Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score (Time days) in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score was 82.71 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score in United Kingdom, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in United Kingdom is 82.71, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in United Kingdom peaked at 82.71 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 64.27, in 2005.
United Kingdom ranks 25th 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 United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 64.27 | — |
| 2006 | 64.27 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 64.27 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 64.27 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 78.67 | +22.4% |
| 2010 | 78.67 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 82.71 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.71 | +0.0% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 82.71 is above the median for high income countries, which is 65.78, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 82.71 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 | 67.15 | 64.27 | 78.67 | 5 |
| 2010s | 82.31 | 78.67 | 82.71 | 10 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in United Kingdom?
- Dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score in United Kingdom was 82.71 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 82.71 in 2011.
- What is the lowest dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.27 in 2005.
- How does United Kingdom rank for dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score?
- United Kingdom ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is dealing with construction permits: time (days) - score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.