Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score (Score) in South Korea
South Korea: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score was 80 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in South Korea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 80 for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in South Korea peaked at 84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 80, in 2011.
South Korea ranks 15th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 84 | — |
| 2006 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80 | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 | +0.0% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 80 is above the median for high income countries, which is 67.8, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 80 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84 | 84 | 84 | 5 |
| 2010s | 80.4 | 80 | 84 | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
More private sector data for South Korea
- Merchandise trade 71.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 631.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 709.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3788 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in South Korea?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in South Korea was 80 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 84 in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2011.
- How does South Korea rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score?
- South Korea ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Korea 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.