Published on: 15 October 2024

Construction output volume decreased by 6.0% year-on-year, and went down by 2.1% compared to the previous month

Construction output volume, based on raw data, was below the previous year’s level by 6.0% in August 2024. Out of the main groups of construction the construction of buildings decreased by 3.2, that of civil engineering lessened by 10.2%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output was 2.1% lower than in July.

In August 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 3.2%, that of civil engineering by 10.2%.

Among the divisions of construction, production volume dereased by 7.3% in the construction of buildings, and by 30.8% in civil engineering. Production in specialised construction activities, having the largest weight in construction, expanded by 11.5%.

The volume of new contracts concluded fell by 19.6%. Within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 27.1%, those for civil engineering decreased by 11.1%, year-on-year.

The volume of the end-of-August stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 22.8% higher than in the same period of the previous year, within it the volume of contracts was down by 5.8% for the construction of buildings and grew by 51.4% for civil engineering works.

In the first eight months of 2024:

Production volume in construction grew by 1.8% 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
February84.867.295.198.3420.7
March93.297.1100.1105.3609.4
April92.176.391.691.5475.5
May91.989.893.8102.4564.2
June96.399.695.8102.1630.8
July102.9105.9102.3106.8673.2
August100.197.999.296.9619.7
September94.3115.296.797.5733.9
October98.0100.696.499.7646.4
November86.8114.794.297.8743.0
December96.6136.598.9104.9890.4
2024January112.764.3106.8108.0432.3
February102.268.797.591.3457.2
March96.393.596.598.9625.2
April116.488.7105.0108.9586.7
May109.598.4101.896.9655.1
June98.698.395.193.4659.3
July93.899.395.9100.8665.4
August94,092,093.997.9614,2
January-August101,887,999,1x4695,4