Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) (Dealing) in Malawi
Malawi: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures was 13 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Malawi, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: procedures in Malawi stood at 13 number. 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 Malawi peaked at 13 number in 2008 and was at its lowest, 12 number, in 2005.
Malawi ranks 120th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in Malawi, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 number | — |
| 2006 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 number | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 number | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 13 number is below the median for low income countries, which is 15 number, 87% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 13 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15 number, 87% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.4 number | 12 number | 13 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 13 number | 13 number | 13 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 119 Russia 13.1 number compare
- 120 Afghanistan 13 number compare
- 120 Colombia 13 number compare
- 120 Democratic Republic of Congo 13 number compare
- 120 Congo 13 number compare
- 120 Equatorial Guinea 13 number compare
- 120 Gabon 13 number compare
- 120 Guinea-Bissau 13 number compare
- 120 Lithuania 13 number compare
- 120 Netherlands 13 number compare
- 120 Qatar 13 number compare
- 120 Spain 13 number compare
- 120 Sri Lanka 13 number compare
- 120 Switzerland 13 number compare
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures in Malawi?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures in Malawi was 13 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 13 number in 2008.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 number in 2005.
- How does Malawi rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures?
- Malawi ranks 120th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.