Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score (Score) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score was 52 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in Costa Rica, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 52 for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 85.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 52 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 28, in 2005.
That places Costa Rica 124th out of 191 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.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 28 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36 | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 52 | +44.4% |
| 2014 | 52 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 52 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 52 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 52 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 52 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 52 | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 52 is below the median for high income countries, which is 67.8, 77% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 52 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28 | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| 2010s | 45.6 | 28 | 52 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 124 Argentina 52 compare
- 124 Bahamas 52 compare
- 124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 compare
- 124 Cape Verde 52 compare
- 124 Central African Republic 52 compare
- 124 Ecuador 52 compare
- 124 Finland 52 compare
- 124 Greece 52 compare
- 124 Honduras 52 compare
- 124 Iceland 52 compare
- 124 Kazakhstan 52 compare
- 124 Kyrgyzstan 52 compare
- 124 Madagascar 52 compare
- 124 Mongolia 52 compare
- 124 Papua New Guinea 52 compare
- 124 Sierra Leone 52 compare
- 124 Slovenia 52 compare
- 124 Uzbekistan 52 compare
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Costa Rica?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Costa Rica was 52 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 52 in 2013.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.