Housing commissioning in Ukraine in January-September 2024 increased by 23% compared to the same period in 2023 – up to 6 million 732.9 thousand square meters, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, 3 million 504.8 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in cities in nine months, which is 7.5% higher than in the first three quarters of last year. In rural areas, compared to last year, 47.2% more housing was commissioned – 3 million 228.1 thousand square meters.
In total, 79.1 thousand apartments were commissioned in January-September 2024, which is 18.9% more than in January-September 2023. At the same time, 53.1 thousand apartments were commissioned in apartment buildings. In cities, 49.2 thousand apartments were commissioned, in villages – 29.9 thousand.
In the first nine months of the year, Kyiv region commissioned the most housing – 1 million 395.1 thousand square meters, or 14.9 thousand apartments (20.7% of the total), exceeding the figure for the comparable period in 2023 by 38.4%. Next comes Lviv region with 783.3 thousand square meters, or 9.2 thousand apartments (11.6% and +44.4%, respectively); Ivano-Frankivsk region – 457.1 thousand square meters, or 5.2 thousand apartments (6.8%, +13.6%); Vinnytsia region – 347.2 thousand square meters, or 4.7 thousand apartments (5.2%, minus 46%).
In Kyiv, 814.4 thousand square meters of housing, or 12.1 thousand apartments (12.1%, minus 2.9%), were commissioned in the first nine months of the year.
According to the State Statistics Service, the largest increase in housing commissioning in January-September was recorded in Kherson region, where the figure increased 11 times compared to the same period in 2023, to 3.4 thousand square meters (0.1% of the total), as well as in Donetsk region – six times, to 19.7 thousand square meters (0.3%), and in Zaporizhzhia region – four times, to 33.2 thousand square meters (0.5%).
The data are based on housing commissioned in accordance with the temporary procedure for commissioning houses built without a building permit, as well as excluding the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of the territory where hostilities are ongoing, the State Statistics Service reminds.
As reported, by the end of 2023, the commissioning of housing in Ukraine increased by 3.8% compared to 2022 – up to 7 million 380.7 thousand square meters.
