Construction - January 2022

In January 2022, the construction output increased by 6.4%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in real terms. It the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, it was by 1.6% higher. The planning and building control authorities granted by 12.1% more building permits, y-o-y. The approximate value of permitted constructions increased by 2.1%, y-o-y. The number of started dwellings increased by 13.1%, y-o-y. The number of completed dwellings increased by 18.1%, y-o-y.

“Construction output kept growing in January and a lower basis from the previous year affected by covid as well as more favourable weather have partially contributed to the good result. After five months, civil engineering construction surpassed building construction as for the result, however, both the segments were growing with a similar pace,” Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, explains.

The construction output in January 2022 was by 1.6% higher, m-o-m, in real terms. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 6.4%. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the production in building construction increased by 6.1%. The production of civil engineering construction increased by 7.7%, y-o-y.

The planning and building control authorities granted 6 751 building permits in January 2022; it was by 12.1% more, y-o-y. The approximate value of the permitted constructions reached CZK 33.5 billion and compared to the corresponding period of 2021 it increased by 2.1%.

The number of dwellings started increased by 13.1%, y-o-y, in January 2022 and reached the number of 2 954 dwellings. The number of completed dwellings increased by 18.1%, y-o-y, in January 2022 and amounted to 3 556 dwellings. “The number of completed dwellings increased by almost a fifth. The increase is owing to the category of multi-dwelling buildings especially in Prague and in the Středočeský Region. On the other hand, completing of family houses mainly in Moravian regions slackens,” Silvie Lukavcová from the Construction Statistics Unit says.

The average registered number of employees in construction increased by 1.7%, y-o-y, in January 2022. Their average gross monthly nominal wage increased by 7.6%, y-o-y, in January 2022.

According to Eurostat, construction output in the EU27 in December 2021 decreased by 1.8%, year-on-year. Buildings decreased by 2.1% and civil engineering works increased by 1.7%. According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for January 2022 on 22 March 2022.

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Notes:
Data for 2021 have been revised.
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://csu.gov.cz/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@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Petra Cuřínová, Head of the Construction Statistics Unit, phone number: (+420) 737 280 494, e- mail: petra.curinova@csu.gov.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct surveys of the CZSO (Stav 1–12 and Stav 2–12)
End of data collection: 3 March 2022
Related outputs: https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/sta_ts
https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/bvz_ts
international comparison in EU countries: Eurostat
Next News Release will be published on: 6 April 2022