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Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score by country

The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

Countries reporting
184
Highest
99.57
South Korea
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
67.87
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,794

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 99.57 in South Korea; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.87, and the mean is 64.41.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 1,060.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 100.0%).

Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score (Time days): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 99.57 2019 down 0.1% flat
2 Singapore 97.26 2019 down 0.1% rising
3 Marshall Islands 96.54 2019 up 4.7% rising
4 Malaysia 95.68 2019 up 196.4% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 93.8 2019 up 0.3% rising
6 Samoa 91.07 2019 unchanged flat
7 Morocco 90.78 2019 up 17.5% rising
8 Georgia 89.34 2019 up 9.7% rising
9 Denmark 89.05 2019 unchanged flat
10 Finland 88.76 2019 down 0.3% flat
11 Jordan 88.47 2019 up 0.3% rising
12 Sao Tome and Principe 88.18 2019 up 101.3% rising
13 Hong Kong 87.61 2019 up 3.4% rising
14 Burundi 87.32 2019 up 27.8% rising
15 Bahrain 87.03 2019 up 51.8% rising
16 Ukraine 86.6 2019 — volatile
17 Lithuania 86.17 2019 up 40.7% rising
18 Tonga 85.3 2019 down 4.5% flat
19 United States 84.27 2019 down 6.9% falling
20 Taiwan 83.86 2019 up 23.8% rising
21 Mexico 83.83 2019 up 38.5% rising
22 Brunei 83.57 2019 up 10.7% rising
23 Iceland 83.29 2019 unchanged rising
24 Micronesia (country) 83 2019 unchanged flat
25 United Kingdom 82.71 2019 up 5.1% rising
25 Sri Lanka 82.71 2019 up 46.4% rising
27 Liberia 82.42 2019 unchanged rising
28 Qatar 82.28 2019 down 8.2% falling
29 Benin 82.13 2019 up 408.9% rising
29 Myanmar 82.13 2019 up 1.8% flat
31 Palau 81.56 2019 unchanged flat
32 North Macedonia 81.27 2019 up 16.5% rising
33 Laos 80.98 2019 down 3.1% flat
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80.98 2019 down 3.4% flat
35 New Zealand 80.69 2019 unchanged flat
36 Mauritius 79.97 2019 up 122.0% rising
37 Bulgaria 79.54 2019 up 4.2% rising
37 Haiti 79.54 2019 up 9.5% rising
37 Rwanda 79.54 2019 up 41.5% rising
40 Niger 79.25 2019 up 374.1% volatile
41 Armenia 78.96 2019 up 31.7% rising
41 Solomon Islands 78.96 2019 unchanged flat
43 Serbia 78.82 2019 up 704.4% volatile
44 Saudi Arabia 78.67 2019 up 9.2% rising
44 Turkey 78.67 2019 up 16.7% rising
46 Cape Verde 78.39 2019 up 28.3% rising
47 Botswana 78.1 2019 up 55.7% rising
47 Montenegro 78.1 2019 up 88.2% rising
49 Kazakhstan 77.95 2019 up 104.9% rising
50 Estonia 77.81 2019 unchanged flat
50 Kuwait 77.81 2019 up 42.1% rising
52 Mauritania 77.52 2019 up 22.3% rising
53 Nigeria 77.29 2019 up 7.7% rising
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 77.23 2019 unchanged flat
54 Panama 77.23 2019 up 5.1% rising
56 India 76.88 2019 up 56.0% rising
57 Comoros 76.66 2019 unchanged flat
58 Palestine 76.37 2019 up 0.4% flat
59 Japan 76.27 2019 up 30.4% rising
60 Norway 75.94 2019 up 91.6% rising
61 China 75.54 2019 — volatile
62 Seychelles 74.93 2019 up 10.6% flat
62 Thailand 74.93 2019 up 28.7% rising
62 Uganda 74.93 2019 up 14.0% rising
65 Azerbaijan 74.06 2019 up 52.1% rising
65 Saint Lucia 74.06 2019 unchanged rising
65 Eswatini 74.06 2019 unchanged flat
68 Sweden 73.78 2019 up 13.3% rising
69 Mozambique 73.49 2019 up 94.7% rising
69 Nepal 73.49 2019 up 9.4% rising
71 Philippines 72.91 2019 up 3.7% flat
72 Australia 72.77 2019 down 3.3% rising
73 Burkina Faso 72.62 2019 up 4.1% rising
73 Paraguay 72.62 2019 up 157.1% rising
75 Democratic Republic of Congo 72.33 2019 up 87.3% rising
76 Vanuatu 72.05 2019 down 20.4% falling
77 Mali 71.76 2019 up 33.9% rising
78 Pakistan 71.5 2019 up 169.7% rising
79 Oman 71.47 2019 up 5.1% rising
80 Cameroon 71.18 2019 up 69.2% rising
80 Germany 71.18 2019 unchanged flat
82 Iran 70.03 2019 down 11.0% volatile
83 Algeria 69.74 2019 up 56.1% rising
83 South Sudan 69.74 2019 down 2.8% flat
