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Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) by country

The number of procedures records all interactions of the building company’s employees or any party acting on its behalf with external parties, including government agencies, notaries, the land registry, the cadastre, utility companies and public inspectors. Procedures that the company undergoes to connect the...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
26 number
Tajikistan
Lowest
7 number
Marshall Islands
Median
15 number
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,740

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 26 number in Tajikistan; the lowest is 7 number in Marshall Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 15 number, and the mean is 14.84 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 114.3%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 70.9%).

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 26 number 2019 down 3.7% falling
2 Liberia 25 number 2019 unchanged flat
3 Romania 24 number 2019 up 26.3% rising
3 Tanzania 24 number 2019 up 14.3% rising
5 South Sudan 23 number 2019 unchanged flat
6 Cote d'Ivoire 22 number 2019 down 15.4% falling
6 Croatia 22 number 2019 down 4.3% flat
6 Hungary 22 number 2019 up 37.5% rising
6 Lebanon 22 number 2019 up 4.8% rising
6 Philippines 22 number 2019 down 18.5% falling
6 Puerto Rico 22 number 2019 up 22.2% rising
12 Bhutan 21 number 2019 down 4.5% falling
12 Czechia 21 number 2019 unchanged flat
12 Moldova 21 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
15 Armenia 20 number 2019 down 13.0% falling
15 Brunei 20 number 2019 unchanged falling
15 Egypt 20 number 2019 unchanged falling
15 Jordan 20 number 2019 down 4.8% falling
15 Cambodia 20 number 2019 unchanged flat
15 Palau 20 number 2019 unchanged flat
15 Palestine 20 number 2019 down 4.8% falling
15 Syria 20 number 2012 unchanged flat
15 South Africa 20 number 2019 up 11.1% rising
24 Albania 19 number 2019 down 20.8% falling
24 Antigua and Barbuda 19 number 2019 unchanged flat
24 Algeria 19 number 2019 unchanged flat
24 Kuwait 19 number 2019 down 13.6% flat
24 Niger 19 number 2019 unchanged falling
24 Peru 19 number 2019 down 9.5% flat
24 Uruguay 19 number 2019 unchanged flat
31 Brazil 18.61 number 2019 down 2.1% falling
32 Azerbaijan 18 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
32 Bulgaria 18 number 2019 unchanged flat
32 China 18 number 2019 down 51.4% falling
32 Guyana 18 number 2019 unchanged rising
32 Indonesia 18 number 2019 up 5.9% rising
32 Jamaica 18 number 2019 up 20.0% rising
32 Nicaragua 18 number 2019 unchanged flat
32 Panama 18 number 2019 down 5.3% falling
32 Turkey 18 number 2019 down 18.2% falling
32 Uganda 18 number 2019 up 5.9% rising
32 Samoa 18 number 2019 unchanged flat
43 Pakistan 17.05 number 2019 up 0.3% rising
44 Argentina 17 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
44 Bahamas 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 number 2019 unchanged rising
44 Central African Republic 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Cape Verde 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Costa Rica 17 number 2019 down 26.1% falling
44 Ecuador 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Finland 17 number 2019 up 6.2% rising
44 Greece 17 number 2019 up 13.3% rising
44 Honduras 17 number 2019 up 54.5% rising
44 Iceland 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Kazakhstan 17 number 2019 down 50.0% falling
44 Kyrgyzstan 17 number 2019 up 6.2% falling
44 Madagascar 17 number 2019 up 21.4% rising
44 Mongolia 17 number 2019 down 15.0% falling
44 Papua New Guinea 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
44 Sierra Leone 17 number 2019 down 5.6% falling
44 Slovenia 17 number 2019 down 5.6% falling
44 Uzbekistan 17 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
63 Belize 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 Botswana 16 number 2019 down 27.3% falling
63 Cameroon 16 number 2019 up 23.1% rising
63 Ghana 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 Guinea 16 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
63 Iran 16 number 2019 up 6.7% falling
63 Kenya 16 number 2019 up 100.0% rising
63 Kiribati 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 Malta 16 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
63 Myanmar 16 number 2019 up 6.7% flat
63 Sudan 16 number 2019 unchanged falling
63 El Salvador 16 number 2019 down 11.1% falling
63 Sao Tome and Principe 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 Seychelles 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 East Timor 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
63 Trinidad and Tobago 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
79 United States 15.8 number 2019 up 12.9% rising
80 Bangladesh 15.78 number 2019 down 1.4% rising
81 Nigeria 15.31 number 2019 down 9.9% falling
82 Burundi 15 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
82 Burkina Faso 15 number 2019 unchanged falling
82 Belarus 15 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
82 Bolivia 15 number 2019 up 50.0% rising
82 Dominican Republic 15 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
82 Ethiopia 15 number 2019 up 87.5% rising
82 Fiji 15 number 2019 unchanged rising
82 Grenada 15 number 2019 unchanged flat
82 Oman 15 number 2019 unchanged flat
82 Rwanda 15 number 2019 up 36.4% rising
82 San Marino 15 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
82 Vanuatu 15 number 2019 up 114.3% rising
94 India 14.76 number 2019 down 66.5% falling
