Construction - April 2022

In April 2022, the construction output increased by 4.0%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in real terms. In the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, it was by 1.9% lower. The planning and building control authorities granted by 9.8% less building permits, y-o-y. The approximate value of permitted constructions increased by 25.8%, y-o-y. The number of started dwellings decreased by 0.8%, y-o-y. The number of completed dwellings increased by 5.3%, y-o-y.

“Construction output increased by 4 percent in April and it has been increasing already for 12 successive months. Since the beginning of this year, the production increased by almost 8 percent,” Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department, says.

The construction output in April 2022 was by 1.9% lower, m-o-m, in real terms. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 4.0%. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the production in building construction increased by 6.3%. The production of civil engineering construction decreased by 1.8%, y-o-y.

The planning and building control authorities granted 7 181 building permits in April 2022; it was by 9.8% less, y-o-y. The approximate value of the permitted constructions reached CZK 47.3 billion and compared to the corresponding period of 2021 it increased by 25.8%. “The decrease in the number of building permits was partially influenced by a higher comparison basis from April 2021, when the planning and building control authorities were catching up on the covid deficit. The increase in the approximate value was caused by permission of large constructions of transport infrastructure,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, explains.

The number of dwellings started in April 2022 decreased by 0.8%, y-o-y, and reached the number of 3 562 dwellings. The number of dwellings completed in April 2022 increased by 5.3%, y-o-y, and amounted to 3 043 dwellings

The average registered number of employees in construction increased by 0.9%, y-o-y, in April 2022. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased by 10.5%, y-o-y, in April 2022.

According to Eurostat, construction output in the EU27 in March 2022 increased by 4.1%, year-on-year. Buildings increased by 4.0% and civil engineering works increased by 4.9%. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for April 2022 on 17 June 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.
In accordance with the revision policy of the CZSO, data have been revised.
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 May 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: 7 July 2022

Attachments

⇩ asta060622.docx
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)