Construction output volume increased by 22.5% in one year and was down by 0.4% compared to the previous month
The volume of construction output in July 2021 surpassed the level one year earlier by 22.5% according to raw data. Output was 21.1% higher in the construction of buildings and 25.4% larger in civil engineering compared to the exceptionally low base of July 2020. Compared to June, construction output was down by 0.4% based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices.
In July 2021 compared to the same month of the previous year:
Output rose in both main groups of construction: by 21.1% in the construction of buildings and by 25.4% in civil engineering.
Output grew in all the three divisions of construction: by 27.4% in the construction of buildings, by 11.0% in civil engineering and by 27.3% in specialised construction activities.
The volume of new contracts concluded increased by 47.3%, within which the volume of new contracts for the construction of buildings was 38.3% and the volume regarding civil engineering 56.5% higher in relation to the July-2020 base.
The volume of the end-of-July stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 19.1% above the end-of-July-2020 level. The volume of contracts was up by 32.6% for the construction of buildings and by 10.4% for civil engineering compared to a year earlier.
In the first seven months of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year:
Construction output rose by 9.8%.
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% | ||||
| 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 | 126.0 | x | 3 321.3 | |
| 2019 | 120.4 | 153.9 | 154.8 | x | 4 381.6 | |
| 2020 | 90.3 | 138.9 | 141.7 | x | 4 240.4 | |
| 2020 | January | 95.4 | 81.2 | 146.5 | 98.7 | 204.0 |
| February | 103.8 | 104.2 | 163.9 | 111.9 | 260.4 | |
| March | 97.1 | 137.0 | 148.4 | 90.5 | 343.6 | |
| April | 96.8 | 127.6 | 151.2 | 101.9 | 319.7 | |
| May | 83.1 | 125.0 | 124.4 | 82.3 | 315.6 | |
| June | 84.0 | 142.8 | 125.3 | 100.8 | 363.3 | |
| July | 79.0 | 132.1 | 129.9 | 103.7 | 336.0 | |
| August | 84.6 | 140.0 | 131.0 | 100.8 | 354.8 | |
| September | 85.1 | 166.1 | 134.6 | 102.8 | 422.5 | |
| October | 83.2 | 150.9 | 136.2 | 101.2 | 386.9 | |
| November | 102.5 | 176.2 | 150.8 | 110.7 | 457.5 | |
| December | 98.3 | 183.0 | 146.0 | 96.8 | 476.2 | |
| 2021 | January | 106.5 | 86.5 | 154.6 | 105.9 | 232.4 |
| February | 84.3 | 87.8 | 139.3 | 90.1 | 234.9 | |
| March | 105.3 | 144.2 | 155.2 | 111.4 | 386.9 | |
| April | 94.4 | 120.5 | 144.2 | 92.9 | 329.6 | |
| May | 118.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 102.3 | 406.2 | |
| June | 127.8 | 182.4 | 159.1 | 107.9 | 507.3 | |
| July | 122.5 | 161.8 | 158.5 | 99.6 | 464.2 | |
| January–July | 109.8 | 132.9 | 151.2 | x | 2 561.6 | |