Published on: 13 December 2024

Construction output volume lessened by 0.5% year-on-year, and rose by 4.6% compared to the previous month

Construction output volume, based on raw data, lagged behind the previous year’s level by 0.5% in October 2024. Out of the main groups of construction the construction of buildings lessened by 5.7%, that of civil engineering increased by 7.5%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices construction output surpassed by 4.6% the September level.

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

Output in the two main groups of construction changed contrarily: the construction of buildings lagged behind the one year earlier levelby 5.7%, that of civil engineering surpassed it by7.5%.

Among the divisions of construction, production volume dereased by 9.4% in the construction of buildings, and by 12.3% in civil engineering. Production in specialised construction activities, having the largest weight in construction, expanded by 12.0%.

The volume of new contracts concluded went down by 44.2%. Within it the volume of contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 34.5%, those for civil engineering works decreased by 53.4%, year-on-year.

The volume of the end-of-October stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 31.8% higher than in the same period of the previous year, within it the volume of contracts was down by 2.2% for the construction of buildings and grew by 66.0% for civil engineering works compared to October 2023.

In the first ten months of 2024:

Production volume in construction grew by 0.7% 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
April92.176.391.591.4475.5
May91.989.893.8102.5564.2
June96.399.695.5101.9630.8
July102.9105.9102.0106.7673.2
August100.197.998.596.6619.7
September94.3115.298.399.8733.9
October98.0100.695.997.6646.4
November86.8114.794.398.3743.0
December96.6136.598.9104.9890.4
2024January112.564.2106.8108.0431.7
February102.168.697.591.3456.7
March96.393.496.499.0624.9
April116.789.0105.2109.1588.4
May109.898.6101.996.9656.4
June99.599.295.693.8665.5
July94.9100.596.5101.0673.4
August96.394.295.298.6629.4
September91.8105.791.496.0710.2
October99.5100.095.6104.6679.4
January-October100.791.398.2x6116.0