95 Mexico 14.66 number 2019 up 12.8% rising
96 Benin 14 number 2019 up 27.3% rising
96 Micronesia (country) 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Haiti 14 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
96 Italy 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Saint Lucia 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Latvia 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
96 Mali 14 number 2019 unchanged rising
96 Mauritania 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
96 Portugal 14 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
96 Paraguay 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Saudi Arabia 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
96 Senegal 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
96 Solomon Islands 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Slovakia 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
96 Eswatini 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
96 Chad 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
96 Thailand 14 number 2019 down 26.3% falling
96 Tonga 14 number 2019 up 16.7% flat
96 Tunisia 14 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
116 Russia 13.1 number 2019 down 70.9% falling
117 Afghanistan 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
117 Switzerland 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
117 Democratic Republic of Congo 13 number 2019 up 44.4% rising
117 Congo 13 number 2019 up 8.3% rising
117 Colombia 13 number 2019 unchanged falling
117 Spain 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
117 Gabon 13 number 2019 down 7.1% flat
117 Guinea-Bissau 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
117 Equatorial Guinea 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
117 Sri Lanka 13 number 2019 down 13.3% falling
117 Lithuania 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
117 Malawi 13 number 2019 unchanged rising
117 Netherlands 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
117 Qatar 13 number 2019 down 23.5% falling
131 Angola 12 number 2019 unchanged falling
131 Canada 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
131 Chile 12 number 2019 down 14.3% falling
131 Gambia 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
131 Israel 12 number 2019 down 7.7% falling
131 Japan 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
131 Laos 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
131 Morocco 12 number 2019 down 7.7% flat
131 Mauritius 12 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
131 Namibia 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
131 Nepal 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
131 Poland 12 number 2019 down 40.0% falling
131 Togo 12 number 2019 down 7.7% falling
145 United Arab Emirates 11 number 2019 down 21.4% falling
145 Australia 11 number 2019 up 10.0% rising
145 Austria 11 number 2019 unchanged rising
145 Comoros 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Dominica 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Georgia 11 number 2019 down 21.4% falling
145 Guatemala 11 number 2019 down 35.3% falling
145 Iraq 11 number 2019 down 8.3% falling
145 Luxembourg 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Mozambique 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Norway 11 number 2019 unchanged rising
145 New Zealand 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Serbia 11 number 2019 down 38.9% falling
145 Venezuela 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
145 Yemen 11 number 2015 unchanged flat
160 Belgium 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
160 Estonia 10 number 2019 unchanged rising
160 Ireland 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
160 South Korea 10 number 2019 up 11.1% rising
160 Lesotho 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
160 Maldives 10 number 2019 up 11.1% rising
160 Suriname 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
160 Ukraine 10 number 2019 down 65.5% falling
160 Vietnam 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
160 Zambia 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
160 Zimbabwe 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
160 Taiwan 10 number 2019 down 54.5% falling
172 Bahrain 9 number 2019 down 18.2% falling
172 Barbados 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
172 Germany 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
172 France 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
172 United Kingdom 9 number 2019 unchanged falling
172 North Macedonia 9 number 2019 down 55.0% falling
172 Montenegro 9 number 2019 down 30.8% falling
172 Malaysia 9 number 2019 down 57.1% falling
172 Singapore 9 number 2019 down 30.8% falling
181 Cyprus 8 number 2019 unchanged falling
181 Hong Kong 8 number 2019 down 11.1% falling
181 Sweden 8 number 2019 unchanged flat
184 Denmark 7 number 2019 unchanged flat
184 Marshall Islands 7 number 2019 unchanged flat

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)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 2,740 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The number of procedures records all interactions of the building company’s employees or any party acting on its behalf with external parties, including government agencies, notaries, the land registry, the cadastre, utility companies and public inspectors. Procedures that the company undergoes to connect the warehouse to water and sewerage are included. All procedures that are legally required and that are done in practice by a majority of companies are counted, even if they may be avoided in exceptional cases.