The volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in August 2021 increased by 8.9% compared to August 2020.
According to the State Statistics Service, in January-August 2021 compared to January-August 2020, the index of construction products amounted to 101.8%. The volume of construction work completed in the eight months amounted to UAH 121 billion.
According to the statistics department, in August 2021, the seasonally adjusted index of construction products amounted to 107.3% compared to the previous month.
The service reported that in August 2021 from August 2020, an increase in the volume of construction work was observed in construction of residential buildings – by 27.2%, non-residential buildings – by 9.8%, engineering structures – by 5.2%.
The share of new construction in the total volume of completed construction work was 34.9%, repairs – 38.4%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 26.7%.
An increase in the volume of construction work in January-August 2021 compared to January-August 2020 was recorded in Ternopil (by 55.5%, to UAH 2.24 billion), Cherkasy (by 32.1%, to UAH 1.84 billion), Rivne (by 21.9%, to UAH 2 billion), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 19.3%, to UAH 2.38 billion), Volyn (by 14.3%, to UAH 1.54 billion), Khmelnytsky (by 13%, to UAH 3.7 billion), Odesa (by 10.1%, to UAH 15.6 billion), Kharkiv (by 9.7%, to UAH 10.7 billion), Kyiv (by 7.9%, to UAH 8.7 billion), Mykolaiv (by 0.3%, to UAH 2.15 billion) regions and Kyiv (by 4.7%, to UAH 27.7 billion).
In other regions, there was a decrease in construction volumes. The most significant drop was shown by Chernivtsi (37.2%) and Kirovohrad (30.9%) regions.
The statistics are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
As reported, the volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in 2020 increased by 4% compared to 2019.
