Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score (Time days) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score was 95.68 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Malaysia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Malaysia is 95.68, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 196.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Malaysia peaked at 95.68 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 25.36, in 2005.
Malaysia ranks 4th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 25.36 | — |
| 2006 | 25.36 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25.36 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 32.28 | +27.3% |
| 2009 | 32.28 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 32.28 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 57.93 | +79.5% |
| 2012 | 70.89 | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 76.08 | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 85.01 | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 85.01 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85.3 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 85.3 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.39 | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 95.68 | +0.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 95.68 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 69.6, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 95.68 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 77.62, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +79.5% | 32.28 | 57.93 |
| 2008 | +27.3% | 25.36 | 32.28 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.13 | 25.36 | 32.28 | 5 |
| 2010s | 76.89 | 32.28 | 95.68 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 1 South Korea 99.57 compare
- 2 Singapore 97.26 compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 96.54 compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 93.8 compare
- 6 Samoa 91.07 compare
- 7 Morocco 90.78 compare
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Malaysia?
- Dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Malaysia was 95.68 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.68 in 2019.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.36 in 2005.
- How does Malaysia rank for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score?
- Malaysia ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 196.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.