Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score (Time days) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score was 82.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 82.71 for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 82.71 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 56.48, in 2009.
That places Sri Lanka 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 56.77 | — |
| 2006 | 56.77 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 56.77 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 56.77 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 56.48 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 56.48 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 56.48 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56.77 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 59.08 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 59.08 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 74.35 | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.71 | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 82.71 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 69.6, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 82.71 is above the median for South Asia, which is 70.32, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.71 | 56.48 | 56.77 | 5 |
| 2010s | 67.64 | 56.48 | 82.71 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1248 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in Sri Lanka was 82.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 82.71 in 2018.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.48 in 2009.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.