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