Published on: 13 September 2024

Construction output volume decreased by 6.2% year-on-year, and went up by 1.0% compared to the previous month

Construction output volume, based on raw data, was below the previous year’s level by 6.2% in July 2024. Out of the main groups of construction the construction of buildings decreased by 2.8, that of civil engineering lessened by 10.6%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output was 1.0% higher than in June.

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

Output decreased in both main groups of construction: the construction of buildings went down by 2.8%, that of civil engineering by 10.6%.

Among the divisions of construction, production volume dereased by 26.1% in the construction of buildings, and by 9.8% in civil engineering. Production in specialised construction activities, having the largest weight in construction, expanded by 8.6%.

The volume of new contracts concluded grew by 108.0%. Within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 22.4%, for civil engineering increased by 283.0%, year-on-year. The extreme growth was due to the high value contracts for road constructions.

The volume of the end-of-July stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 21.0% higher than in the same period of the previous year, within it the volume of contracts was down by 5.4% for the construction of buildings and grew by 47.8% for civil engineering works.

In the first seven months of 2024:

Production volume in construction grew by 3.0% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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
202394.796.596.7x7 366.9
2023January102.357.096.794.2359.7
February84.867.295.298.4420.7
March93.297.1100.3105.3609.4
April92.176.391.791.5475.5
May91.989.894.0102.5564.2
June96.399.696.0102.1630.8
July102.9105.9102.7106.9673.2
August100.197.998.295.6619.7
September94.3115.296.498.1733.9
October98.0100.696.199.7646.4
November86.8114.794.197.9743.0
December96.6136.598.9105.1890.4
2024January112.764.3107.0108.2432.3
February102.268.797.691.3457.2
March96.393.596.799.0625.2
April116.488.7105.4109.0586.7
May109.598.4102.297.0655.1
June98.698.395.593.4659.3
July93.899.396.794.2665.4
January-July103.087.3100.1x4081.2