Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score (Score) in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score was 76 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in United Arab Emirates is 76, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 18.8% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in United Arab Emirates peaked at 80 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 48, in 2005.
United Arab Emirates ranks 27th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 48 | — |
| 2006 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 48 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 64 | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 64 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 68 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 72 | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 76 | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 76 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 64 | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 64 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 64 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 76 | +18.8% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 76 is above the median for high income countries, which is 67.8, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 76 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 56, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score in United Arab Emirates changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +33.3% | 48 | 64 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.2 | 48 | 64 | 5 |
| 2010s | 70.4 | 64 | 80 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in United Arab Emirates?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score in United Arab Emirates was 76 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 80 in 2015.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 in 2005.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.