Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score (Score) in Maldives
Maldives: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score was 80 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in Maldives, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Maldives 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 Maldives peaked at 84 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 80, in 2015.
That places Maldives 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Maldives, 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 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80 | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 80 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 60, 1.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 80 is above the median for South Asia, which is 64.48, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84 | 84 | 84 | 5 |
| 2010s | 82 | 80 | 84 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 94.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Maldives?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in Maldives was 80 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 84 in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2015.
- How does Maldives rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score?
- Maldives ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.