Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) (Dealing) in Belgium
Belgium: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures was 10 number in 2019. ▬ Flat
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Belgium, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: procedures in Belgium is 10 number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures in Belgium peaked at 10 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2005.
Belgium ranks 163rd of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Belgium, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 number | — |
| 2006 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 number | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 10 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.05 number, 77% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 10 number is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14 number, 71% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 163 Estonia 10 number compare
- 163 Ireland 10 number compare
- 163 South Korea 10 number compare
- 163 Lesotho 10 number compare
- 163 Maldives 10 number compare
- 163 Suriname 10 number compare
- 163 Taiwan 10 number compare
- 163 Ukraine 10 number compare
- 163 Vietnam 10 number compare
- 163 Zambia 10 number compare
- 163 Zimbabwe 10 number compare
More private sector data for Belgium
- Merchandise trade 152.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 537.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 568.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 47,573 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7831 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures in Belgium?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures in Belgium was 10 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2005.
- How does Belgium rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures?
- Belgium ranks 163rd out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.