Construction output volume increased by 3.2% in one year and was down by 5.9% compared to the previous month
The volume of construction output in April 2022 surpassed the previous year’s level by 3.2%, according to raw data. Out of the main groups of construction the output at construction of buildings decreased by 1.2%, that of civil engineering grew by 11.4%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output decreased by 5.9% compared to the March one.
In April 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year:
Out of the two main groups of construction the output at construction of buildings lessened by 1.2% year-on-year, that of civil engineering grew by 11.4%..
Among the divisions of construction production decreased by 12.8% in the construction of buildings. At the same time civil engineering output surpassed by 9.5%, that of specialised constructions by 13.2% the previous year’s level.
The volume of new contracts concluded increased by 33.9%, within it the volume of new contracts for the construction of buildings was 43.4% higher and the volume regarding civil engineering grew by 25.2% in relation to the April 2021 base.
The volume of the end-of-April stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 8.0% above the end-of-April-2021 level. The volume of contracts was down by 8.8% for the construction of buildings and up by 20.6% for civil engineering, year-on-year.
In the first four months of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year:
Construction output rose by 12.1%.
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 | 80.3 | x | 1 812.7 | |
| 2017 | 129.7 | 105.2 | 103.4 | x | 2 491.5 | |
| 2018 | 121.3 | 127.5 | 126.2 | x | 3 321.3 | |
| 2019 | 120.4 | 153.9 | 154.4 | x | 4 381.6 | |
| 2020 | 90.3 | 138.9 | 140.7 | x | 4 240.4 | |
| 2021 | 113.3 | 156.9 | 154.7 | x | 5 388.9 | |
| 2021 | January | 107.1 | 87.0 | 153.3 | 110.7 | 233.8 |
| February | 83.4 | 86.9 | 132.7 | 86.6 | 232.4 | |
| March | 105.8 | 145.0 | 151.5 | 114.1 | 389.0 | |
| April | 94.8 | 121.0 | 146.9 | 97.0 | 330.9 | |
| May | 116.7 | 145.9 | 152.5 | 103.9 | 401.9 | |
| June | 128.4 | 183.4 | 161.3 | 105.7 | 510.0 | |
| July | 122.7 | 162.0 | 160.1 | 99.3 | 464.5 | |
| August | 110.8 | 155.2 | 152.8 | 95.5 | 443.1 | |
| September | 113.8 | 189.0 | 157.2 | 102.9 | 542.7 | |
| October | 114.6 | 173.0 | 158.5 | 100.9 | 518.9 | |
| November | 112.9 | 198.9 | 163.6 | 103.2 | 602.9 | |
| December | 129.0 | 236.1 | 172.2 | 105.3 | 718.9 | |
| 2022 | January | 101.7 | 88.5 | 159.0 | 92.3 | 289.2 |
| February | 138.5 | 120.4 | 178.5 | 112.3 | 390.4 | |
| March | 110.5 | 160.2 | 168.4 | 94.3 | 521.8 | |
| April | 103.2 | 124.8 | 158.4 | 94.1 | 426.8 | |
| January–April | 112.1 | 123.4 | 166.1 | x | 1628.2 | |