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 data appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

= Subnational Doing Business data available.

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The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)

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.

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Time (days)

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
East Asia & Pacific1715999.1
Eastern Europe & Central Asia20238440.8
Latin America & Caribbean14221160.3
Middle East & North Africa16141351.3
OECD high income1415245.7
South Asia16222980.0
Sub-Saharan Africa15211823.7
Afghanistan123344,876.4
Albaniano practiceno practiceno practice
Algeria1928123.1
Angola11321180.3
Antigua and Barbuda1013426.8
Argentina25365107.7
Armenia187957.1
Australia151479.9
Austria1319460.8
Azerbaijan30212335.2
Bahamas, The1718129.5
Bahrain124310.7
Bangladesh11201154.5
Belarus1314041.0
Belgium1216953.6
Belize89129.1
Benin12372132.6
Bhutan22180108.6
Bolivia1424977.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina181811,112.9
Botswana22145203.0
Brazil1746940.2
Brunei Darussalam311634.2
Bulgaria23120317.0
Burkina Faso1298345.0
Burundi221354,065.7
Cambodia2165240.6
Cameroon111471,096.2
Canada127357.5
Cape Verde17122523.8
Central African Republic18203112.2
Chad131545,756.5
Chile1715579.0
China33311444.1
Colombia
Subnational Data
846338.9
Comoros1515562.8
Congo, Dem. Rep.111171,670.7
Congo, Rep.14186157.7
Costa Rica20188164.5
Côte d'Ivoire18583204.8
Croatia12317591.1
Cyprus967747.5
Czech Republic3312010.9
Denmark56759.1
Djibouti151722,285.7
Dominica916510.8
Dominican Republic1421682.1
Ecuador16128184.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Subnational Data
22218155.3
El Salvador33157168.3
Equatorial Guinea15166150.6
Eritreano practiceno practiceno practice
** Estonia1314817.8
Ethiopia9128369.1
Fiji1714846.3
Finland166666.6
France1018413.6
Gabon1320121.5
Gambia, The14143192.9
Georgia97420.2
Germany99749.7
Ghana16218560.3
Greece141693.4
Grenada812323.5
Guatemala19165541.7
Guinea29287275.8
Guinea-Bissau121701,032.7
Guyana819517.5
Haiti91,129764.5
Honduras1494309.8
Hong Kong SAR, China66717.8
Hungary291025.8
Iceland177420.6
India
Subnational Data
342271,631.4
Indonesia
Subnational Data
13158105.3
Iran, Islamic Rep.16320355.6
Iraq13187469.8
Ireland1014133.1
Israel1921290.8
Italy11258138.1
Jamaica8145227.5
Japan1419327.9
Jordan1770534.2
Kazakhstan3218993.2
Kenya
Subnational Data
8125160.9
Kiribati16170163.7
Korea, Rep.123079.5
Kosovo17301775.8
Kuwait24130121.8
Kyrgyz Republic12142171.8
Lao PDR2310852.4
Latvia2320521.0
Lebanon19219234.9
Lesotho125101,038.7
Liberia2375694.1
Lithuania1514225.5
Luxembourg1215719.5
Macedonia, FYR10117552.7
Madagascar16172422.2
Malawi182001,077.5
Malaysia222607.1
Maldives817412.7
Mali11179439.3
Marshall Islands88729.1
Mauritania1811949.9
Mauritius1613630.6
Mexico
Subnational Data
1081333.1
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1111433.2
Moldova2729179.2
Mongolia1920850.1
Montenegro172671,469.9
Morocco
Subnational Data
1597234.6
Mozambique13370123.0
Namibia12139103.0
Nepal13222753.3
Netherlands15176107.8
New Zealand66434.4
Nicaragua16218428.7
Niger123262,214.5
Nigeria
Subnational Data
1585504.8
Norway1125033.1
Oman1417445.7
Pakistan
Subnational Data
11222262.5
Palau22715.2
Panama1711395.5
Papua New Guinea2121965.6
Paraguay12137239.9
Peru1618876.3
Philippines
Subnational Data
3085110.5
Poland3030153.6
Portugal1425547.2
Puerto Rico (U.S.) 18189369.1
Qatar17701.1
Romania1628773.0
Russian Federation51423183.8
Rwanda12164312.0
Samoa218759.2
São Tomé and Príncipe 13211536.8
Saudi Arabia97519.4
Senegal13210435.2
Serbia192791,603.8
Seychelles1712630.3
Sierra Leone20238272.6
Singapore112618.1
Slovak Republic112867.2
Slovenia1319964.9
Solomon Islands958347.8
South Africa1312721.2
Spain818251.8
Sri Lanka1821740.6
St. Kitts and Nevis111396.8
St. Lucia712531.6
St. Vincent and the Grenadines811212.2
Sudan1627088.0
Suriname1146172.0
Swaziland1395115.2
Sweden711681.6
Switzerland1315440.1
Syrian Arab Republic23104504.1
Taiwan, China2512541.9
Tajikistan26228849.9
Tanzania193031,170.1
Thailand81579.5
Timor-Leste1923825.0
Togo12309994.0
Tonga969251.5
Trinidad and Tobago172976.0
Tunisia1788260.6
Turkey24189197.7
Uganda15125946.8
Ukraine213751,462.3
United Arab Emirates14465.2
United Kingdom99963.8
United States152612.8
Uruguay2723474.4
Uzbekistan2524357.0
Vanuatu1139341.7
Venezuela, RB10381161.9
Vietnam10200109.0
West Bank and Gaza181191,000.5
Yemen, Rep.1211661.1
Zambia141962,015.2
Zimbabwe126146,154.3

** For dealing with construction permit, the data point on cost was corrected. Rankings are adjusted once a year with each published report.

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