Construction output volume increased by 11.0% in one year, and by 7.4% compared to the previous month
The volume of construction output in January 2021, based on raw data, surpassed the previous year’s level by 11.0%. Output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 10.0%, in civil engineering by 12.8%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output increased by 7.4% compared to the December data, in January it surpassed the nadir of May 2020 by 32.8%.
In January 2021, compared to the same month of the previous year:
Output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 10.0% and in civil engineering by 12.8%.
Output volume grew in all three divisions of construction: production increased in the construction of buildings by 21.4%, by 15.3% in civil engineering, and in specialised construction output increased by 3.1%.
The volume of new contracts concluded increased by 8.0%, within it the volume of new contracts for the construction of buildings fell by 32.2%, the volume regarding civil engineering works rose by 326.9% against the low base of January 2020.
The volume of the January end-of –month stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 11.5% higher than at the end of January 2020. The volume of contracts increased by 27.0% for the construction of buildings and by 2.2% for civil engineering works compared to the previous year.
Output of construction
Period | Output of construction | |||||
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volume indices | value at current prices, billion HUF |
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original | seasonally and working day adjusted | |||||
corresponding period of the previous year =100.0% | 2015 = 100.0% | previous month = 100.0% | ||||
2016 | 81.2 | 81.1 | 80.4 | x | 1 812.7 | |
2017 | 129.7 | 105.2 | 103.5 | x | 2 491.5 | |
2018 | 121.3 | 127.5 | 126.1 | x | 3 321.3 | |
2019 | 120.4 | 153.9 | 154.9 | x | 4 381.6 | |
2020 | 90.9 | 139.8 | 141.7 | x | 4 270.4 | |
2020 | January | 94.7 | 80.6 | 146.3 | 97.6 | 202.5 |
February | 105.8 | 106.2 | 160.7 | 109.8 | 265.5 | |
March | 97.7 | 137.9 | 151.0 | 94.0 | 345.8 | |
April | 98.8 | 130.3 | 150.3 | 99.5 | 326.5 | |
May | 82.6 | 124.3 | 121.3 | 80.7 | 313.8 | |
June | 83.8 | 142.5 | 126.8 | 104.5 | 362.6 | |
July | 79.0 | 132.1 | 131.5 | 103.7 | 336.2 | |
August | 86.2 | 142.8 | 133.9 | 101.8 | 361.7 | |
September | 84.6 | 165.0 | 135.8 | 101.4 | 419.6 | |
October | 83.7 | 151.8 | 138.7 | 102.1 | 389.0 | |
November | 104.0 | 178.9 | 154.6 | 111.5 | 464.5 | |
December | 99.7 | 185.6 | 150.0 | 97.0 | 482.8 | |
2021 | January | 111.0 | 89.5 | 161.1 | 107.4 | 240.2 |