Procedures to build a warehouse (number) - Country Ranking

Definition: Number of procedures to build a warehouse is the number of interactions of a company's employees or managers with external parties, including government agency staff, public inspectors, notaries, land registry and cadastre staff, and technical experts apart from architects and engineers.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tajikistan 26.00 2019
2 Liberia 25.00 2019
3 Romania 24.00 2019
3 Tanzania 24.00 2019
5 Puerto Rico 22.00 2019
5 Croatia 22.00 2019
5 Lebanon 22.00 2019
5 Côte d'Ivoire 22.00 2019
5 Hungary 22.00 2019
5 Philippines 22.00 2019
11 Czech Republic 21.00 2019
11 Bhutan 21.00 2019
11 Moldova 21.00 2019
14 Cambodia 20.00 2019
14 Armenia 20.00 2019
14 Jordan 20.00 2019
14 Brunei 20.00 2019
14 Egypt 20.00 2019
14 Palau 20.00 2019
14 South Africa 20.00 2019
14 Syrian Arab Republic 20.00 2012
22 Uruguay 19.00 2019
22 Algeria 19.00 2019
22 Kuwait 19.00 2019
22 Peru 19.00 2019
22 Albania 19.00 2019
22 Antigua and Barbuda 19.00 2019
22 Niger 19.00 2019
29 Brazil 18.61 2019
30 Bulgaria 18.00 2019
30 Azerbaijan 18.00 2019
30 Indonesia 18.00 2019
30 Panama 18.00 2019
30 Nicaragua 18.00 2019
30 Samoa 18.00 2019
30 China 18.00 2019
30 Guyana 18.00 2019
30 Jamaica 18.00 2019
30 Uganda 18.00 2019
30 Turkey 18.00 2019
41 Pakistan 17.05 2019
42 Sierra Leone 17.00 2019
42 Slovenia 17.00 2019
42 Finland 17.00 2019
42 Greece 17.00 2019
42 Costa Rica 17.00 2019
42 Ecuador 17.00 2019
42 Uzbekistan 17.00 2019
42 Papua New Guinea 17.00 2019
42 Kyrgyz Republic 17.00 2019
42 Mongolia 17.00 2019
42 Honduras 17.00 2019
42 Iceland 17.00 2019
42 The Bahamas 17.00 2019
42 Central African Republic 17.00 2019
42 Cabo Verde 17.00 2019
42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.00 2019
42 Argentina 17.00 2019
42 Kazakhstan 17.00 2019
42 Madagascar 17.00 2019
61 Myanmar 16.00 2019
61 Belize 16.00 2019
61 Cameroon 16.00 2019
61 Botswana 16.00 2019
61 Iran 16.00 2019
61 Djibouti 16.00 2019
61 Ghana 16.00 2019
61 Kiribati 16.00 2019
61 Malta 16.00 2019
61 Sudan 16.00 2019
61 El Salvador 16.00 2019
61 Guinea 16.00 2019
61 Kenya 16.00 2019
61 Seychelles 16.00 2019
61 Timor-Leste 16.00 2019
61 Trinidad and Tobago 16.00 2019
61 São Tomé and Principe 16.00 2019
78 United States 15.80 2019
79 Bangladesh 15.78 2019
80 Nigeria 15.31 2019
81 Belarus 15.00 2019
81 Fiji 15.00 2019
81 Dominican Republic 15.00 2019
81 Bolivia 15.00 2019
81 Burundi 15.00 2019
81 Burkina Faso 15.00 2019
81 Grenada 15.00 2019
81 Ethiopia 15.00 2019
81 San Marino 15.00 2019
81 Rwanda 15.00 2019
81 Oman 15.00 2019
81 Vanuatu 15.00 2019
93 India 14.76 2019
94 Mexico 14.66 2019
95 Mali 14.00 2019
95 Paraguay 14.00 2019
95 Saudi Arabia 14.00 2019
95 Senegal 14.00 2019
95 Thailand 14.00 2019
95 Tonga 14.00 2019
95 Haiti 14.00 2019
95 Benin 14.00 2019
95 Mauritania 14.00 2019
95 Latvia 14.00 2019
95 Italy 14.00 2019
95 St. Lucia 14.00 2019
95 Slovak Republic 14.00 2019
95 Portugal 14.00 2019
95 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.00 2019
95 Chad 14.00 2019
95 Tunisia 14.00 2019
95 Solomon Islands 14.00 2019
95 Eswatini 14.00 2019
114 Russia 13.10 2019
115 Qatar 13.00 2019
115 Lithuania 13.00 2019
115 Afghanistan 13.00 2019
115 Congo 13.00 2019
115 Spain 13.00 2019
115 Guinea-Bissau 13.00 2019
115 Equatorial Guinea 13.00 2019
115 Gabon 13.00 2019
115 Switzerland 13.00 2019
115 Dem. Rep. Congo 13.00 2019
115 Colombia 13.00 2019
115 Sri Lanka 13.00 2019
115 Netherlands 13.00 2019
115 Malawi 13.00 2019
129 Namibia 12.00 2019
129 Poland 12.00 2019
129 Mauritius 12.00 2019
129 Canada 12.00 2019
129 The Gambia 12.00 2019
129 Israel 12.00 2019
129 Japan 12.00 2019
129 Angola 12.00 2019
129 Chile 12.00 2019
129 Morocco 12.00 2019
129 St. Kitts and Nevis 12.00 2019
129 Lao PDR 12.00 2019
129 Nepal 12.00 2019
129 Togo 12.00 2019
143 Norway 11.00 2019
143 Luxembourg 11.00 2019
143 United Arab Emirates 11.00 2019
143 Mozambique 11.00 2019
143 Australia 11.00 2019
143 Austria 11.00 2019
143 Dominica 11.00 2019
143 Georgia 11.00 2019
143 Guatemala 11.00 2019
143 Iraq 11.00 2019
143 Comoros 11.00 2019
143 New Zealand 11.00 2019
143 Venezuela 11.00 2019
143 Yemen 11.00 2015
143 Serbia 11.00 2019
158 Suriname 10.00 2019
158 Korea 10.00 2019
158 Estonia 10.00 2019
158 Ireland 10.00 2019
158 Belgium 10.00 2019
158 Lesotho 10.00 2019
158 Zambia 10.00 2019
158 Ukraine 10.00 2019
158 Vietnam 10.00 2019
158 Zimbabwe 10.00 2019
168 Singapore 9.00 2019
168 Montenegro 9.00 2019
168 North Macedonia 9.00 2019
168 Malaysia 9.00 2019
168 France 9.00 2019
168 Bahrain 9.00 2019
168 Barbados 9.00 2019
168 Germany 9.00 2019
168 United Kingdom 9.00 2019
177 Hong Kong SAR, China 8.00 2019
177 Cyprus 8.00 2019
177 Sweden 8.00 2019
177 Liechtenstein 8.00 2019
181 Denmark 7.00 2019