85 Colombia 69.45 2019 down 6.9% rising
85 Ecuador 69.45 2019 unchanged flat
85 Honduras 69.45 2019 down 7.7% rising
88 Tunisia 69.16 2019 down 16.1% falling
89 Ethiopia 68.3 2019 up 2.6% flat
90 Mongolia 68.01 2019 up 52.3% rising
90 Peru 68.01 2019 up 34.1% rising
90 Poland 68.01 2019 up 124.8% rising
93 Costa Rica 67.72 2019 up 37.4% rising
94 Maldives 67.15 2019 unchanged flat
95 Jamaica 67 2019 up 20.5% rising
96 Fiji 66.86 2019 unchanged flat
97 Belize 66.57 2019 unchanged flat
98 Guinea-Bissau 66.28 2019 down 6.1% falling
99 Antigua and Barbuda 65.99 2019 down 2.6% flat
99 Equatorial Guinea 65.99 2019 unchanged flat
101 San Marino 65.56 2019 down 0.4% rising
102 Djibouti 65.42 2019 up 25.4% rising
102 Grenada 65.42 2019 unchanged flat
102 Croatia 65.42 2019 — volatile
105 Spain 65.13 2019 up 25.6% rising
106 Bhutan 64.27 2019 up 0.5% flat
107 Guinea 63.98 2019 up 15.6% rising
108 Malawi 63.4 2019 unchanged flat
109 Luxembourg 62.82 2019 down 0.9% flat
109 South Africa 62.82 2019 down 0.9% flat
111 Switzerland 62.54 2019 unchanged flat
112 Tajikistan 62.25 2019 up 28.6% rising
113 Belarus 61.96 2019 up 11.4% rising
114 Kenya 61.67 2019 down 15.4% falling
115 Namibia 61.38 2019 down 6.6% falling
115 Portugal 61.38 2019 up 238.1% volatile
117 Netherlands 61.1 2019 up 9.6% rising
118 Cote d'Ivoire 60.52 2019 — volatile
119 Congo 60.23 2019 up 7.7% rising
119 Ireland 60.23 2019 down 8.5% falling
121 Russia 60.09 2019 — volatile
122 Puerto Rico 59.94 2019 up 5.1% rising
123 Vietnam 59.65 2019 unchanged flat
124 Iraq 59.37 2019 up 43.1% rising
124 Kyrgyzstan 59.37 2019 down 4.2% volatile
126 Togo 58.93 2019 up 205.2% volatile
127 Ghana 58.5 2019 up 28.5% rising
128 Egypt 57.64 2019 unchanged rising
128 Gambia 57.64 2019 down 0.5% flat
130 Senegal 56.48 2019 up 62.0% rising
131 Zimbabwe 56.2 2019 — volatile
132 Malta 55.91 2019 down 5.8% falling
133 Bahamas 55.62 2019 unchanged flat
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.62 2019 up 85.6% volatile
133 Greece 55.62 2019 up 50.8% rising
136 Sierra Leone 55.04 2019 up 10.4% rising
137 Lesotho 54.76 2019 unchanged volatile
138 Angola 54.47 2019 up 92.9% rising
138 Tanzania 54.47 2019 up 20.4% rising
140 Kiribati 54.18 2019 unchanged flat
141 Zambia 53.31 2019 up 11.4% rising
142 Italy 52.88 2019 up 19.2% rising
143 Dominica 52.45 2019 unchanged flat
144 Latvia 52.16 2019 up 17.5% rising
145 Hungary 52.02 2019 up 3.1% flat
146 Madagascar 51.59 2019 down 10.1% falling
147 Chile 51.3 2019 up 47.1% rising
148 Afghanistan 50.14 2019 up 1,060.0% volatile
149 Israel 49.86 2019 up 4.2% flat
150 Indonesia 49.82 2019 down 5.0% falling
151 Dominican Republic 48.13 2019 up 11.3% rising
152 East Timor 47.84 2019 unchanged flat
153 Guyana 47.55 2019 unchanged flat
154 Belgium 46.4 2019 unchanged flat
155 France 46.11 2019 down 15.8% falling
156 Papua New Guinea 44.96 2019 unchanged flat
157 Central African Republic 44.38 2019 unchanged flat
158 Austria 43.52 2019 unchanged flat
159 Suriname 43.23 2019 up 25.0% rising
160 Nicaragua 42.65 2019 unchanged flat
161 Guatemala 42.36 2019 down 19.2% rising
161 Chad 42.36 2019 down 25.4% falling
163 Bolivia 39.77 2019 down 0.7% falling
164 Kosovo 39.19 2019 — volatile
164 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 39.19 2019 — volatile
166 Czechia 36.6 2019 unchanged rising
166 Uzbekistan 36.6 2019 up 13.4% rising
168 Slovenia 36.17 2019 up 54.9% rising
169 Canada 35.73 2019 down 17.3% falling
170 Trinidad and Tobago 34.29 2019 unchanged flat
171 Sudan 34.01 2019 unchanged rising
172 Romania 32.56 2019 down 36.9% falling
173 Uruguay 31.12 2019 unchanged flat
174 Bangladesh 28.67 2019 up 7.0% rising
175 Gabon 28.24 2019 up 5.4% flat
176 Lebanon 27.95 2019 down 3.0% flat
177 Moldova 27.38 2019 up 196.9% rising
178 Slovakia 21.04 2019 unchanged flat
179 El Salvador 18.16 2019 down 72.4% falling
180 Argentina 15.85 2019 up 587.5% volatile
181 Albania 14.12 2019 — volatile
182 Brazil 11.91 2019 — volatile
183 Syria 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
183 Yemen 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.