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Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) by country

The time captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice. It is calculated in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to complete each procedure, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
652 days
Cambodia
Lowest
27.5 days
South Korea
Median
139 days
Years covered
15
2005–2019
Data points
2,751

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 652 days in Cambodia; the lowest is 27.5 days in South Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 139 days, and the mean is 154.32 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 113.8%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 86.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cambodia 652 days 2019 unchanged flat
2 Cyprus 507 days 2019 down 25.1% falling
3 Venezuela 434 days 2019 up 13.9% rising
4 Barbados 377 days 2019 unchanged flat
5 Brazil 338.37 days 2019 down 18.5% falling
6 Albania 324 days 2019 down 16.7% falling
7 Argentina 318 days 2019 down 12.9% flat
8 El Salvador 310 days 2019 up 113.8% rising
9 Slovakia 300 days 2019 unchanged flat
10 Moldova 278 days 2019 down 18.5% falling
11 Lebanon 276 days 2019 up 1.1% flat
12 Gabon 275 days 2019 down 1.8% flat
13 Bangladesh 273.52 days 2019 down 2.3% falling
14 Uruguay 265 days 2019 unchanged flat
15 Romania 260 days 2019 up 34.0% rising
16 Sudan 255 days 2019 unchanged falling
17 Trinidad and Tobago 254 days 2019 unchanged flat
18 Canada 249 days 2019 up 11.7% rising
19 Slovenia 247.5 days 2019 down 15.2% falling
20 Czechia 246 days 2019 unchanged falling
20 Uzbekistan 246 days 2019 down 5.7% falling
22 Kosovo 237 days 2019 down 36.8% falling
22 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 237 days 2019 down 36.8% falling
24 Bolivia 235 days 2019 up 0.4% rising
25 Guatemala 226 days 2019 up 18.3% falling
25 Chad 226 days 2019 up 28.4% rising
27 Nicaragua 225 days 2019 unchanged flat
28 Suriname 223 days 2019 down 11.9% falling
29 Austria 222 days 2019 unchanged flat
30 Central African Republic 219 days 2019 unchanged flat
31 Papua New Guinea 217 days 2019 unchanged flat
32 France 213 days 2019 up 16.4% rising
33 Belgium 212 days 2019 unchanged flat
34 Guyana 208 days 2019 unchanged flat
35 East Timor 207 days 2019 unchanged flat
36 Dominican Republic 206 days 2019 down 7.6% falling
37 Indonesia 200.13 days 2019 up 4.8% rising
38 Israel 200 days 2019 down 3.4% flat
39 Afghanistan 199 days 2019 down 44.4% falling
40 Chile 195 days 2019 down 22.6% falling
41 Madagascar 194 days 2019 up 11.5% rising
42 Hungary 192.5 days 2019 down 2.8% flat
43 Latvia 192 days 2019 down 12.3% falling
44 Dominica 191 days 2019 unchanged flat
45 Italy 189.5 days 2019 down 13.5% falling
46 Zambia 188 days 2019 down 9.2% falling
47 Kiribati 185 days 2019 unchanged flat
48 Angola 184 days 2019 down 33.1% falling
48 Tanzania 184 days 2019 down 14.8% falling
48 Yemen 184 days 2015 up 68.8% rising
51 Lesotho 183 days 2019 unchanged falling
52 Sierra Leone 182 days 2019 down 9.0% falling
53 Bahamas 180 days 2019 unchanged flat
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 180 days 2019 down 33.1% falling
53 Greece 180 days 2019 down 26.5% falling
56 Malta 179 days 2019 up 7.2% rising
57 Zimbabwe 178 days 2019 down 68.6% falling
58 Senegal 177 days 2019 down 29.8% falling
59 Egypt 173 days 2019 unchanged falling
59 Gambia 173 days 2019 up 0.6% flat
61 Ghana 170 days 2019 down 20.9% falling
62 Togo 168.5 days 2019 down 44.9% falling
63 Iraq 167 days 2019 down 27.1% falling
63 Kyrgyzstan 167 days 2019 up 5.7% falling
65 Vietnam 166 days 2019 unchanged flat
66 Puerto Rico 165 days 2019 down 5.7% falling
67 Russia 164.5 days 2019 down 73.0% volatile
68 Congo 164 days 2019 down 8.4% falling
68 Ireland 164 days 2019 up 13.5% rising
70 Cote d'Ivoire 163 days 2019 down 73.9% falling
71 Netherlands 161 days 2019 down 10.3% falling
72 Namibia 160 days 2019 up 10.3% rising
72 Portugal 160 days 2019 down 48.4% falling
74 Kenya 159 days 2019 up 32.5% rising
75 Belarus 158 days 2019 down 12.2% falling
76 Tajikistan 157 days 2019 down 23.4% falling
77 Switzerland 156 days 2019 unchanged flat
78 Luxembourg 155 days 2019 up 1.3% flat
78 South Africa 155 days 2019 up 1.3% flat
80 Malawi 153 days 2019 unchanged flat
81 Guinea 151 days 2019 down 16.6% falling
82 Bhutan 150 days 2019 down 0.7% flat
83 Spain 147 days 2019 down 23.8% falling
84 Djibouti 146 days 2019 down 24.0% falling
84 Grenada 146 days 2019 unchanged flat
84 Croatia 146 days 2019 down 67.6% falling
87 San Marino 145.5 days 2019 up 0.7% falling
88 Antigua and Barbuda 144 days 2019 up 4.3% flat
88 Equatorial Guinea 144 days 2019 unchanged flat
90 Guinea-Bissau 143 days 2019 up 11.7% rising
91 Belize 142 days 2019 unchanged flat
