Construction - November 2022

The construction output decreased by 0.8%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in real terms, in November. In the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, it was by 0.3% lower. The planning and building control authorities granted by 6.2% less building permits, y-o-y. The approximate value of permitted constructions decreased by 22.6%, y-o-y. The number of started dwellings increased by 3.9%, y-o-y. The number of completed dwellings increased by 33.4%, y-o-y.

“Construction output did not considerably change in November both in the year-on-year and month-on-month comparison. In the m-o-m comparison, it was by 0.3% lower; in the y-o-y comparison, it dropped by 0.8%. Both segments reported almost the same development,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), says. The production in building construction decreased by 0.8% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The production of civil engineering construction dropped by 0.9%, year-on-year.

The planning and building control authorities granted 6 975 building permits; it was by 6.2% less, y-o-y. “The approximate value of the permitted constructions reached CZK 40.5 billion and it decreased by over a fifth, year-on-year, which was partially influenced by granting a higher number of building permits to large constructions in November 2021,” Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department of the CZSO, explains.

The number of dwellings started increased by 3.9%, y-o-y, and reached the number of 3 377 dwellings. The number of completed dwellings increased by 33.4%, year-on-year, and amounted to 4 423 dwellings.

The average registered number of employees in construction increased by 0.3%, y-o-y. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased by 10.7%, y-o-y.

According to Eurostat, construction output in the EU27 in October 2022 increased by 2.4%, year-on-year. Building construction increased by 2.4% and civil engineering by 1.7%. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for November 2022 on 18 January 2023.

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Notes:

The year-on-year development of construction output (production) has been adjusted for the influence of the number of working days. Month-on-month or quarter-on-quarter rates have also been 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: 2 January 2023
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: 6 February 2023

Attachments

⇩ asta010623.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)