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)Duration (days)Cost (% of income per capita)
East Asia & Pacific19.1174.3171.0
Eastern Europe & Central Asia23.6257.2680.4
Latin America & Caribbean16.8229.3248.6
Middle East & North Africa19.3186.6433.3
OECD15.4161.556.7
South Asia16.1244.62,340.9
Sub-Saharan Africa17.2271.12,574.4
Afghanistan1334014,918.9
Albania24331435.0
Algeria2224046.8
Angola12328831.1
Antigua and Barbuda1315625.8
Argentina28338183.3
Armenia1911628.0
Australia1622113.2
Austria1319470.4
Azerbaijan31207522.6
Bahamas, the18197241.6
Bahrain135657.2
Bangladesh14231739.8
Belarus1721039.2
Belgium1416965.2
Belize116617.8
Benin15410303.6
Bhutan25183158.4
Bolivia17249121.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina16296666.9
Botswana24167311.9
Brazil1841146.7
Brunei321675.3
Bulgaria24139493.6
Burkina Faso15214577.9
Burundi203848,515.8
Cambodia2370964.3
Cameroon154261,277.2
Canada1475103.7
Cape Verde18120639.1
Central African Republic21239278.9
Chad9181974.7
Chile18155101.3
China37336698.4
Colombia13114661.6
Comoros1816477.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.143221,725.8
Congo, Rep.14169345.6
Costa Rica23191211.7
Côte d'Ivoire21628243.3
Croatia19410655.2
Czech Republic3618016.9
Denmark66960.9
Djibouti14195982.8
Dominica1318212.8
Dominican Republic1721493.2
Ecuador19155272.7
Egypt28249376.7
El Salvador34155176.3
Equatorial Guinea18201159.4
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Estonia1411827.5
Ethiopia12128790.7
Fiji1913551.2
Finland1838118.3
France1313723.8
Gabon1621039.4
Gambia, the17146394.0
Georgia1211320.3
Germany1210062.2
Ghana182201,282.6
Greece1516946.4
Grenada1014931.1
Guatemala222151,204.1
Guinea32255243.0
Guinea-Bissau151672,628.8
Guyana11133255.8
Haiti111,179675.2
Honduras17125464.6
Hong Kong, China1511918.7
Hungary3120410.3
Iceland187519.2
India20224414.7
Indonesia18176221.1
Iran19670514.2
Iraq14215915.0
Ireland1118544.4
Israel20235112.8
Italy14257136.4
Jamaica10156396.3
Japan1518719.1
Jordan18122443.7
Kazakhstan382311,431.8
Kenya1010046.3
Kiribati14160717.5
Korea1334154.6
Kuwait25104171.4
Kyrgyz Republic13159405.7
Lao PDR24172172.1
Latvia2518720.6
Lebanon20211217.8
Lesotho15601817.1
Liberia2532160,988.7
Lithuania17162109.9
Luxembourg1321720.0
Macedonia, FYR211981,862.8
Madagascar16178764.8
Malawi212131,289.2
Malaysia252617.9
Maldives911826.3
Mali142081,186.4
Marshall Islands105535.9
Mauritania25201475.0
Mauritius1810741.0
Mexico12138131.0
Micronesia147319.0
Moldova30292142.2
Mongolia2121581.3
Montenegro202481,323.2
Morocco19163292.5
Mozambique17381747.8
Namibia12139181.8
Nepal15424248.4
Netherlands18230112.1
New Zealand76525.8
Nicaragua17219866.0
Niger172652,694.0
Nigeria18350655.4
Norway1425246.6
Oman16242721.4
Pakistan12223734.0
Palau251185.9
Panama21131123.3
Papua New Guinea2421795.1
Paraguay13291342.2
Peru21210139.7
Philippines2420390.1
Poland30308137.0
Portugal2132853.5
Puerto Rico22209550.8
Qatar19760.8
Romania1724391.2
Russian Federation547042,612.7
Rwanda14210607.1
Samoa188890.9
São Tomé and Principe13255740.5
Saudi Arabia1812574.7
Senegal16220528.7
Serbia202792,177.7
Seychelles1914447.0
Sierra Leone25283452.2
Singapore113821.2
Slovakia1328713.1
Slovenia15208112.2
Solomon Islands1262471.1
South Africa1717427.5
Spain1123362.3
Sri Lanka212141,486.5
St. Kitts and Nevis14675.1
St. Lucia913930.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines11748.4
Sudan19271240.3
Suriname14431105.7
Swaziland139394.9
Sweden8116103.5
Switzerland1415452.1
Syria26128697.0
Taiwan, China29193123.6
Tajikistan323511,420.7
Tanzania213082,087.0
Thailand111569.4
Timor-Leste2220862.9
Togo152771,400.1
Tonga1176371.6
Trinidad and Tobago202615.5
Tunisia20841,017.8
Turkey25188249.3
Uganda16143703.5
Ukraine304711,901.7
United Arab Emirates211251.5
United Kingdom1914464.2
United States194013.1
Uruguay30234108.0
Uzbekistan26260123.4
Vanuatu751356.7
Venezuela11395344.7
Vietnam13194313.3
West Bank and Gaza211991,399.9
Yemen13107189.7
Zambia172541,023.1
Zimbabwe191,42616,368.8