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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.

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Transparency data that was last updated in June 2012. Read the methodology.

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East Asia & Pacific .. 16 146.0 104.7

Europe & Central Asia .. 18 192.2 327.1

Latin America & Caribbean .. 13 215.5 136.6

Middle East & North Africa .. 16 145.7 283.3

OECD high income .. 13 147.1 84.1

South Asia .. 16 193.3 850.7

Sub-Saharan Africa .. 15 171.1 736.8

Afghanistan 167 12 330.0 3,247.3

Albania 189 no practice no practice no practice

Algeria 147 19 241.0 60.1

Angola 65 12 204.0 28.6

Antigua and Barbuda 21 10 134.0 22.5

Argentina 181 24 365.0 234.1

Armenia 79 21 84.0 68.4

Australia 10 11 112.0 13.3

Austria 94 13 194.0 55.8

Azerbaijan 180 28 212.0 282.3

Bahamas, The 75 14 178.0 28.2

Bahrain 4 12 60.0 9.3

Bangladesh 93 11 201.0 110.3

Barbados 56 10 442.0 8.3

Belarus 30 12 128.0 21.3

Belgium 100 13 214.0 54.3

Belize 16 8 91.0 87.4

Benin 95 11 188.0 165.3

Bhutan 132 22 150.0 77.6

Bolivia 136 16 275.5 61.4

Bosnia and Herzegovina 175 17 179.0 1,100.2

Botsw ana 69 21 111.0 17.6

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Brazil 130 15 400.0 34.8

Brunei Darussalam 46 22 95.0 3.5

Bulgaria 118 18 104.0 222.9

Burkina Faso 60 12 98.0 329.4

Burundi 126 15 99.0 2,262.8

Cabo Verde 135 17 117.0 416.1

Cambodia 161 21 652.0 35.7

Cameroon 127 13 139.0 1,020.5

Canada 116 13 249.0 61.0

Central African Republic 156 18 203.0 179.7

Chad 139 13 154.0 4,438.9

Chile 101 15 155.0 69.9

China 185 25 270.0 344.7

Colombia 24 8 54.0 295.4

Comoros 44 13 109.0 67.4

Congo, Dem. Rep. 90 11 117.0 1,366.9

Congo, Rep. 142 14 161.0 878.5

Costa Rica 82 14 123.0 137.0

Côte d'Ivoire 162 16 364.0 134.8

Croatia 152 12 317.0 646.5

Cyprus 86 9 677.0 57.0

Czech Republic 86 33 120.0 10.5

Denmark 8 8 67.0 87.2

Djibouti 157 15 167.0 1,949.2

Dominica 22 9 171.0 8.3

Dominican Republic 121 14 216.0 67.9

Ecuador 64 16 115.0 55.6

Egypt, Arab Rep. 149 21 179.0 108.0

El Salvador 144 24 144.0 157.0

Equatorial Guinea 125 15 166.0 134.4

Eritrea 189 no practice no practice no practice

Estonia 38 13 148.0 15.0

Ethiopia 55 9 128.0 203.9

Fiji 74 16 142.0 44.8

Finland 36 16 66.0 43.3

France 92 9 184.0 244.4

Gabon 71 12 178.0 68.4

Gambia, The 104 14 143.0 142.0

Georgia 2 9 73.5 14.9

Germany 12 9 97.0 46.7

Ghana 159 15 246.5 259.6

Greece 66 19 105.0 27.1

Grenada 9 8 123.0 18.4

Guatemala 61 11 107.0 414.9

Guinea 155 29 170.0 91.6

Guinea-Bissau 119 12 152.0 845.8

Guyana 33 8 195.0 16.4

Haiti 141 9 1,129.0 627.1

Honduras 83 13 109.0 350.9

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Hong Kong SAR, China 1 6 71.0 15.4

