Dealing with Construction Permits

This topic tracks the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

The table below shows the main indicators. They include:
  • all procedures to build a warehouse,
  • average time spent during each procedure, and
  • official cost of each procedure.

To see the details for a specific economy, use the dropdown box on the right or click on the links below.  Click on column headers to sort data.

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Region or EconomyProcedures (number)Time (days)Cost (% of income per capita)
OECD15.1157.056.1
Latin America & Caribbean16.7225.0210.8
Sub-Saharan Africa17.3260.51,955.6
South Asia18.4241.02,310.6
East Asia & Pacific18.6168.6139.6
Middle East & North Africa18.9159.3358.4
Eastern Europe & Central Asia22.6264.2536.9
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Denmark66958.7
Hong Kong, China76718.7
New Zealand76537.3
Vanuatu751273.5
Sweden8116103.3
Chad9181985.9
Maldives911821.9
St. Lucia913929.5
Georgia109821.6
Grenada1014925.3
Jamaica10156265.7
Marshall Islands105533.7
Belize116617.6
Colombia1151402.8
Guyana11133229.3
Haiti111,179569.5
Ireland1118544.8
Kenya11120161.7
Singapore112519.9
Spain1123360.9
St. Vincent and the Grenadines11746.9
Thailand1115612.1
Tonga1176317.7
United Kingdom119569.1
Venezuela, R.B.11395233.0
Angola12328597.7
Ethiopia12128561.3
Germany1210060.2
Kyrgyz Republic12137165.2
Mexico12138113.1
Namibia12139124.7
Pakistan12223716.3
Solomon Islands1262504.1
Afghanistan1334012,877.6
Antigua and Barbuda1315621.3
Bahrain134354.6
Cyprus1367750.2
Dominica1318211.3
France1313722.9
Korea, Rep.1334135.6
Luxembourg1321719.9
Paraguay13291298.3
São Tomé and Principe13255631.4
Slovak Republic1328713.6
Swaziland139391.8
Vietnam13194248.1
Austria1419471.4
Bangladesh14231645.1
Belgium1416963.5
Canada1475100.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.143221,485.1
Congo, Rep.14169265.6
Croatia14420895.2
Djibouti14195948.3
Estonia1411826.9
Indonesia14160194.8
Iraq14215397.9
Italy14257137.2
Kiribati14160422.1
Mali14185818.5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.147319.9
Norway1425241.4
Rwanda14210456.1
Slovenia1419779.9
St. Kitts and Nevis14674.8
Suriname1443195.7
Switzerland1415449.9
Belarus1516135.1
Benin15410254.4
Burkina Faso15132721.2
Cameroon154261,242.5
Greece1516950.7
Guinea-Bissau151672,020.0
Japan1518719.3
Lesotho15601670.4
Nepal15424221.3
Togo152771,285.3
Yemen, Rep.15107144.1
Australia1622112.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina16255564.7
Gabon1621034.5
Madagascar16178630.7
Oman16242427.9
Senegal16220463.1
Uganda16143584.0
Bolivia17249107.4
Dominican Republic17214131.6
Gambia, the17146336.4
Honduras17106465.1
Iran, Islamic Rep.17322365.9
Lithuania1716295.7
Mozambique17381632.0
Nicaragua17219719.3
Niger172652,355.0
Romania1724387.9
Saudi Arabia179432.8
South Africa1717424.5
United Arab Emirates176430.7
Zambia17254912.7
Bahamas, the18197208.6
Brazil1841150.6
Cape Verde18120523.3
Chile1815597.8
Comoros1816472.6
Equatorial Guinea18201128.4
Finland1838119.7
Ghana182201,099.0
Iceland187522.2
Mauritius1810735.5
Netherlands18230107.2
Nigeria18350573.4
Samoa188879.8
Ecuador19155230.6
Fiji1913550.4
Jordan1987697.1
Montenegro192301,086.0
Morocco19163263.7
Portugal1928752.9
Qatar19760.6
Seychelles1914430.3
Sudan19271206.4
United States194012.7
Zimbabwe191,42624,468.3
Armenia20137104.9
Israel20235107.2
Lebanon20211194.8
Panama20116107.2
Serbia202791,907.5
Trinidad and Tobago202614.6
Tunisia2084998.3
Central African Republic21239275.2
Kosovo213201,291.0
Macedonia, FYR211461,604.8
Malawi212131,094.8
Mongolia2121561.2
Peru21205130.1
West Bank and Gaza211991,110.6
Algeria2224039.6
Burundi222127,968.2
Côte d'Ivoire22629230.9
Guatemala221781,079.3
Puerto Rico22209506.5
Sri Lanka222141,458.8
Tanzania223283,281.3
Timor-Leste2220838.6
Cambodia2370953.6
Costa Rica23191183.6
Albania24331386.1
Botswana24167246.2
Bulgaria24139436.5
Lao PDR24172144.0
Liberia247728,295.9
Papua New Guinea2421782.8
Philippines2420381.7
Bhutan25183149.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.25218331.6
Kuwait25104124.1
Latvia2518717.3
Malaysia252617.1
Mauritania25201506.3
Palau251185.4
Sierra Leone25283368.5
Turkey25188218.8
Syrian Arab Republic26128540.3
Uzbekistan2626074.8
Argentina28338145.1
Taiwan, China2814296.2
Moldova30292120.5
Poland30308124.2
Ukraine304761,449.3
Uruguay3023487.1
Azerbaijan31207369.6
Hungary312049.8
Brunei Darussalam321634.9
Guinea32255249.6
Tajikistan322501,022.9
El Salvador34155166.2
Czech Republic3615016.2
China37336579.2
India371952,394.9
Kazakhstan37211119.7
Russian Federation547042,140.7