Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score (Time days) in Iceland
Iceland: Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score was 83.29 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Iceland, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Iceland stood at 83.29. 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: time (days) - score in Iceland peaked at 83.29 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 74.35, in 2005.
Iceland ranks 23rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 74.35 | — |
| 2006 | 78.67 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 78.67 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 83.29 | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.29 | +0.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 83.29 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.78, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 83.29 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 62.54, 1.3× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.65 | 74.35 | 83.29 | 5 |
| 2010s | 83.29 | 83.29 | 83.29 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More private sector data for Iceland
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 7.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 18,264 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1858 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Iceland?
- Dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Iceland was 83.29 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 83.29 in 2008.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.35 in 2005.
- How does Iceland rank for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score?
- Iceland ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.