Construction - February 2022

Double digit growth of construction output

06.04.2022
Code: 200035-22
 

In February 2022, the construction output increased by 18.9%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in real terms. It the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, it was by 4.8% higher. The planning and building control authorities granted by 12.4% more building permits, y-o-y. The approximate value of permitted constructions increased by 20.4%, y-o-y. The number of started dwellings increased by 26.1%, y-o-y. The number of completed dwellings decreased by 13.1%, y-o-y.

“Construction output in February recorded a double digit growth after a long period of time and it increased by almost a fifth. Besides other things, a low comparison basis and favourable weather have contributed to the perfect result. Output of civil engineering construction grew faster and larger enterprises were the driving force,” Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department, says. 

The construction output in February 2022 was by 4.8% higher, m-o-m, in real terms. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 18.9%. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the production in building construction increased by 16.1%. The production of civil engineering construction increased by 30.0%, y-o-y.

The planning and building control authorities granted 6 903 building permits in February 2022; it was by 12.4% more, y-o-y. The approximate value of the permitted constructions reached CZK 39.8 billion and compared to the corresponding period of 2021 it increased by 20.4%.

The number of dwellings started in February 2022 increased by 26.1%, y-o-y, and reached the number of 3 691 dwellings. “In February, 2 265 dwellings were completed; their number decreased by 13.1%. Family houses were on the level of the last year and the decrease from the previous months has stopped, whereas in multi-dwelling buildings, a very small number of dwellings was completed and their number decreased by almost a third, year-on-year,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, explains.  

The average registered number of employees in construction increased by 1.6%, y-o-y, in February 2022. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased by 7.8%, y-o-y, in February 2022.

According to Eurostat, construction output in the EU27 in January 2022 increased by 4.8%, year-on-year. Buildings increased by 4.3% and civil engineering works increased by 6.1%. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for February 2022 on 21 April 2022.
 

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Notes:

The year-on-year development of construction output (production) has been adjusted for working days. Month-on-month or quarter-on-quarter rates are also seasonally adjusted.
Methodology: https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/sta_m
Responsible head at the CZSO: Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department, phone number: (+420) 736 168 543, e-mail: radek.matejka@czso.cz
Contact person: Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, phone number: (+420) 737 280 494, e- mail: petra.curinova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct surveys of the CZSO (Stav 1–12 and Stav 2–12)
End of data collection: 31 March 2022
Related outputs:
https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/sta_ts
https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/bvz_ts
international comparison in EU countries: Eurostat
Next News Release will be published on: 9 May 2022

 

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  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Construction production indices, building permits granted, and housing construction (year-on-year indices for the month)
  • Chart 1 Construction production indices (year-on-year indices for the month)
  • Chart 2 Construction production indices (base indices)
  • Chart 3 Construction production indices, international comparison (base indices)
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Published: 06.04.2022
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


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