Dealing with construction, procedures (number) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

29 number

Guinea

Lowest

9 number

Ethiopia

Median

14 number

Years covered

2005–2012

Data points

447

What the numbers show

Dealing with construction, procedures (number) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 29 number in Guinea; the lowest is 9 number in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 14 number, and the mean is 15 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 28.6%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 58.6%).

Dealing with construction, procedures: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Guinea	29 number	2012	unchanged	flat
2	Liberia	23 number	2012	down 4.2%	falling
3	Botswana	22 number	2012	up 4.8%	flat
3	Egypt	22 number	2012	down 12.0%	falling
5	Burundi	21 number	2012	down 4.5%	flat
6	Sierra Leone	20 number	2012	down 55.6%	falling
7	Algeria	19 number	2012	unchanged	flat
7	Tanzania	19 number	2012	up 5.6%	rising
9	Central African Republic	18 number	2012	unchanged	flat
9	Malawi	18 number	2012	unchanged	flat
11	Cape Verde	17 number	2012	unchanged	flat
11	Seychelles	17 number	2012	unchanged	flat
11	Cote d'Ivoire	17 number	2012	unchanged	flat
11	Tunisia	17 number	2012	unchanged	flat
15	Ghana	16 number	2012	unchanged	flat
15	Mauritius	16 number	2012	down 5.9%	falling
15	Sudan	16 number	2012	unchanged	flat
15	Mauritania	16 number	2012	down 27.3%	falling
15	Madagascar	16 number	2012	unchanged	flat
20	Equatorial Guinea	15 number	2012	unchanged	flat
20	Nigeria	15 number	2012	down 21.1%	falling
20	Morocco	15 number	2012	down 6.2%	falling
20	Uganda	15 number	2012	unchanged	flat
20	Djibouti	15 number	2012	up 7.1%	rising
25	Mozambique	14 number	2012	unchanged	flat
25	Zambia	14 number	2012	unchanged	flat
25	Gambia	14 number	2012	unchanged	flat
25	Congo	14 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	Sao Tome and Principe	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	South Africa	13 number	2012	up 8.3%	flat
29	Senegal	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	Eswatini	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	Comoros	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	Gabon	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
29	Chad	13 number	2012	unchanged	flat
36	Angola	12 number	2012	down 7.7%	falling
36	Togo	12 number	2012	unchanged	flat
36	Zimbabwe	12 number	2012	unchanged	flat
36	Rwanda	12 number	2012	down 7.7%	falling
36	Niger	12 number	2012	down 42.9%	falling
36	Namibia	12 number	2012	unchanged	flat
36	Guinea-Bissau	12 number	2012	unchanged	flat
36	Burkina Faso	12 number	2012	down 58.6%	falling
44	Mali	11 number	2012	down 8.3%	falling
44	Lesotho	11 number	2012	unchanged	flat
44	Democratic Republic of Congo	11 number	2012	unchanged	flat
44	Cameroon	11 number	2012	unchanged	flat
44	Benin	11 number	2012	down 8.3%	flat
49	Kenya	9 number	2012	up 28.6%	rising
49	Ethiopia	9 number	2012	unchanged	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

North Africa 17.6 number
Africa 15 number
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 14.75 number
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 14.74 number
Sub-Saharan Africa 14.71 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 14.7 number

About this data

Indicator: Dealing with construction, procedures (number)
Unit: number
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 56 places, 447 data points, 2005–2012
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties, including government agencies, notaries, the land registry, the cadastre, utility companies, public and private inspectors and technical experts apart from in-house architects and engineers. Interactions between company employees, such as development of the warehouse plans and inspections conducted by employees, are not counted as procedures. Procedures that the company undergoes to connect to electricity, water, sewerage and phone services are included. All procedures that are legally or in practice required for building a warehouse are counted, even if they may be avoided in exceptional cases. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.