Published on: 14 June 2024

Construction output volume increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and went up by 11.0% compared to the previous month

Construction output volume, based on raw data, was over the previous year’s level by 15.6% in April 2024. Out of the main groups of construction the construction of buildings increased by 10.8%, that of civil engineering grew by 22.6%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output was 11.0% higher than in March.

In April 2024 compared to the same month of the previous year:

Output of both main groups of construction grew: the construction of buildings rose by 10.8%, that of civil engineering grew by 22.6%.

Among the divisions of construction, production volume increased by 26.7% in the construction of buildings, and by 4.7% in civil engineering. Production in specialised construction activities having the largest weight in construction, expanded by 14.3%.

The volume of new contracts concluded grew by 23.0%. Within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings increased by 16.5%, that for civil engineering by 30.9%, year-on-year.

The volume of the end-of-April stock of contracts at construction enterprises lessened by 0.5% compared to the same period of the previous year, within this the volume of contracts was up by 1.1% for the construction of buildings and decreased by 2.0% for civil engineering works.

In the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year:

Production volume in construction grew by 5.7%.

Output of construction

Period Output of construction
volume indices value at current prices, billion HUF
original seasonally and working day adjusted
corresponding period of the previous year =100.0% 2021 = 100.0% previous month = 100.0%
2018121.382.180.7x3 321.3
2019120.499.199.2x4 381.6
202090.389.490.1x4 240.4
2021112.1100.099.1x5 330.6
2022101.6101.9102.0x6 779.8
202395.0150.396.9x7 386.7
2023January98.454.994.591.3346.1
February85.868.096.3102.0425.6
March93.697.5102.1106.0612.3
April93.577.493.391.3482.6
May93.090.995.7102.7570.9
June97.6100.995.099.2639.1
July103.7106.7102.4107.8678.4
August101.599.398.596.2628.7
September93.9114.795.797.2730.8
October98.7101.396.2100.5651.0
November86.3114.194.097.7739.0
December95.7135.298.9105.2882.2
2024January117.664.5109.4110.6433.7
February102.469.699.190.6463.4
March93.791.396.497.3610.8
April115.689.5107.1111.0590.5
January-April105.778.7103.0x2098.4