92 Fiji 141 days 2019 unchanged flat
93 Jamaica 140.5 days 2019 down 21.9% falling
94 Maldives 140 days 2019 unchanged flat
95 Costa Rica 138 days 2019 down 31.7% falling
96 Mongolia 137 days 2019 down 37.2% falling
96 Peru 137 days 2019 down 30.5% falling
96 Poland 137 days 2019 down 48.9% falling
99 Ethiopia 136 days 2019 down 4.2% flat
100 Tunisia 133 days 2019 up 52.9% rising
101 Colombia 132 days 2019 up 15.8% falling
101 Ecuador 132 days 2019 unchanged flat
101 Honduras 132 days 2019 up 17.9% falling
104 Algeria 131 days 2019 down 39.9% falling
104 South Sudan 131 days 2019 up 5.6% rising
106 Iran 130 days 2019 up 30.0% volatile
107 Cameroon 126 days 2019 down 44.5% falling
107 Germany 126 days 2019 unchanged falling
109 Oman 125 days 2019 down 8.8% falling
110 Pakistan 124.9 days 2019 down 55.6% falling
111 Mali 124 days 2019 down 33.7% falling
112 Vanuatu 123 days 2019 up 108.5% rising
113 Democratic Republic of Congo 122 days 2019 down 49.0% falling
114 Burkina Faso 121 days 2019 down 7.6% falling
114 Paraguay 121 days 2019 down 56.0% falling
116 Australia 120.5 days 2019 up 7.6% falling
117 Philippines 120 days 2019 down 7.0% falling
118 Mozambique 118 days 2019 down 51.2% falling
118 Nepal 118 days 2019 down 15.7% falling
120 Sweden 117 days 2019 down 20.4% falling
121 Azerbaijan 116 days 2019 down 43.1% falling
121 Saint Lucia 116 days 2019 unchanged falling
121 Eswatini 116 days 2019 unchanged flat
124 Seychelles 113 days 2019 down 18.1% falling
124 Thailand 113 days 2019 down 33.9% falling
124 Uganda 113 days 2019 down 22.1% falling
127 China 110.88 days 2019 down 71.6% falling
128 Norway 109.5 days 2019 down 53.5% falling
129 Japan 108.35 days 2019 down 36.3% falling
130 Palestine 108 days 2019 down 0.9% flat
131 Comoros 107 days 2019 unchanged flat
132 India 106.22 days 2019 down 47.4% falling
133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 105 days 2019 unchanged flat
133 Panama 105 days 2019 down 11.0% falling
135 Nigeria 104.79 days 2019 down 15.5% falling
136 Mauritania 104 days 2019 down 32.0% falling
137 Estonia 103 days 2019 unchanged flat
137 Kuwait 103 days 2019 down 43.7% falling
139 Kazakhstan 102.5 days 2019 down 57.5% falling
140 Botswana 102 days 2019 down 48.7% falling
140 Montenegro 102 days 2019 down 55.5% falling
142 Cape Verde 101 days 2019 down 37.3% falling
143 Saudi Arabia 100 days 2019 down 18.7% falling
143 Turkey 100 days 2019 down 28.1% falling
145 Serbia 99.5 days 2019 down 70.6% falling
146 Armenia 99 days 2019 down 40.0% falling
146 Solomon Islands 99 days 2019 unchanged flat
148 Niger 98 days 2019 down 68.9% falling
149 Bulgaria 97 days 2019 down 10.2% falling
149 Haiti 97 days 2019 down 19.8% falling
149 Rwanda 97 days 2019 down 45.5% falling
152 Mauritius 95.5 days 2019 down 61.5% falling
153 New Zealand 93 days 2019 unchanged flat
154 Laos 92 days 2019 up 10.8% rising
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 92 days 2019 up 12.2% rising
156 North Macedonia 91 days 2019 down 30.5% falling
157 Palau 90 days 2019 unchanged flat
158 Benin 88 days 2019 down 72.2% falling
158 Myanmar 88 days 2019 down 5.4% flat
160 Qatar 87.5 days 2019 up 41.1% rising
161 Liberia 87 days 2019 unchanged falling
161 Syria 87 days 2012 unchanged flat
163 United Kingdom 86 days 2019 down 14.0% falling
163 Sri Lanka 86 days 2019 down 51.4% falling
165 Micronesia (country) 85 days 2019 unchanged flat
166 Iceland 84 days 2019 unchanged falling
167 Brunei 83 days 2019 down 25.2% falling
168 Mexico 82.12 days 2019 down 49.6% falling
169 Taiwan 82 days 2019 down 40.6% falling
170 United States 80.6 days 2019 up 36.6% rising
171 Tonga 77 days 2019 up 22.2% rising
172 Lithuania 74 days 2019 down 53.9% falling
173 Ukraine 72.5 days 2019 down 86.2% volatile
174 Bahrain 71 days 2019 down 59.2% falling
175 Burundi 70 days 2019 down 48.5% falling
176 Hong Kong 69 days 2019 down 12.7% volatile
177 Sao Tome and Principe 67 days 2019 down 69.7% volatile
178 Jordan 66 days 2019 down 1.5% falling
179 Finland 65 days 2019 up 1.6% flat
180 Denmark 64 days 2019 unchanged flat
181 Georgia 63 days 2019 down 30.4% falling
182 Morocco 58 days 2019 down 44.8% falling
183 Samoa 57 days 2019 unchanged flat
184 United Arab Emirates 47.5 days 2019 down 2.1% falling
185 Malaysia 41 days 2019 down 84.3% volatile
186 Marshall Islands 38 days 2019 down 28.3% falling
187 Singapore 35.5 days 2019 up 1.4% falling
188 South Korea 27.5 days 2019 up 1.9% falling

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Indicator
Dealing with construction permits: Time (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,751 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice. It is calculated in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to complete each procedure, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.