.