Published on: 13 December 2019

Construction output volume increased by 20.5% in October

The volume of construction output, based on raw data was 20.5% higher in October 2019 than a year earlier. The volume of output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 18.8% and in civil engineering works by 22.3%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices, construction output increased by 3.2% compared to the September data.

In October 2019, 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 18.8% and in civil engineering works by 22.3%. In the construction of buildings the increase was due to residential, cultural and industrial buildings; in civil engineering projects, road and railway constructions generated the growth.

Out of the divisions of construction, output volume increased by 4.2% in the construction of buildings, by 24.9% in civil engineering. Specialised construction activities increased by 28.5%.

The volume of new contracts grew by 2.7%, within this the volume of new contracts concluded in the construction of buildings went down by 2.8%, in the construction of civil engineering works the volume grew by 8.5% year-on-year.

The volume of the October month-end stock of contracts at construction enterprises decreased by 10.1% compared to the October 2018 data. The stock of contracts volume increased by 40.6% for the construction of buildings and decreased by 21.7% for the construction of civil engineering works.

In the first ten months of the year, compared to the same period of the previous year:

The volume of output of construction grew by 27.0%.

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%
2015103.0100.0100.2x2 171.7
201681.281.180.5x1 812.7
2017129.7105.2103.6x2 491.5
2018121.3127.5126.0x3 321.3
2018January141.366.0123.5104.1137.9
February121.571.1112.891.3148.2
March98.386.494.984.2180.8
April113.693.3108.1113.8197.0
May113.9120.3118.2109.3256.2
June123.9144.2127.5107.9309.2
July134.2127.6128.0100.4277.1
August124.7152.1139.5109.0329.3
September124.1170.6135.897.3370.3
October119.3153.0138.3101.8338.8
November127.2164.8144.0104.1369.5
December118.8181.0141.998.6406.9
2019January123.581.5151.4106.7188.6
February146.6104.3163.1107.7240.2
March167.5144.8158.096.9334.6
April139.7130.4151.696.0303.2
May126.9152.8151.099.6358.0
June119.1171.7152.6101.1405.7
July133.3170.1168.5110.4404.7
August108.5165.1152.890.7391.2
September117.8201.0160.7105.2477.9
October120.5184.4166.1103.2444.0
January–October127.0150.6157.7x3547.9