Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) (Dealing) in Egypt
Egypt: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures was 20 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Egypt, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: procedures in Egypt stood at 20 number.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures in Egypt peaked at 22 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 19 number, in 2011.
Egypt ranks 15th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Egypt, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 number | — |
| 2006 | 20 number | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 20 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22 number | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 20 number | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 20 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 number | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20 number | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 20 number | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 20 number is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.78 number, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 20 number is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15.5 number, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.8 number | 20 number | 22 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 19.3 number | 19 number | 20 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 12 Bhutan 21 number compare
- 12 Czechia 21 number compare
- 12 Moldova 21 number compare
- 15 Armenia 20 number compare
- 15 Brunei 20 number compare
- 15 Cambodia 20 number compare
- 15 Jordan 20 number compare
- 15 Palau 20 number compare
- 15 South Africa 20 number compare
- 15 Syria 20 number compare
- 15 Palestine 20 number compare
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures in Egypt?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures in Egypt was 20 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 22 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 number in 2011.
- How does Egypt rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures?
- Egypt ranks 15th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.