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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
188
Highest
26 number
Tajikistan
Lowest
7 number
Marshall Islands
Median
15 number
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,751

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) is currently reported for 188 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 14.88 number.

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

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 114.3%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 70.9%).

Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) (Dealing): 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
32 Kosovo 18 number 2019 down 5.3% rising
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 18 number 2019 down 5.3% rising
45 Pakistan 17.05 number 2019 up 0.3% rising
46 Argentina 17 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
46 Bahamas 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 number 2019 unchanged rising
46 Central African Republic 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Cape Verde 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Costa Rica 17 number 2019 down 26.1% falling
46 Ecuador 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Finland 17 number 2019 up 6.2% rising
46 Greece 17 number 2019 up 13.3% rising
46 Honduras 17 number 2019 up 54.5% rising
46 Iceland 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Kazakhstan 17 number 2019 down 50.0% falling
46 Kyrgyzstan 17 number 2019 up 6.2% falling
46 Madagascar 17 number 2019 up 21.4% rising
46 Mongolia 17 number 2019 down 15.0% falling
46 Papua New Guinea 17 number 2019 unchanged flat
46 Sierra Leone 17 number 2019 down 5.6% falling
46 Slovenia 17 number 2019 down 5.6% falling
46 Uzbekistan 17 number 2019 down 22.7% falling
65 Belize 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 Botswana 16 number 2019 down 27.3% falling
65 Cameroon 16 number 2019 up 23.1% rising
65 Djibouti 16 number 2019 down 5.9% rising
65 Ghana 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 Guinea 16 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
65 Iran 16 number 2019 up 6.7% falling
65 Kenya 16 number 2019 up 100.0% rising
65 Kiribati 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 Malta 16 number 2019 up 6.7% rising
65 Myanmar 16 number 2019 up 6.7% flat
65 Sudan 16 number 2019 unchanged falling
65 El Salvador 16 number 2019 down 11.1% falling
65 Sao Tome and Principe 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 Seychelles 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 East Timor 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
65 Trinidad and Tobago 16 number 2019 unchanged flat
82 United States 15.8 number 2019 up 12.9% rising
83 Bangladesh 15.78 number 2019 down 1.4% rising
84 Nigeria 15.31 number 2019 down 9.9% falling
85 Burundi 15 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
85 Burkina Faso 15 number 2019 unchanged falling
85 Belarus 15 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
85 Bolivia 15 number 2019 up 50.0% rising
85 Dominican Republic 15 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
85 Ethiopia 15 number 2019 up 87.5% rising
85 Fiji 15 number 2019 unchanged rising
85 Grenada 15 number 2019 unchanged flat
85 Oman 15 number 2019 unchanged flat
85 Rwanda 15 number 2019 up 36.4% rising
85 San Marino 15 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
85 Vanuatu 15 number 2019 up 114.3% rising
97 India 14.76 number 2019 down 66.5% falling
98 Mexico 14.66 number 2019 up 12.8% rising
99 Benin 14 number 2019 up 27.3% rising
99 Micronesia (country) 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Haiti 14 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
99 Italy 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Saint Lucia 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Latvia 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
99 Mali 14 number 2019 unchanged rising
99 Mauritania 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
99 Portugal 14 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
99 Paraguay 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Saudi Arabia 14 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
99 Senegal 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
99 Solomon Islands 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Slovakia 14 number 2019 unchanged flat
99 Eswatini 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
99 Chad 14 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
99 Thailand 14 number 2019 down 26.3% falling
99 Tonga 14 number 2019 up 16.7% flat
99 Tunisia 14 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 number 2019 up 55.6% rising
119 Russia 13.1 number 2019 down 70.9% falling
120 Afghanistan 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
120 Switzerland 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 13 number 2019 up 44.4% rising
120 Congo 13 number 2019 up 8.3% rising
120 Colombia 13 number 2019 unchanged falling
120 Spain 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
120 Gabon 13 number 2019 down 7.1% flat
120 Guinea-Bissau 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
120 Equatorial Guinea 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
120 Sri Lanka 13 number 2019 down 13.3% falling
120 Lithuania 13 number 2019 unchanged flat
120 Malawi 13 number 2019 unchanged rising
120 Netherlands 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
120 Qatar 13 number 2019 down 23.5% falling
134 Angola 12 number 2019 unchanged falling
134 Canada 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
134 Chile 12 number 2019 down 14.3% falling
134 Gambia 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
134 Israel 12 number 2019 down 7.7% falling
134 Japan 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
134 Laos 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
134 Morocco 12 number 2019 down 7.7% flat
134 Mauritius 12 number 2019 down 25.0% falling
134 Namibia 12 number 2019 unchanged flat
134 Nepal 12 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
134 Poland 12 number 2019 down 40.0% falling
134 Togo 12 number 2019 down 7.7% falling
148 United Arab Emirates 11 number 2019 down 21.4% falling
148 Australia 11 number 2019 up 10.0% rising
148 Austria 11 number 2019 unchanged rising
148 Comoros 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Dominica 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Georgia 11 number 2019 down 21.4% falling
148 Guatemala 11 number 2019 down 35.3% falling
148 Iraq 11 number 2019 down 8.3% falling
148 Luxembourg 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Mozambique 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Norway 11 number 2019 unchanged rising
148 New Zealand 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Serbia 11 number 2019 down 38.9% falling
148 Venezuela 11 number 2019 unchanged flat
148 Yemen 11 number 2015 unchanged flat
163 Belgium 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
163 Estonia 10 number 2019 unchanged rising
163 Ireland 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
163 South Korea 10 number 2019 up 11.1% rising
163 Lesotho 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
163 Maldives 10 number 2019 up 11.1% rising
163 Suriname 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
163 Ukraine 10 number 2019 down 65.5% falling
163 Vietnam 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
163 Zambia 10 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
163 Zimbabwe 10 number 2019 unchanged flat
163 Taiwan 10 number 2019 down 54.5% falling
175 Bahrain 9 number 2019 down 18.2% falling
175 Barbados 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
175 Germany 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
175 France 9 number 2019 unchanged flat
175 United Kingdom 9 number 2019 unchanged falling
175 North Macedonia 9 number 2019 down 55.0% falling
175 Montenegro 9 number 2019 down 30.8% falling
175 Malaysia 9 number 2019 down 57.1% falling
175 Singapore 9 number 2019 down 30.8% falling
184 Cyprus 8 number 2019 unchanged falling
184 Hong Kong 8 number 2019 down 11.1% falling
184 Sweden 8 number 2019 unchanged flat
187 Denmark 7 number 2019 unchanged flat
187 Marshall Islands 7 number 2019 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number)
Unit
number
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,751 data points, 2005–2019
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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.