Construction output volume decreased by 15.2% year-on-year and lessened by 11.4% compared to the previous month
Construction output volume, based on raw data went down by 15.2%, and according to calendar-adjusted data was below the previous year’s level by 13.6% in August 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings lessened by 2.3%, that of civil engineering fell by 34.8%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output lagged behind the July 2025 level by 11.4%.
In August 2025 compared to the same month of the previous year:
Output decreased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 2.3%, in civil engineering by 34.8%.
Among the divisions of construction, the construction of buildings declined by 7.3%, civil engineering by 41.2%. Production in specialised construction activities, having the largest weight in construction, decreased by 8.5% year-on-year.
The volume of new contracts concluded surpassed the one year earlier level by 123.1%, within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings decreased by 8.0%, those for civil engineering works grew by 245.2%. The increase is due to a new, high value contract for traffic infrastructure development.
The volume of the end-of-August stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 17.7% higher than one year earlier, within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings was down by 10.4% and grew by 35.7% for civil engineering works, compared to August 2024.
In the first eight months of 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year:
Construction output volume decerased by 1.3%.
Output of construction
| Period | Output of construction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| volume indices | value at current prices, billion HUF | |||||
| unadjusted (raw) | seasonally and working day adjusted | |||||
| corresponding period of the previous year =100.0% | 2021 = 100.0% | previous month = 100.0% | ||||
| 2018 | 121.3 | 82.1 | 80.6 | x | 3 321.3 | |
| 2019 | 120.4 | 99.1 | 99.1 | x | 4 381.6 | |
| 2020 | 90.3 | 89.4 | 89.9 | x | 4 240.4 | |
| 2021 | 112.1 | 100.0 | 99.0 | x | 5 330.6 | |
| 2022 | 101.6 | 101.9 | 102.2 | x | 6 779.8 | |
| 2023 | 94.7 | 96.5 | 96.8 | x | 7 366.9 | |
| 2024 | 98.8 | 95.3 | 96.4 | x | 7 699.5 | |
| 2024 | January | 113.9 | 64.9 | 106.1 | 104.8 | 436.8 |
| February | 101.2 | 68.1 | 98.2 | 92.6 | 452.9 | |
| March | 96.4 | 93.6 | 98.8 | 100.6 | 625.9 | |
| April | 114.0 | 86.9 | 99.4 | 100.6 | 574.7 | |
| May | 106.4 | 95.6 | 95.7 | 96.3 | 636.1 | |
| June | 100.6 | 100.3 | 96.5 | 100.8 | 672.8 | |
| July | 93.5 | 99.0 | 92.5 | 95.9 | 663.6 | |
| August | 96.2 | 94.1 | 98.0 | 105.8 | 629.0 | |
| September | 90.3 | 104.1 | 90.9 | 92.8 | 699.1 | |
| October | 97.0 | 97.6 | 92.7 | 102.0 | 662.3 | |
| November | 96.0 | 110.1 | 93.6 | 101.0 | 753.3 | |
| December | 95.0 | 129.7 | 94.6 | 101.1 | 892.9 | |
| 2025 | January | 92.3 | 59.9 | 96.6 | 102.1 | 424.6 |
| February | 96.1 | 65.4 | 95.0 | 98.4 | 458.9 | |
| March | 95.6 | 89.5 | 94.5 | 99.4 | 631.5 | |
| April | 103.2 | 89.7 | 101.2 | 107.1 | 626.4 | |
| May | 106.8 | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.8 | 718.0 | |
| June | 102.6 | 102.9 | 96.5 | 94.6 | 730.3 | |
| July | 104.9 | 103.9 | 96.6 | 100.1 | 735.5 | |
| August | 84.8 | 79.8 | 85.6 | 88.6 | 562.8 | |
| January-August | 98.7 | 86.6 | 96.0 | x | 4 887.8 | |