Published on: 15 January 2019

Construction output volume increased by 27.3% in November

The volume of construction output, based on raw data, was 27.3% higher in November 2018 than a year earlier. Output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 17.8% and in civil engineering works by 40.2%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output increased by 4.4% compared to the previous month.

In November 2018, compared to the same month of the previous year:

The volume of output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 17.8% and in civil engineering works by 40.2%. In the construction of buildings the increase was due to industrial, commercial and dwelling constructions; in civil engineering projects road, railway and utility constructions continued to generate the growth.

Out of the divisions of construction, output increased by 26.5% in the construction of buildings, by 54.5% in civil engineering, and in specialised construction activities by 12.8%.

The volume of new contracts increased by 30.4%; within this the volume of new contracts concluded in the construction of buildings went up by 14.0%, in the construction of civil engineering works the volume increased by 45.6% year-on-year. In November contracts of high value were singed for industrial bildings as well as for road and railway constructions.

The volume of the November month-end stock of contracts at construction enterprises increased by 37.9% year-on-year. The stock of contracts volume decreased by 4.0% for the construction of buildings and increased by 51.6% for the construction of civil engineering works compared to the November 2017 data.

In January-November 2018 compared to the same period of the previous year:

Construction production rose by 22.9%.

Output of construction

Period Output of construction
volume indices value at current prices, billion HUF
original seasonally and working day adjusted
corresponding period of the previous year =100.0% 2015 = 100.0% previous month = 100.0%
2015103.0100.0100.0x2 171.7
201681.281.181.1x1 812.7
2017129.6105.1105.2x2 491.5
2017January117.946.788.0102.189.7
February120.758.593.6106.4112.1
March134.687.9102.4109.4169.3
April121.082.196.894.5158.7
May137.9105.6103.9107.3205.8
June127.5116.4102.198.3228.0
July118.495.197.495.4188.0
August136.7122.0109.1112.0240.0
September124.2137.4106.597.7271.3
October139.0128.3113.8106.8256.9
November131.4129.5110.997.4262.3
December134.4152.4115.2103.9309.3
2018January141.566.0122.6106.4138.1
February124.172.6116.495.0151.4
March100.588.4105.991.0184.9
April114.494.0113.3107.0198.4
May115.6122.1120.6106.4259.9
June126.3146.9128.2106.3315.1
July136.1129.4132.2103.1281.0
August125.7153.2135.3102.4331.7
September125.8172.9133.999.0375.3
October118.5152.0134.7100.5336.3
November127.3164.9140.6104.4369.7
January–November122.9123.9125.8x2 941.8