Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) (Dealing) in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Dealing with construction permits: Procedures was 11 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in United Arab Emirates, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: procedures in United Arab Emirates stood at 11 number.
That represents a change of down 21.4% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: procedures in United Arab Emirates peaked at 18 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 10 number, in 2015.
United Arab Emirates ranks 148th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 number | — |
| 2006 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 number | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 number | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 number | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 12 number | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 11 number | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 11 number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 number | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 14 number | +40.0% |
| 2017 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 number | -21.4% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 11 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.05 number, 84% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 11 number is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15.5 number, 71% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Procedures in United Arab Emirates changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +40.0% | 10 number | 14 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.2 number | 14 number | 18 number | 5 |
| 2010s | 12.4 number | 10 number | 14 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 148 Australia 11 number compare
- 148 Austria 11 number compare
- 148 Comoros 11 number compare
- 148 Dominica 11 number compare
- 148 Georgia 11 number compare
- 148 Guatemala 11 number compare
- 148 Iraq 11 number compare
- 148 Luxembourg 11 number compare
- 148 Mozambique 11 number compare
- 148 New Zealand 11 number compare
- 148 Norway 11 number compare
- 148 Serbia 11 number compare
- 148 Venezuela 11 number compare
- 148 Yemen 11 number compare
More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: procedures in United Arab Emirates?
- Dealing with construction permits: procedures in United Arab Emirates was 11 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 18 number in 2005.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: procedures recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 number in 2015.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for dealing with construction permits: procedures?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 148th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: procedures rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.