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Development Relevance: The economic health of a country is measured not only in macroeconomic terms but also by other factors that shape daily economic activity such as laws, regulations, and institutional arrangements. The data measure business regulation, gauge regulatory outcomes, and measure the extent of legal protection of property, the flexibility of employment regulation, and the tax burden on businesses. The fundamental premise of this data is that economic activity requires good rules and regulations that are efficient, accessible to all who need to use them, and simple to implement. Thus sometimes there is more emphasis on more regulation, such as stricter disclosure requirements in related-party transactions, and other times emphasis is on for simplified regulations, such as a one-stop shop for completing business startup formalities. Entrepreneurs may not be aware of all required procedures or may avoid legally required procedures altogether. But where regulation is particularly onerous, levels of informality are higher, which comes at a cost: firms in the informal sector usually grow more slowly, have less access to credit, and employ fewer workers - and those workers remain outside the protections of labor law. The indicator can help policymakers understand the business environment in a country and - along with information from other sources such as the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys - provide insights into potential areas of reform.

Limitations and Exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, the data collected refer to businesses in the economy's largest city and may not represent regulations in other locations of the economy. To address this limitation, subnational indicators are being collected for selected economies. These subnational studies point to significant differences in the speed of reform and the ease of doing business across cities in the same economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form - generally a limited liability company of a specified size - and may not represent regulation for other types of businesses such as sole proprietorships. Third, transactions described in a standardized business case refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues a business encounters. Fourth, the time measures involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the Doing Business time indicators represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Fifth, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank with a standardized survey that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time - with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location, and nature of its operation. Surveys are administered through more than 9,000 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials, and other professionals who routinely administer or advise on legal and regulatory requirements. To build a simple commercial warehouse and connect it to water, sewerage and a fixed telephone line, many construction regulations are required. Construction regulation matters for public safety. If procedures are too complicated or costly, builders tend to proceed without a permit. By some estimates 60-80 percent of building projects in developing economies are undertaken without the proper permits and approvals. Good regulations help ensure the safety standards that protect the public while making the permitting process efficient, transparent and affordable. The Doing Business project of the World Bank encompasses two types of data: data from readings of laws and regulations and data on time and motion indicators that measure efficiency in achieving a regulatory goal. Within the time and motion indicators cost estimates are recorded from official fee schedules where applicable. The data from surveys are subjected to numerous tests for robustness, which lead to revision or expansion of the information collected.

Aggregation method: Unweighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.