Time required to deal with construction permits in South Africa
South Africa: Time required to deal with construction permits was 127 days in 2012. ▬ Flat
Time required to deal with construction permits in South Africa, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in days.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 127 days for time required to deal with construction permits in 2012. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
South Africa ranks 36th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Time required to deal with construction permits in South Africa, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 127 days | — |
| 2006 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 127 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 127 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 127 days | 127 days | 127 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 127 days | 127 days | 127 days | 3 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is time required to deal with construction permits in South Africa?
- Time required to deal with construction permits in South Africa was 127 days in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest time required to deal with construction permits recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 127 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest time required to deal with construction permits recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 127 days in 2005.
- How does South Africa rank for time required to deal with construction permits?
- South Africa ranks 36th out of 50 countries with data for 2012.
- Is time required to deal with construction permits rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Time required to deal with construction permits (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.