The Building Regulations Atlas is a new open-access knowledge platform designed to make global building regulation data more accessible and actionable for policymakers, practitioners, and development partners worldwide. It draws on multiple complementary datasets, produced by the World Bank, spanning resilience, energy efficiency, and built environment, together covering regulatory frameworks across more than 100 economies in all regions.
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Dataset Coverage
3+ Sources
2 Sources
1 Source
Topics Covered
📍 Spatial Planning
- Planning and Zoning
🏗️ Building Regulations
General
- General Provisions
- Services
- Building Classification
Building Design
- Structural Design
- Green Buildings
- Fire Safety
- Universal Accessibility
✓ Compliance Mechanisms
- Building Control
- Transparency
- Professional Registration
- Dispute Resolution
- Materials Disposal
Data Sources
The Business Ready (B-READY) Report 2025
Assesses regulatory framework and public services directed at firms.
Visit B-READY →Building Regulation for Resilience (GFDRR) 2023-2025
Global study (22 economies) and Sub-Saharan Africa study (48 economies) on building codes.
Building Green Global Dataset 2025
Building energy codes, green standards, and compliance mechanisms across 88 economies.
Explore Dataset →
Additional Data Sources:
Population and Urban population data from
World Bank Open Data (2024). Major hazards from
ThinkHazard.
Key Contacts
Ana Campos Garcia
Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Program Lead
Keiko Sakoda
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Co-lead