Hungary 47 24 79.0 9.2

Iceland 41 18 77.0 25.1

India 182 35 168.0 2,640.4

Indonesia 88 13 158.0 87.2

Iran, Islamic Rep. 169 16 319.5 224.7

Iraq 20 10 139.0 17.2

Ireland 115 12 156.0 446.3

Israel 140 17 210.0 86.3

Italy 112 11 233.5 186.4

Jamaica 52 8 135.0 207.1

Japan 91 14 193.0 28.1

Jordan 111 17 70.0 499.5

Kazakhstan 145 29 157.0 87.3

Kenya 47 9 125.0 191.3

Kiribati 133 16 170.0 167.9

Korea, Rep. 18 11 29.0 123.9

Kosovo 136 15 151.0 514.7

Kuwait 133 24 130.0 99.2

Kyrgyz Republic 66 12 142.0 128.7

Lao PDR 96 23 108.0 45.8

Latvia 79 18 152.0 15.4

Lebanon 179 20 246.0 352.5

Lesotho 145 11 330.0 832.6

Liberia 129 23 75.0 363.0

Libya 189 no practice no practice no practice

Lithuania 39 16 105.0 18.0

Luxembourg 37 12 157.0 19.1

Macedonia, FYR 63 12 90.0 512.1

Madagascar 157 16 160.0 1,105.3

Malawi 173 16 183.0 1,755.0

Malaysia 43 15 130.0 14.7

Maldives 18 8 174.0 8.6

Mali 113 11 179.0 372.2

Malta 163 18 224.0 150.1

Marshall Islands 32 12 76.0 124.9

Mauritania 123 16 82.0 2,681.0

Mauritius 123 16 248.0 27.4

Mexico 40 11 82.0 353.1

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 54 15 114.0 28.7

Moldova 174 26 291.0 65.0

Mongolia 107 20 186.0 7.6

Montenegro 106 9 158.0 1,159.3

Morocco 83 15 97.0 218.2

Mozambique 77 12 130.0 257.6

Myanmar 150 16 159.0 566.9

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Namibia 31 12 123.0 30.6

Nepal 105 13 115.0 512.7

Netherlands 97 14 157.0 79.4

New Zealand 12 11 94.0 28.3

Nicaragua 152 16 208.0 249.4

Niger 164 12 326.0 1,486.1

Nigeria 151 18 116.0 3,504.8

Norw ay 28 10 136.0 28.6

Oman 69 13 174.0 35.3

Pakistan 109 11 222.0 190.4

Palau 45 22 93.0 5.6

Panama 62 16 99.5 66.0

Papua New Guinea 165 21 219.0 110.0

Paraguay 71 12 137.0 195.4

Peru 117 14 173.0 109.3

Philippines 99 25 77.0 79.4

Poland 88 18 161.0 10.6

Portugal 76 13 99.0 374.9

Puerto Rico (U.S.) 172 18 189.0 354.4

Qatar 23 17 62.5 1.1

Romania 136 15 287.0 71.2

Russian Federation 178 36 297.0 89.0

Rwanda 85 13 104.0 375.7

Samoa 73 21 87.0 58.6

San Marino 120 14 145.5 255.9

São Tomé and Príncipe 103 13 118.0 381.4

Saudi Arabia 17 12 102.0 24.5

Senegal 165 14 245.0 531.7

Serbia 182 18 269.0 1,433.5

Seychelles 68 17 125.0 22.9

Sierra Leone 176 19 258.0 182.4

Singapore 3 11 26.0 15.7

Slovak Republic 53 11 286.0 6.6

Slovenia 59 10 182.0 66.2

Solomon Islands 81 15 92.0 246.0

South Africa 26 16 78.0 9.9

South Sudan 171 24 124.0 1,427.4

Spain 98 9 230.0 172.9

Sri Lanka 108 17 186.0 18.4

St. Kitts and Nevis 15 11 139.0 5.2

St. Lucia 11 7 110.0 37.7

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6 8 112.0 9.4

Sudan 167 16 270.0 248.8

Suriname 49 11 239.0 10.7

Swaz iland 51 13 95.0 109.1

Sweden 24 7 116.0 76.3

Switzerland 58 13 154.0 38.1

Syrian Arab Republic 189 no practice no practice no practice

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Taiwan, China 7 10 94.0 15.9

Tajikistan 184 24 228.0 604.5

Tanzania 177 19 206.0 490.9

Thailand 14 8 157.0 8.3

Timor-Leste 128 19 238.0 15.0

Togo 114 12 155.0 458.5

Tonga 35 13 69.0 96.2

Trinidad and Tobago 77 14 265.0 5.6

Tunisia 122 19 94.0 255.6

Turkey 148 20 164.0 142.5

Uganda 143 16 146.0 742.9

Ukraine 41 10 73.0 607.1

United Arab Emirates 5 12 44.0 12.0

United Kingdom 27 12 88.0 66.0

United States 34 16 91.0 16.7

Uruguay 154 22 256.0 46.7

Uzbekistan 159 25 243.0 49.6

Vanuatu 50 12 54.0 422.5

Venezuela, RB 110 10 381.0 96.8

Vietnam 29 11 114.0 56.3

West Bank and Gaza 131 18 87.0 1,033.9

Yemen, Rep. 101 14 186.0 48.2

Zambia 57 11 124.0 198.5

Zimbabwe 170 12 496.0 3,055.6
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